Kontakt 5.6 important bug, no hurry to update!

Hello, be careful with the update. Fortunately I just tried it on a test laptop: no external instruments works in the new interface! I tried several and it's catatrophic including SonicCouture's one. The pictures don't show up, the buttons either, your instruments can't anymore be used.

 

Hello,

I cannot confirm this. Checked with Output Instruments and a few free ones. All graphics are ok here.

 

Any of you on a Mac and if so what OSX version?

 

Mac, 10.11.6, running smoothly.

 

Everything works as normal here. Just loaded Sample Logic instruments.Win 10

 

I cannot confirm this - K 5.6 running fine except lightduide not working in standalone version!

 

Tested under Windows 8.1 pro in standalone mode with Fluid Harmonics and SonicCouture instruments: nothing usable.
Don't have the laptop right now, will try again tomorrow after reboot and as plugin in my DAW (Sonar Platinum) but on the main computer on which I really work I don't update.

 

No problems here, all third-party libraries working fine, including SonicCouture. Very happy with this so far. Great update, love the new GUI.

 

Mines doing this...

 

Not sure exactly what the problem is, given I haven't seen the new gui yet. Is there even a screenshot anywheres on the NI site that shows the new gui?

 

As I stretch the window out from the bottom left it glitches and shows multiples, like in the screenshot above, which is Kontakt 5.6 sporting the new GUI.

I am on windows 8.1

Sounds are working fine (stock) and I don't have any 3rd party libraries so I cant confirm on them.

 

Got a bug - this update does not update the standalone version. Versions inside my daws is updated.

 

I'm on Win 10 64bit. What GPU do you use? Latest drivers installed?

 

Since updating I cannot open Kontakt 5.6 in standalone, but it does open in Maschine. I am running Windows 10.
Actually Kontakt loads in standalone but the gui never shows on the screen, only on the task bar. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling and still the same results.

 

OK done new tests after rebooting: the GUI doesn't work in standalone mode for ALL the third party instruments (In session, Embertone, SonicCouture etc.) but it works in VST mode in my DAW (Sonar Platinum)
I don't understand what is interesting in this update except troubles and the keyboard range is much worse because you just have the little light reference to promote NI keyboards at the top of the keys but the keys stay uncolored. This is a big regression. All in one, a very bad update.

 

You're not the only one puzzled about this update. Thankfully I cloned my system before I did this so hopefully I can go back to the old version. Absolutely HATE what they did for the keyboard at the bottom of the gui and how the mapped/used keys are no longer colored (at least for third party libraries).

 

It is a pity that NI doesn't seem to have easy rollback function like we have in Sonar because I don't want to use this update.

 

They sure do. Redownload an older version from here:

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/support/downloads/updates/?search=kontakt

 

Sorry but I don't find how to roll back to Kontakt 5.5 following this link.

 

I posted a reply (or thought I did) and now it's gone. Do you have a Windows restore point to go back to?