How To SPEED Up Kontakt Loading Times in Windows

[@PraiseTracks]

⚠Just a note to say, that your choice of exclusions may vary. I would first try excluding the KONTAKT.exe process first and see how that works, then dive deeper to see how additional steps might affect your performance. Always follow safe computing practices to avoid picking up malicious software that could harm your computer and data. Thanks for all of the kind feedback and support.

[@kestrelsings]

Thank you so much. You've saved me what looked like days of downloading. To all: "listen to this guy Simeon, he KNOOOWS what he's talking about!" :)

[@kiillabytez]

I decided to do the same with the following directory paths Studio One VST3 VST and all presets folder locations for each of my plugins. Made a world of difference!

[@ivo4357]

Simeon is expanding shop! Now he's no longer 'only' a musical wizard, he's a tech guy too. Love it. Thanks, this helps a lot!

[@johnellers]

Hi Simeon, I bought the Kontakt 7 a few weeks ago. I tried your trick and it really works! I want to thank you so much for this great video!!!!

[@PraiseTracks]

John, it is my pleasure, I am so glad it helped. Thanks for watching.

[@berniehcc]

Thanks Simeon 🙏That's a good tip, but as one who has worked in IT for 40 years, I knew that of course😉 But what is also important, makes a batch resave for each library if it is new or the folder has been changed. This significantly reduces the loading time of the presets👍

[@user-re2tl8no9c]

I used to be able to load any Kontakt library patch smoothly by batch re-saving. However, I found that it doesn’t work for a library that requires the full version of Kontakt, and guessed that would be the limit of my HDD speed since it contains a huge number of NCW files. So I added NCW and NKI to the exclusion list, referring to this video, and then a patch that used to take 50 seconds to load loaded in 5 seconds. In other words, your information has cut down my wasted time by 1/10. I can’t thank you enough!

[@JuanAMatos-zx4ub]

Thank you sir, for saving us HOURS of loading time throughout a project! This really sped things up in my sessions, specially after Batch Resave didn't work no matter how many times I tried it.

[@jensloetzsch]

I tried the hack and it made a WORLD DIFFERENCE ! Especially for the non Kontakt Player libraries, they now load so fast. Thank you !

[@PraiseTracks]

It is my pleasure, I am so glad to hear that you are seeing improvement. Windows Defender is the best of times and the worst of times, almost at the same time. I am learning a bit more how to manage this. Thank you for watching and the kind support,

[@jensloetzsch]

@@PraiseTracks You have no idea, I excluded some of my non Kontakt Player libraries from my Template because of the horrific loading times and I had no idea why this issue happened. But now, after trying your hack, I enjoy playing and composing with them again ! 🙌 Again, thank you !

[@MuteOffAotearoa]

Not usually a commenter but thanks so much. This was a huge problem, especially with the lovely Sample Logic instruments, and nothing suggested anywhere seemed to work or stick, including batch resaves. Hello brisker workflow.

[@PraiseTracks]

Abby, I am so glad that this worked for you. Time is a precious gift and to find ways to make the most of it allows us to move past frustration and on to doing what we love. Thanks so much for the kind support. Joyfully! 🎹

[@chrisbrown7127]

This is just what I've been looking for! many thanks for taking the time to share this...;0)!

[@PraiseTracks]

My pleasure, I am going to do this for any application that might have to load large sample sets (ie UVI/Falcon). Thanks for watching. Joyfully!

[@clydesight]

WOW! What a great tip! I'm going to try it out on my system! Thanks, I really learn from your videos and I am LOVING Royal Albert Hall Organ!

[@PraiseTracks]

My pleasure. Every little tweak helps. Joyfully!

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

This is a great performance improvement technique. I'm in Windows 7 but will try this in a few days. Thanks again.

[@dhoch]

This was great news and great timing. I was aware of "exculding" from Defender. But just needed your excellent direction on how to .... Please consider any other tips and tricks you know about working in Kontakt. It is so difficult to learn what to do, when you don't know what can be done.

[@MenonDwarka]

This was great! Solved my issues with my 8dio libraries

[@PraiseTracks]

I am so glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.

[@HayDigital]

Wow that is amazing advice, my PC is getting old, I need to save for a new one and help like this is so helpful.

[@UserNumeroUnoo]

Thank you a LOT!!!! It really helps!!!

[@chapbot2023]

Thank you so much for this video!!! I just got a new music Windows computer and need to do this!

[@nickvoyages1608]

Much appreciated information Simeon, thank you! I believe that those kind of videos help a lot! 🙏

[@PraiseTracks]

My pleasure Nick. I am going to see about how to do more of these "toolbox" types of videos, it is finding out what users are having issues with and trying to present helpful solutions. Let me know of any topics that you might find helpful. Joyfully! 🎹

[@azeedogz]

Thank you for the help. I was avoiding synth ai because of the loading issues

[@azeedogz]

Big Thank you, I tried it and it worked... Saved me a lot time!

[@PraiseTracks]

My pleasure, I am so glad things are working smoother for you. Joyfully!🎹

[@garyhendrie4001]

Thanks Simeon much appreciated.

[@PittsMultiPass]

Very interesting - can’t wait to get home and try this. QUESTION: Does Eset security also have exclusions like Windows?

[@PraiseTracks]

Yes it does, here is more info: tinyurl.com/ESET-Exclusions

[@HOBBITSODYSSEY]

Free tip for you Simeon, you have 3 hard drives almost full, ssds need always 10% of the drive size free so it can perform the advertised speeds, if not the speed will drop considerably, even if your drives are not ssds they should never be in the red, kind regards

[@PraiseTracks]

Yes, good point, thank you. Storage management is always a difficult thing to deal with, especially as sample libraries continue to grow. Joyfully!🎹

[@HOBBITSODYSSEY]

@@PraiseTracks haha the eternal storage problem of the musician,all the best.

[@marshallartsentertainment3741]

@@PraiseTracks I can relate. 🤓

[@Keroser1983]

AMAZING: Never seen this before. Thank you sir!

[@dannyblais2602]

Wow, it's magic Simeon your tricks, I did the test with Lunaris 2...and it loads very quickly, compared to before the exclusions.

[@dannyblais2602]

Thank you so much for taking your time to explain this.

[@akcel1211]

Thanks so much Simeon !

[@PraiseTracks]

My pleasure. Always so glad to help. Joyfully!🎹

[@tekrahmuzik777]

Awesome info, thank you

[@PraiseTracks]

My pleasure, I am glad it helped.

[@tertiaryobjective]

Great advice, DPC latency checker is also a great tool for measuring how well your system performs on a micro-second basis. Certain motherboards perform better than others, by a great margin.

[@PraiseTracks]

Agreed, DPC is a great troubleshooting tool to help sort out bottlenecks in your setup. I might need to bring it out and see how my system is really performing.

[@gen-amb]

Particularly if you’ve never heard of it, take a look at Deskew Technologies’ Gig Performer. Just a satisfied user, but it may radically change how you look at using the standalone hosts like KONTAKT with predictive loading of your next setup. So instead of reducing load time, it multitasks preloading whatever you have set up next for instant usage. Way better for live usage. Anyone who uses soft (or any MIDI) synths live really needs to look seriously at Gig Performer.

[@Daniel-Hawk]

Oh...that was helpful . I'll do that right tomorrow. Thank you

[@PraiseTracks]

My pleasure!

[@ganeshramps90]

Very yousefull thanks tons . Kindly guide me I have few issues in Kontakt 7.10 while loading 1). When load two deferant library over write previoudly loaded library . 2)Unable assign different midi channels to library like LASS. On multiple library loading .. 3) Project Sam Cinematic guitar could not be loaded properly .

[@PraiseTracks]

Ganesh, I am glad you found this helpful. I am still a little green using Kontakt 7 but will look into your issues and see what I can do to answer your questions. Thanks for watching. Joyfully yours!

[@therightstuff]

You should always batch re-save every new library you get, it makes a big difference in loading times

[@JuanAMatos-zx4ub]

I've tried this many times with certain libraries that don't appear on the library tab in Kontakt, and it's never worked (Windows 10)

[@therightstuff]

@@JuanAMatos-zx4ub oh, I've never had a problem with it, just select the folder and it goes through the folders and .nki's automatically and after that it knows the correct paths for everything

[@AdamFraserTv]

I don’t dare to go that because it says that after doing that it makes it so libraries will not work in other kontakt libraries anymore permanently aswell as other changes . Any insight about that ? Thanks

[@aceaudiohq]

@@AdamFraserTv Do that with the Kontakt version you're using the library with, it should not break anything, at least I've never broken anything by batch resaving, it just saves lots of time.

[@TerenceKearns]

VERY helpful!

[@v9956]

❤️❤️❤️ love it

[@jaderington]

Very useful 👌

[@Stephan326]

That fixed me right up!

[@ronnyb5890]

hi Simeon,didnt know that it would make that much difference in speed,wow,much faster,however,these files are now open for malware injection,hackers can use this backdoor to enter your system,they also have bots that search for weaknesses on your system,so if they find your exclusions they can use that (thats why javascript was so vulnerable),just saying,i only use batch re-save and leave the rest as is,cheers mate

[@kiillabytez]

BTW, my laptop is pretty fast running Win 10. It takes about 32 seconds from the time I click to reboot to my desktop again.. Kontakt only took about 7 seconds to load itself, and a hefty Multi like Metropolis 4's Power Winds Legato only took a fraction shy of 2-seconds to load!

[@lahattec]

If not already mentioned, another thing that can be helpful for sample loading and playback is to disable indexing of the sample folders.

[@stephon972]

how you do that

[@lahattec]

@@stephon972 In Windows, right click on the drive or folder, choose Properties, and remove the check from "Allow contents to be indexed."

[@GlynRBrown]

Great tip! 😁👍

[@rodvik]

Helpful! Thank you!

[@PraiseTracks]

Rod, I am so glad it helped. Sometimes these things are just under the radar, and they can make a big difference in improving your overall workflow. Thanks for watching. Joyfully! 🎹

[@lucastavares3470]

awesome

[@mohammadkalantari-r1e]

Tnx❤

[@PraiseTracks]

My pleasure!

[@jrettetsohyt1]

Thanks!

[@PraiseTracks]

Absolutely, I am always glad to help. Joyfully! 🎹

[@BartekEVH]

It loads so fast now because it has already scanned everything once. But it is true that other files will already load faster thanks to these exclusions.

[@JuanAMatos-zx4ub]

Not necessarily. I have some libraries that always took 2-3 minutes to load, which now load in 10 seconds or less. This was a godsend to me haha

[@nathanboler2162]

you da man!

[@beatprocess]

Bro, why does my samples get stuck in kontakt? I would be playing and the bass would just keep going until i switch bass or hit the start button. It's on my other channel, how I play. I might be overloading ram.

[@PraiseTracks]

So a few questions to see how so can help: Do you have any video example you could share? What library is this happening with? Does it happen every time or just sometimes? So a note hanging on could be MIDI related and Kontakt is no getting a note off message. When you say “hit the start button”, do you mean starting playback on your DAW? Thanks for watching and hopefully I can help. Joyfully!🎹

[@turlog8001]

Is it work with bitdefender ?

[@PraiseTracks]

Yes, you would just have to add the file extensions or the Kontakt application to the EXCLUSIONS list in Bitdefender.

[@shinshan1398]

i need help regarding my kontakt 6/7 my libraries changes its position while i organise and then restart kontakt like all my piano lib i keep them on top but when i restart my logic pro x it changes it position and i have organise them again which is hectic everytime any help please let me know

[@edom4080]

Unfortunately this did not work at all for me. I use Komplete Kontrol and not Kontakt much but I excluded both along with my DAW, some file types, and folders..Load times appear to be the same....too long. My machine has plenty of resources..win10 pro....I;m going to exclude .vst extensions and see what that does and call it a day.

[@brendan9951]

Its taking me 3+ hours trying to download a 18gb library i also download Warzone at 4gb mark and at 6gb mark the game downloaded (50gb)

[@iMacTube]

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