NI has released the installer patch for Leopard.  [url]http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=freeupdates[/url]

Thanks for reporting this Keith!! I was just talking to a friend yesterday who was dead in the water until the hotfix came out, so I just passed this along to him.

I'm sure your friend is as happy as I am!  ;)

I'm sure. :) Once you're up with Leopard, let us know if you encounter any other bumps in the road as I'm sure many folks will find themselves in a similar predicament soon. Thanks again Keith!

Well, it didn't take long to find a bump.  I patched the installer and everything looked good.  Got VDL2.5 registered, opened it up, and started to build a multi when the first sample I tried couldn't be found.  After a quick search I realized that none of the samples could be found, even though the folders and the nki files are there.  I even double-checked to make sure the library path was correct. 

I remembered a couple of people saying how long the install took and mine was no where near long at all.  There was no hang around file 198 and no extra long ";copying virtual drumline"; time.  I'm not real sure where to go from here.  I've tried twice.  I'll keep poking around and checking back here.

Check to be sure the .nkx files are there as well. It sounds like maybe they aren't. Once you've copied those into your [b]Virtual Drumline 2.5[/b] folder, the ";samples not found"; message should not appear.

Haha, I was just reporting back to say that I had to manually copy those files over.  That seems to have done the trick.  I'll report back one more time once everything is hooked up with Sibelius.

As far as communication between Sibelius and VDL2.5, everything looks ok.  I'm having a weird issue though when attempting to load an instrument into an empty bank.  It won't let me click and drag and instrument into an empty slot.  It automatically loads in the next rack position with one click, leaving my bank slot empty.  I've checked and unchecked the ";Browser: Double click loads instrument"; with no change.

Any thought on this?

[quote author=Keith Anderson link=topic=2074.msg10623#msg10623 date=1194381195]

... I'm having a weird issue though when attempting to load an instrument into an empty bank. It won't let me click and drag and instrument into an empty slot. It automatically loads in the next rack position with one click, leaving my bank slot empty. I've checked and unchecked the ";Browser: Double click loads instrument"; with no change.

Any thought on this?

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If and when you upgrade to Sibelius 5.1, you won't have to worry about instrument banks in Kontakt Player 2 anymore.

In fact, you will only need to open KP2 on a very rare occasion.

Happy writing days are on the horizon! :)

[quote author=Keith Anderson link=topic=2074.msg10623#msg10623 date=1194381195]
As far as communication between Sibelius and VDL2.5, everything looks ok.�� I'm having a weird issue though when attempting to load an instrument into an empty bank.�� It won't let me click and drag and instrument into an empty slot.�� It automatically loads in the next rack position with one click, leaving my bank slot empty.�� I've checked and unchecked the ";Browser: Double click loads instrument"; with no change.

Any thought on this?
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Were you successfully able to load KP2 instrument banks when you were running Tiger? Banks in KP2 have a few limitations as opposed to the full version of Kontakt, but this functionality should be fairly straight ahead if you're doing it correctly. Assuming you've already been able to do this, i wonder if running KP2 in Leopard has introduced a glitch. I don't have a Leopard machine to test with, so if this is the case, I'd suggest submitting a support request with NI to see if they might be able to look into it for you.

And to piggyback on what Hugh mentioned, using instrument banks within Sibelius 5 won't be necessary, so that should be another thing to look forward to!

[quote author=Jim Casella link=topic=2074.msg10626#msg10626 date=1194391965]
Were you successfully able to load KP2 instrument banks when you were running Tiger? Banks in KP2 have a few limitations as opposed to the full version of Kontakt, but this functionality should be fairly straight ahead if you're doing it correctly. Assuming you've already been able to do this, i wonder if running KP2 in Leopard has introduced a glitch. I don't have a Leopard machine to test with, so if this is the case, I'd suggest submitting a support request with NI to see if they might be able to look into it for you.

And to piggyback on what Hugh mentioned, using instrument banks within Sibelius 5 won't be necessary, so that should be another thing to look forward to!
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I just upgraded to 2.5.  I never got the chance to work with KP2 in Tiger.  I am running the full version of Kontakt2 in Leopard without this issue.  I can drag instruments into a multi with no problems.  For now I can run everything through Kontakt2 and still get things done.

And as for Sibelius 5, I'm not gonna take that plunge until the templates are ready.  Also, I've got enough to handle right now, and I'm only 1/3 of the way through my indoor show.  Once the templates are out, I'm sure I'll upgrade once my current project is done.

I believe I resolved my issue.  Apparently it was my lack of knowledge of the browser menu.  :(  Man that's humbling.

I'm just gonna go hide in a corner now.  lol

Ah - of course! I didn't think to check on the version you were using. Glad to hear you've sorted it all out Keith. Back to work now! :)

Well, Jim, I wish I was that smart.  I edited my earlier post.

Sweet, I had to roll back to Tiger because of this--which was quite a buzzkill for my shiny new leopard purchase. :P