NKS Installer Updates

[GabrielG]

Dear NKS enthusiasts,

We integrated the NKS Installer into our Vienna Assistant. From now on all NKS Packages can be found under All / NKS!

NKS presets installed via our old installer will still work, but it will not show up as installed in the Vienna Assistant.
Installing them again in the Vienna Assistant will overwrite the previous installation.

New Features:

• Full Support for MK3 hardware
• Support for VST3
• A new “Default” Preset (found under NKS for Starter Editions) that allows easy generation of own presets as long as no Factory Presets from us are available

And we added several new presets - so the full list is:

NKS for Big Bang Orchestra

• BBO Altair
• BBO Andromeda
• BBO Black Eye
• BBO Tana
• BBO Ursa
• BBO Vega
• BBO Wallia
• BBO Xenia
• BBO Ymir
• BBO Zodiac

NKS for Synchron Series

• Synchron Strings I
• NEW: Synchron Elite Strings
• Synchron FX Strings I

NKS for Synchron Percussion

• Synchron Power Drums

NKS for Synchron Pianos

• NEW: Synchron Fazioli F308
• NEW: Synchron Fazioli F212
• Synchron Yamaha CFX
• Synchron Concert D-274
• Synchron Bösendorfer Imperial
• Synchron Bösendorfer Upright
• Synchron Bösendorfer 280 VC
• Synchron Blüthner 1895
• NEW: Synchron German Upright 1904

NKS for SYNCHRON-ized Collections

• SYNCHRON-ized Appassionata Strings
• SYNCHRON-ized Chamber Strings
• SYNCHRON-ized Dimension Strings
• SYNCHRON-ized Dimension Brass
• SYNCHRON-ized Woodwinds
• SYNCHRON-ized Elements
• NEW: SYNCHRON-ized Solo Voices
• NEW: SYNCHRON-ized Vienna Choir
• NEW: SYNCHRON-ized Soprano Choir
• NEW: SYNCHRON-ized Whistler

Free Instruments

• FREE Big Bang Orchestra
• FREE Fujara Flute
• FREE Soft Imperial
• FREE Celestial Strings
• FREE Violin Runs
• FREE Harp Glissandos
• NEW: FREE Small Percussion
• Synchron Prime Edition
• SYNCHRON-ized Special Edition
• Vienna Smart Orchestra
• Vienna Smart Spheres
• Vienna Smart Hits
• Epic Orchestra 2.0

[PaoloT]

Excellent!

I noticed that I'm asked to also re-download Synchron Strings I (either full or optimized) and VI Percussions. Is this related to the NKS update?

Paolo

[Andreas8420]

No, most likely related to Vienna Assistant update v1.1.347 (February 7th, 2024).

• Not completely installed products now show up under "Installed" and "Not Installed"
  
  (That means some of the components are not yet installed - individual instruments for the VI Percussions, for example)

[Bill]

Does NKS have any value other than working with the NI Keyboards?

[GabrielG]

Hello Bill,

The main benefit is the integration with NI Keyboards (having the lightguide on the Keyboard, pre assigned values for the knobs, support for visual impaired persons, ...)

There seems to be a group of users who also like using Komplete Kontrol for preset management for live playing but I would not not realy count this as real benefit

Best regards

Gabriel

[Bill]

Thanks Gabriel

[GabrielG]

And also the new Fazioli F212 now comes with full NKS Support

[Louisc]

Hello,

I have four "Not Installed" NKS items that recently appeared in Vienna Assistant. I don't want to install them as I know I don't need them, and most likely never will.

Is there a way to delete them, or will I forever see them shown as "Not Installed" in Vienna Assistant?

Thanks,

LouisC

[Frankenstein]

As for now I don't think there is an option to at least hide potential downloads.

You cannot delete them.

[Louisc]

Hum, that's too bad... Hope they eventually implement a solution (soon, if possible).

But thanks for your confirmation Frank'

LouisC

[rAC]

Can they at least be shifted into the extras area? There they are alongside downloads for notation programs and DAWs which would make more sense to me.

NKS stuff is not a core part of VSL’s libraries nor using VSL’s libraries. It’s an extra goodie for those using NI’s ecosystem.

[GabrielG]

Dear @Frankenstein @Louis C and @rAC

Thanks for your feedback and suggestions!

We are already analysing this topic and try to find a better solution!

Best regards from Vienna!

Gabriel

[Andreas8420]

Hi @Frankenstein @Louis C @rAC

As a first adjustment, only users with the Komplete Kontrol software installed on the system will see those NKS presets in Vienna Assistant.

EDIT: The Vienna Assistant Update will be rolled out soon. We appreciate your patience.

The main benefit of VSL moving those NKS presets to the registered products is that users ONLY see the NKS presets of products they own.

The old installer under "Additionals" was an all-in-one combi installer, and many people clicked through the installation too quickly without making adjustments.

Meaning: They ended up confused about hundreds of installed presets for products they did not own—or the other way around: They contacted us via support to explain why they could not use the products they "installed."

Best,
Andreas

[rAC]

@Andreas8420 Thanks for listening. I was pleased to not see NKS in my uninstalled list the last time I logged in,