What folder are the instrument icons stored in?

And if I had icon graphics to the folder will they show up as a possible selection inside of Kon4 (not filtered out because of some code)? Thanks to whoever might know.

 

Suggested way of doing this (Windows XP):

1. Open your My Documents folder, then navigate:

...\My Documents\Native Instruments\Kontakt 4\Pictures

2. Inside this folder, create a folder with your company name, and your library name inside that new folder (this is to tidy stuff up, other libraries might be using this feature as well). So, it would look something like this:

C:\Documents And Settings\%username%\My Documents\Native Instruments\Kontakt 4\Pictures\<company name>\<library name>\your files here

3. Put your custom images there, including instrument icons.

4. Let's say we have an icon called "icon1.png". You call it from the KSP script with:

Code:

set_control_par_str($INST_ICON_ID,$CONTROL_PAR_PICTURE,"<company name>\<library name>\con1.png")

That's it.


If you were referring to the built in instrument icons, they are nowhere to be found, I presume they are packed in the .exe.

 

Ah, you're right, ED, I'd forgotten that the KSP reference guide is where I'd read about replacing the icon...duh! Good tips on organizing the graphics folders as well, thanks. A 30 width x 35 height graphic file is about the best fit for that icon spot, from quick trial and error, btw.

 

Icon size should be (from Kontakt Player Developer Guide) 33x34 pixels.

 

Hi ED,

Where can I get hold of the Kontakt Player Developer Guide?

 

+1

 

Check your PMs, misters!

 

I have not found the file on a MAc _

 

Mac has a different location for those files. I can't help you with that, unfortunately, since I don't own one.

 

OFF TOPIC:

@TechLo I checked out your music on soundclick I like it...... Pretty good stuff

 

I can't get this to work yet... I'm on a Mac.

I figured the address to be:

/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Kontakt 4/pictures

I even named my image con1 just to play it safe, and still no luck.

I also have a question about what happens when distributing a product with the additional images (since I also don't have the developer guide as it doesn't seem to be included with K4). Would an installer need to be created, to place the images in the correct directories, or are they save along with the files (samples, wallpaper, etc...)?

 

Yep, you would need an installer to place the images if you wanted to install without user input

As far as I'm aware (not having a mac) you are putting the images in the correct location, so perhaps there is another problem

 

Okay, that's what I needed to hear. I'm not sure I want to go down the installer route for now.

I'm going to give this another try later since it might just be a simple error on my part. If I run into more issues, I'll just try this later on the PC.

 

Check your script. You should have all forward slashes when using a path to the picture. But since you're a Mac user, you probably did that correctly. Can you paste some example code?

 

Location of the newly created icon, icon1.png (33x34 pixels): /Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Kontakt 4/pictures/test/test

I'm attempting this on a newly created instrument (no samples or any additional scripting).

And I've checked the slashes, as I'm a PC user and a Mac user, so I definitely do get confused sometimes.

This is all I've typed:

on init
set_control_par_str($INST_ICON_ID,$CONTROL_PAR_PICTURE,"test/test/icon1.png")
end on

 

Hey, thanks musicman -- just barely saw your comment on this resurrected threat, lol. I'm looking forward to making some new tracks when this massive BooTweak script/library project of mine has finally settled down (next year maybe? lol).

 

dont think you need the .png, try that

 

Yeah, you don't need the .png mentioned:

on init
set_control_par_str($INST_ICON_ID,$CONTROL_PAR_PICTURE,"test/test/icon1")
end on

 

:lol: I love it when it's that simple! Okay, I'm off to give it a try, but thank you very much kb123 and EvilDragon!