kontakt 4 problem

[rick ranum]

hi, has anyone tried to download the free version of kontakt 4 to their pc? it will not work for me. it attempts to and then says there is an error and a file was not unzipped and then it continues to download and stores it in my documents. then when i try to install it a window pops up saying it is a corrupt file and to try and download it again. i tried that but that didnt work either, can anyone help, thanks, rick ranum

[mojobone]

Are you on a dialup internet connection? I ask because it's very common for large downloads to fail, if you have a slower connection speed.

[Len911]

you might have to make sure you delete the previous download before trying again. I didn't have any problems downloading Kontact4 player from them, but I had many problems downloading the scarbee p-bass, since it was a purchase it only gave me a few times and I had to email them for more chances. I believe on the 5th time or so it finally worked. It was a huge download and even with hispeed internet it took about 8hrs to download and then was corrupted so many times. I forgot now what it was they recommended I get for a download manager, which didn't make any difference by the way, it finally went though on it's own on about the 5th try. If I remember correctly, the download price and the cd were the same price, and I would definitely recommend a cd purchase for anyone purchasing a large program from them. You would probably get it in the mail before you ever get the thing downloaded.

[Kolstad]

I've had a similar problem with another programme from NI. I asked NI what to do, and they told me to get a download programme (a "Download Manager", I think they called it). So I solved the problem by using http://www.downthemall.net/ to download the programme.

Not sure why it works, but it did. This is for Firefox, but if you are using IE there should be similar applications..

[mojobone]

I'll add that while most of my NI downloads were relatively painless, a download manager couldn't hurt.

[rick ranum]

hi again, i was successful om my third attempt to download kontakt 4 and the library. thanks for everyones input. i am wandering about the free library. what exactly is included in this library. what i seem to have is a world file with a few instruments in it. is that all there is? later rick

[mojobone]

It's a file tree, jes' double-click on it to go up a level, you should see four or five folders with different categories of instruments.

[rick ranum]

thanks mojobone, i figured it out and now though i cannot get this thing to activate the library. i hit the activate button and it acts like it is downloading and then it says download is paused. so then nothing is going on. so what is up with that? any ideas? thanks, rick

[rick ranum]

hi, is anyone out there using the hollywoodwinds by cinesamples and will it work in a free version of kontakt 4 player? thanks for any info. later rick

[mojobone]

thanks mojobone, i figured it out and now though i cannot get this thing to activate the library. i hit the activate button and it acts like it is downloading and then it says download is paused. so then nothing is going on. so what is up with that? any ideas? thanks, rick

Time to contact tech support, methinks. I'm pretty sure you need to be connected to the internet for Native Instruments stuff to authorize; you also need to have Native Instruments Service Center installed.