Babz wrote:Years ago I set up a studio with a Mac running DP as my DAW, but with most of my virtual instruments running on multiple external PCs.
Now I have finally bitten the bullet and taken on the laborious task for trying to get 10+ years worth of VIs-libraries-and-expansion-pack investment onto a single Mac Mini.
So far I've gotten all my UAD, Arturia, Fxpansion, Toontrack, IK Multimedia, and Gforce stuff installed, updated, registered and authorized and running on my new Mac Mini with Mountain Lion and DP at 64 bit. (Except for Gforce's Oddity, which is still 32 bit. May have to use Jbridge for that, but so far I'm trying to stick with 100% 64 bit.)
Some of the stuff on these PCs is PC-only, legacy/orphaned, and will never run on today's Macs (NI's B4, FM7 (which runs old DX patches better than FM8), Pro 53, Wizoo Latigo, and many other fine oldies but goodies).
But I want to see how far I can go with this in terms of preserving my VI investment, getting everything onto one Mac, and keeping everything running at 64 bit.
This brings me to my next two challenges:
1. Old instruments based around the Kontakt 2 player; and
2. My fairly substantial Gigastudio library.
I don't currently have the budget to upgrade to the latest Komplete and I think I'm currently at Komplete 5, which unfortunately includes a version of Kontakt that is pre 64-bit.
However, there is a FREE Kontakt 5 Player that I can download from NI that is 64 bit. But will it run my older instruments that were set up to work with Kontakt 2 player? These include things like:
- VIOne
- Drums Overkill, Galaxy Pianos (Best Service)
- Sonic Reality Infinite Player Drum Kits
- EWQLSO Gold
Has anyone been able to get any of this kind of stuff working with Kontakt Player 5 at 64 bit w/ DP8?
Can anyone help walk me through the steps of this kind of migration?
Another issue: My library content is installed on a PC. Can I just drag this library/sample stuff over to a Mac drive and point Kontakt Player 5 at it?
Or do I need to reinstall all these libraries from the original DVDs (which probably won't work w/ Mountain Lion)?
As for the Gigastudio stuf ... Anyone tried GPlayer?
http://www.soundlib.com/gplayer/
How is it working on a Mac? Does it really read any Giga instrument with no conversion issues or lost sample layers, etc.? How is it working on a Mac with 64 bit?
Any advice on any portion of any of this greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance...
Babz