Hey Chuck,
I would not feel embarrassed at all. IMO, there is no excuse for
software this confusing. Tom and Gary unfortunately seem to feel that
if people can figure it out *eventually*, there is no reason to make
things transparent from the get-go. Obviously you and I disagree, and
if you can use your leverage to draw attention to the serious
shortcomings in the user interface, so much the better.
As to your specific questions -- my understanding is that the old AU
Setup listing is there to (theoretically, at least) preserve
compatibility of older files. Finale 2006 cannot use the Kontakt 2
player, so any files configured for GPO playback in Finale 2006 will
need to use the older library.
In practice, though, since the Garritan installer replaces the
Kontakt 1 libraries, this doesn't work. After applying the Kontakt 2
Player update, any Fin2006 files you may have will need to be opened
in Fin2007 or Fin2008 and re-configured manually for Garritan
playback. Needless to say, this is a bit of a pain.
That said, my behavior doesn't match yours. When I open Finale 2006
and go to the Native Instruments AU Setup dialog box, nothing shows
up. In Fin2007-2008, my only choice is KontaktPlayer2.
I don't know what accounts for this difference, but perhaps it is a
blessing in disguise. Why don't you try opening a Fin2006 document
configured for GPO playback and see if it still works?
- Darcy
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On 28 Aug 2007, at 5:34 PM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Anybody remember this thread? Dumb me - it's always the same kind
of thing. What was in one place gets moved to a new place when you
do an update/upgrade, and then I can't find it and think things are
broken that aren't! So - to explain, and to help other obtuse
folks like me: after updating to the new Kontakt 2 player, you will
find a new listing in the Audio Units Setup menu called "Kontakt 2
Player" and that is where the new samples are accessed. Attempting
to load samples from the old JABB or GPO places will result in the
error message I described earlier.
Why don't the old listings disappear with the update? Can I get
rid of them? I can't use them anymore, and they are simply
clutter. If I had designed this, I'd have had the new selection
drop down menu take the place of the old instead of just appearing
below them, where it took me weeks to look. Bad design makes me
feel stupid when I don't see something and don't think to look
beyond where it used to be.
Of course, I only just discovered this after leaving phone messages
for Gary and Tom Hopkins for which I am now embarrassed.
Chuck
Chuck Israels
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Bellingham, WA 98225-5836
phone (360) 671-3402
fax (360) 676-6055
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