Reid Rosefelt Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) After May 31, it will no longer be possible to register some older and discontinued products. These include Guitar Rig Version 1-2, Battery 1 and 2 and Komplete 2-4. You can still use these products in your projects, but the initial or new installation is no longer possible after the deadline." Link is HERE Here is the list of discontinued products: PRODUCTMANUFACTURER Absynth 2 Native Instruments Absynth 3 Native Instruments Absynth Sounds Volume 1 Native Instruments AC-Box Combo Native Instruments Akoustik Piano (before 1.1.0) Native Instruments B4 Native Instruments B4 II Native Instruments Bandstand Native Instruments Battery Native Instruments Battery 2 Native Instruments Battery Studio Drums Native Instruments Electronic Instruments 2 XT Native Instruments Elektrik Piano (before 1.5) Native Instruments FM7 Native Instruments Guitar Combos Native Instruments Guitar Rig Native Instruments Guitar Rig 2 Native Instruments Intakt Native Instruments Kompakt Native Instruments Kompakt Sony ACID Pro Native Instruments Komplete 2 Native Instruments Kontakt 1.0 Native Instruments Kontakt 2 Native Instruments NI Essentials Native Instruments NI Spectral Delay Native Instruments Plex Combo Native Instruments Pro-52 Native Instruments Pro-53 Native Instruments Reaktor 2.3 Native Instruments Reaktor 3 Native Instruments Reaktor 4 Native Instruments Reaktor 5 (before 5.1.5.0) Native Instruments Reaktor Electronic Instruments Native Instruments Reaktor Electronic Instruments 2 Native Instruments Reaktor Session Native Instruments Studio Collection Native Instruments Traktor 3 Native Instruments Traktor DJ Native Instruments Traktor DJ Studio Native Instruments Traktor DJ Studio 2 Native Instruments Traktor DJ Studio 2.x Native Instruments Traktor FS 1.5 Native Instruments Traktor FS 1.5 Native Instruments Traktor FS 2 Native Instruments Traktor Hercules Native Instruments Twang Combo Native Instruments Vokator Native Instruments Boesendorfer290 East West Colossus East West EWQLSO Gold Ed East West EWQLSO Gold Ed Pro XP East West EWQLSO Silver Ed East West EWQLSOSilver Ed Pro XP East West Hardcore Bass East West Hardcore Bass XP East West Percussive Adventures East West PSP Adrenaline East West PSP Drumkit From Hell 2 East West PSP Percussive Adventures 2 LE East West PSP Stormbreaks East West PSP Vapor East West Ra East West SO Brass East West SO Brass Pro XP East West SO Percussion East West SO Percussion Pro XP East West SO Strings East West SO Strings Pro XP East West SO Woodwinds East West SO Woodwinds Pro XP East West Stormdrum East West Stormdrum Intakt East West Symphonic Choirs East West Artist Drums Best Service Artist Grooves Best Service Chris Hein Horns Best Service Classical Collection Best Service Cult Sampler Best Service Ethno World 3 Complete Best Service Galaxy Steinway Best Service Galaxy Steinway 5.1 Best Service Latin World Best Service Orient World Best Service String Essentials Best Service Altered States Zero-G Analogue Sequencer Loops Zero-G Beats Working in Cuba Zero-G Morhology Zero-G Nostalgia Zero-G Outer Limits Zero-G PSP Afrolatin Slam Zero G PSP Koncept & Function Zero-G PSP Nu Jointz Zero-G PSP Vol 7 The Operating Table Zero-G PSP Wired - The Elements of Trance Zero-G Sounds of the 70s Zero-G Sounds of Polynesia Zero-G Vocal Forge Zero-G Celtic Instruments Big Fish Audio First Call Horns Big Fish Audio London Solo Strings Big Fish Audio Raging Guitars Big Fish Audio Garritan Jazz Garritan Garritan Personal Orchestra Garritan Vitual Grand Piano Art Vista CM Session Computer Music Future Loops Future Music Virtual Drumline 2 Edited March 10, 2020 by Reid Rosefelt 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcklln Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 I held my breath while going down the list... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sent4th Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Oh no, I have a few East West libraries. I hope I don't have to re-install any of them back on my laptop if I ever have a computer crash?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthmeister Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSteven Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Well this is a disappointment. I knew this would happen sooner or later, was hoping for later... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeGBradford Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Re the third party products is this only if you have bought them through Native? I have GPO5 and would be annoyed if I couldn't reinstall it if I get a new PC or update current one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Sorrels Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 For GPO5 I think you are safe, but if you (like me) own the Kontakt version of GPO, you are out of luck. Here's the list of products there aren't modern day versions of that I'm losing: Stormdrum East West Stormdrum Intakt East West Symphonic Choirs East West Garritan Personal Orchestra Garritan CM Session Computer Music Future Loops Future Music Vokator Native Instruments NI Spectral Delay Native Instruments Pro-52 Native Instruments Pro-53 Native Instruments B4 Native Instruments B4 II Native Instruments Traktor DJ Studio Native Instruments FM7 Native Instruments Kompakt Sony ACID Pro Native Instruments (Along with a bunch of early versions of Absynth/Kontakt/Battery/Guitar Rig/Reaktor/Komplete as well) Of the list the things that hurt is Vokator and NI Spectral Delay. I bought jBridge just to keep those two. Garritan doesn't offer any upgrade offers from the Kontakt version (I sent them email asking a few years ago), which kind of sucks. Stormdrum I guess I could get the Play version of. The Choirs I have the Play version of. Pro-53/B4 is kind of a loss. I got Traktor DJ Studio back in the day as part of the first Komplete deal but I don't think I've ever really used it (nor even have it installed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeGBradford Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Ah thanks Matthew. I hadn't realised there was a Kontakt version of GPO Sorry that you and others will be losing the right to reinstall software that you have been licenced. Seems like a poor show by NI. I don't have Kontakt and this wouldn't encourage me to buy it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffo Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 That's insane. I'm not affected and I doubt many people would be, but people paid for these products. It's not right that they shouldn't be able to activate them after a certain date because a company decides they don't want to support those activations anymore. Make it right and release offline versions of them or something. Native Instruments have such rubbish customer-unfriendly policies. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 I still have my original Kompakt version of EWSQL Symphonic Orchestra Silver, which has continued to work all these years...so hopefully I'll still be able to authorize it with my serial #, because it didn't require internet when it was purchased, despite this development 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Sorrels Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Just now, cclarry said: I still have my original Kompakt version of EWSQL Symphonic Orchestra Silver, which has continued to work all these years...so hopefully I'll still be able to authorize it with my serial #, because it didn't require internet when it was purchased, despite this development Nope, you won't be able to auth any of the locked East West Kontakt instruments after May 31, 2020. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Matthew Sorrels said: Nope, you won't be able to auth any of the locked East West Kontakt instruments after May 31, 2020. You won't be able to authorize them THROUGH Native Access. But this is "Offline" activation. It doesn't require an internet connection, or even the internet, to authorize. Edited March 10, 2020 by cclarry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Sorrels Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Does the library show up in the library pane inside Kontakt? If it does, then it has to be auth'ed. If it doesn't show up as a library in Kontakt and requires the full version of Kontakt then you are fine. Some Kontakt instruments do a serial number request as part of the instrument (home brew copy protection). I didn't think East West did that though, but it's certainly possible. My Stormdrum and Choirs however are full on Kontakt instruments designed to run in the player version of Kontakt 2 and require a challenge-response auth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, Matthew Sorrels said: Does the library show up in the library pane inside Kontakt? If it does, then it has to be auth'ed. If it doesn't show up as a library in Kontakt and requires the full version of Kontakt then you are fine. Some Kontakt instruments do a serial number request as part of the instrument (home brew copy protection). I didn't think East West did that though, but it's certainly possible. My Stormdrum and Choirs however are full on Kontakt instruments designed to run in the player version of Kontakt 2 and require a challenge-response auth. It's Kompakt...and just requires a serial # to authorize... I don't use it anymore, but it's still installed...so not like I'd be losing anything...but still wouldn't be happy if I couldn't use should I want to...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Rosefelt Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Brings back memories of my Lifetime Subscription to Sonar Platinum. ☹️ 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husker Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Reid Rosefelt said: Brings back memories of my Lifetime Subscription to Sonar Platinum. ☹️ My "Sonar For Life" lasted about 6 months.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Sorrels Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, cclarry said: It's Kompakt...and just requires a serial # to authorize... Is that serial number entered into the old NI Service Center app? That's what is going away, the server it talks to. Edited March 10, 2020 by Matthew Sorrels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 36 minutes ago, Matthew Sorrels said: Is that serial number entered into the old NI Service Center app? That's what is going away, the server it talks to. No...it doesn't even require Service Center...it's just a dialogue where you enter the serial # Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemar Sain Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 I hate to say it....but the crack/ware scene is going get some new traffic soon. Sad part is, from a lot of legit users. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon Barnes Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Some of those Zero G libraries regularly go on sale. Do they still use NI for authorisation? I suppose the writing was on the wall for the EastWest stuff when they dumped Kontakt and introduced their own player. Presumably EW will no longer pay NI to support their copy protection / registration on these old libraries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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