Not a deal - going Kontakt less

[Fleer]

Got a new lappie, a MacBook Air M2 16GB/512GB as a swift little companion to go with the monstrous MacBook Pro M1Max 64GB/4TB as my main axe. 
And I’m planning on keeping them Kontakt free, at least the little one. 
Yep, you heard that right. I’ll fill it up with Falcon and its UVI banks, Arturia V Collection and Pigments, Melda MSoundFactory and friends, Spitfire BBCSO and Originals, Scaler, Toontrack, AAS, Bitwig, Omnisphere, Keyscape, Kilohearts, iZotope, Eventide, SugarBytes, XLN, Pianoteq, Organteq, Zynaptiq, PSP, Valhalla, Soundtoys, Softube, Relab, Unify and the lot, maybe even throw in some EastWest but no Kontakt, no.
Love this feeling.

Free at last.

[PavlovsCat]

3 minutes ago, Fleer said:

Got a new lappie, a MacBook Air M2 16GB/512GB as a swift little companion to go with the monstrous MacBook Pro M1Max 64GB/4TB as my main axe. 
And I’m planning on keeping them Kontakt free, at least the little one. 
Yep, you heard that right. I’ll fill it up with Falcon and its UVI banks, Arturia V Collection and Pigments, Melda MSoundFactory and friends, Spitfire BBCSO and Originals, Scaler, Toontrack, AAS, Bitwig, Omnisphere, Keyscape, Kilohearts, iZotope, Eventide, SugarBytes, XLN, Pianoteq, Organteq, Zynaptiq, PSP, Valhalla, Soundtoys, Softube, Relab, Unify and the lot, maybe even throw in some EastWest but no Kontakt, no.
Love this feeling.

Free at last.

No KONTAKT? I don't think I could do it. I'm not sure I have had a single project that doesn't use at least one instance of KONTAKT. 

[Esteban Villanova]

Yeah, Kontaktlessness is akin to madness for me lol 

But you’re pretty well covered so you should be alright.

[Magic Russ]

I don't think I would want to try that, but good luck.

[Craig Fowler]

I find Kontakt incredibly user-unfriendly, and a pain on my eyes. All the same, I'd be loathe to give up the access it grants, especially to the straightaheadsamples libraries!

 

And doesn't this mean losing the Bechstein you like so much, Fleer?

[Fleer]

Nah, I’m being coy, shy and bashful, as Edith would say. 
Too much in love with too many Kontakt libraries to part with them, like that wonderful Bechstein and everything from OrangeTreeSamples or Soundiron and the like. 
So I’m keeping them warm and fuzzy on my desktop rig

[PavlovsCat]

Before you abandon KONTAKT,  think about the employees of hard drive companies and their families,  Fleer. Think about the children!!! Come back to KONTAKT. Do the right thing and order those additional hard drives tonight. For the children. 

Edited November 12, 2022 by PavlovsCat

[chris.r]

There is life without Kontakt?? ? You'll have to share with us your experience  

Or is it to show Edith she's in the first place in your life...

[Kal Elle]

3 hours ago, Fleer said:

UVI banks, Arturia V Collection and Pigments, Melda MSoundFactory and friends, Spitfire BBCSO and Originals, Scaler, Toontrack, AAS, Bitwig, Omnisphere, Keyscape, Kilohearts, iZotope, Eventide, SugarBytes, XLN, Pianoteq, Organteq, Zynaptiq, PSP, Valhalla, Soundtoys, Softube, Relab, Unify

Are you sure you are well covered? ?

Just Ominisphere is a whole galaxy to explore X)

I guess Kontakt... good riddance! 

[daveiv]

Don do dat.

[TracingArcs]

Blasphemy!!!!!!!!!   Go to your room and think about what you said...........

[Marc Cormier]

We know you’re bluffing.  No more Flatulus?  C’mon.

 

[Patrick Wichrowski]

[antler]

9 hours ago, Fleer said:

Got a new lappie, a MacBook Air M2 16GB/512GB as a swift little companion to go with the monstrous MacBook Pro M1Max 64GB/4TB as my main axe. 
And I’m planning on keeping them Kontakt free, at least the little one. 
Yep, you heard that right. I’ll fill it up with Falcon and its UVI banks, Arturia V Collection and Pigments, Melda MSoundFactory and friends, Spitfire BBCSO and Originals, Scaler, Toontrack, AAS, Bitwig, Omnisphere, Keyscape, Kilohearts, iZotope, Eventide, SugarBytes, XLN, Pianoteq, Organteq, Zynaptiq, PSP, Valhalla, Soundtoys, Softube, Relab, Unify and the lot, maybe even throw in some EastWest but no Kontakt, no.
Love this feeling.

Free at last.

I understand - one SD3 full library and you're maxed out ?

(I joke about the size of SD3 libraries, but they are very good)

[Peter Hintze]

10 hours ago, Fleer said:

Got a new lappie, a MacBook Air M2 16GB/512GB as a swift little companion to go with the monstrous MacBook Pro M1Max 64GB/4TB as my main axe. 
And I’m planning on keeping them Kontakt free, at least the little one. 
Yep, you heard that right. I’ll fill it up with Falcon and its UVI banks, Arturia V Collection and Pigments, Melda MSoundFactory and friends, Spitfire BBCSO and Originals, Scaler, Toontrack, AAS, Bitwig, Omnisphere, Keyscape, Kilohearts, iZotope, Eventide, SugarBytes, XLN, Pianoteq, Organteq, Zynaptiq, PSP, Valhalla, Soundtoys, Softube, Relab, Unify and the lot, maybe even throw in some EastWest but no Kontakt, no.
Love this feeling.

Free at last.

Whats so bad about Kontakt (apart from HiDPI missing)?

I would feel free if the count of VSTs would be under 10 in my DAW.

[antler]

14 minutes ago, Peter Hintze said:

Whats so bad about Kontakt (apart from HiDPI missing)?

Some people don't like it because they say it's ugly, and there's a fairly high cost for entry. Other than that, nothing - if you have enough space for the libraries.

[Fleer]

It’s that ubiquitous Francisco and his Partners, running amok with my beloved iZotope, Plugin Alliance, AND Native Instruments …

[InstrEd]

Going Kontakt-less is like going naked?

We need you to put your clothes back on Fleer!

Have fun with your Macs ?

[abacab]

I was Kontakt-less for years. Have been well covered by all them other plugins I have.

But now I am hooked! ?

[InstrEd]

8 minutes ago, abacab said:

I was Kontakt-less for years. Have been well covered by all them other plugins I have.

But now I am hooked! ?

Actually I was too ?