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[Rich Pell]

Originally posted by Hans Adamson:
Hey Rich,

I was just going to mail you about it. I have had so much work because of the sale, and we are still working on processing all the orders. But we are catching up now, and I will get it done this week. Promise.

Hans

<font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana, Arial\">Thanks, hans..BTW i just used the Malmsjo rock grand on an \"Omen\" Like Horror sting and it worked great cause its sounds so \"in the room\". I dig that piano,Rich

[esteso]

Hans

Got your piano in the mail today but Kontakt can\'t import it or even see it. It just says they\'re unknown filetypes. I\'m on a Mac so these .exe files are hard to deal with but maybe I\'m missing something simple. I guess I have to change the .exe files into .nki or .gig files but how do I do that if Kontakt won\'t see \'em? Stuffit 7.0 or 7.01 won\'t do it. It keeps crashing the app.

Is anyone using this piano on the Mac with Kontakt?

Thanks

[Hans Adamson]

Michael,

Stuffit will expand the compressed file. You may have to download the newest freeware version.

1. Load the CD into your CD-ROM reader.

2. Copy the file \"Mag 20 Kontakt.exe\" onto your desktop.

3. Double-click on the Stuffit icon so that the \"Drag and Drop\" window opens.

4. Drag the file \"MAG 20 Kontakt.exe\" over the window, and drop it.

5. The Stuffit software will expand a folder named \"Malmsjö Acoustic Grand\". This folder contains the .nki program files as well as the \"Malmsjö Acoustic Grand Samples\" folder.

Hans Adamson
Art Vista Productions
http://www.artvista.net/
http://store.yahoo.com/artvista/

[Jamie Haggerty]

Stuff it 7.03 is what you need. works for me.
J

[esteso]

Totally cool guys. Thanks. I had actually done everything right but I think I had so many different versions of Stuffit on my drive that the prefs got all screwed up. I deleted everything, trashed the prefs and installed a fresh copy of Stuffit 7.03, D/L from Aladdins\' site and voila!

As I wrote this it had expanded and now I\'m looking at some .nki files.

Thanks a lot

(now I have to practise)

Oh oh, It looks like I spoke too soon. I can see the .nki files in Kontakt but it won\'t load \'em. What\'s up with this? Maybe the file names are too long. Well, if it\'s not one thing, it\'s your mother....as they say.

Guess I\'ll make a copy and shorten the file name.

Wish me luck

OK, I shortened the suffix and it now recognizes the file but it says it can\'t find the sample to load it. What to do? Ahh, computers......complex solutions to simple problems!

Guess I\'ll shorten the suffix to the original file and see what happens. If you guys have any other ideas I\'d love to hear \'em.

[Hans Adamson]

Michael,

I don\'t know why your Mac isn\'t recognizing the files as .nki-files. I have tested the procedure on OS 9.1, without any hiccups.

If Kontakt reports that it cannot find the samples, it should normally give you the option of looking for the sample folder, and you may specify its location on the hard drive. When this is done, the instrument will load, and you can then resave it. The next time you load the instrument, Kontakt will know where to look for the samples (.wav\'s).

I have e-mailed you new nki\'s, so you can check that your nki\'s are not damaged. Replace the Malmsjö nki\'s in the Malmsjö Acoustic Grand folder with those. They should have the file names:

Malmsjö Acoustic Grand.nki
Malmsjö Acoustic Grand X.nki
Malmsjö Rock Grand.nki
Malmsjö Dream Grand.nki
Malmsjö Mozart Grand.nki
Malmsjö Midnight Grand.nki

In the Malmsjö Acoustic Grand folder, there should also be a folder called \"Malmsjö Acoustic Grand Samples\". This folder should contain 377 individual samples named such as: \"0_A0.wav\", \"1_A0.wav\", \"10_B0.wav\", \"100_A#2.wav\"...etc.

Try it this way, and let me know what happens.

Hans

[esteso]

Just a follow up to say that I got my problems all sorted out and am now happily playing the piano. It was a bit of a schlep but worth it. The piano sounds great. Hans\' support is top notch. Fast (and I mean really fast) and useful.

Just wanted to acknowledge Hans publicly.

Thank you!

[Hans Adamson]

Thanks Michael! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Hans

[Jamie Haggerty]

Received my Vibes yesterday. Thanks for the fast service. Just a quick question, since I\'m translating these from Giga to my format is there a sustain patch that isn\'t as large as the 900 meg pedal down patch. I\'m not streaming so that one is just too big. The Dampened patch sounds very good but I would like one that has some sustain without taking all my ram.
Cheers,
Jamie

[fjafan]

Hans,

Received my MAG yesterday, installed it last night without a hitch (Giga), and enjoyed it\'s wonderful tones for several hours. I completely concur with what everyone has been saying......do not hesitate one more second if you are thinking about buying this piano. Thanks again!

Dave