Detailed Installation Guide Version 1.0 Copyright 2009
Table of Contents Table of Contents General Guidelines...3 Kontakt Requirements...3 System Specifications...3 Installation of LASS DVDs...4 What to expect when installing the 5 DVDs...4 LASS Installation under Windows...5 LASS Installation under Mac OS X... 11 Activating LASS...17 Kontakt Player Installation PC...18 Kontakt Player Installation MAC...23 2
General Guidelines General Guidelines Kontakt Requirements Aside from installing LASS, here s the information on what Kontakt elements you ll need to run LASS. If you already have Kontakt 3.5, then you will only need to install the LASS library (5 DVD set). If you already have Kontakt 3, you will need to upgrade to Kontakt 3.5 to be able to use LASS. You can upgrade for free through the Native Instruments Service Center In Kontakt 3, go to Help, click Launch Service Center If you do not have Kontakt 3 or 3.5, you will need to install the Kontakt Player 3 from the Kontakt Installation Disc (supplied). To learn more about how to install Kontakt Player from this disc, see the Kontakt Player Installation pages later in this guide. System Specifications Interfaces: Stand-alone, VST, Audio Units, RTAS, ASIO, Core Audio, DirectSound Minimum System Requirements: Mac OS 10.4.x, G4 1.4 GHz or Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz, 1GB RAM Windows XP or Windows Vista, Pentium or Athlon 1.4 GHz, 1GB RAM 300MB free disc space, 40GB for complete installation, DVD drive capable of reading dual layered DVDs Note: To get the most out of LASS, it is highly recommended that you install it on the fastest computer you can, with at least 2 gigabytes of RAM. It is also recommended that you install LASS on 2 computers to take full advantage of all divisi sections. This will ensure a better performance and greater polyphony. LASS is like five libraries in one: a First Chair library, 1/4 Divisi A, 1/4 Divisi B, 1/2 Divisi C and a Full Section library. When layering the divisi sections, it can be quite demanding on your system, so for a better performance, it is recommended to use LASS on the fastest computer you can as opposed to the minimum system requirements. 3
I n s t a l l a t i o n o f L A S S D V D s Installation of LASS DVDs First off, it s suggest to start by installing the LA Scoring Strings (LASS) library DVDs (for information on installing the Kontakt Player 3 CD, refer to the end of this guide). What to expect when installing the 5 DVDs Installing LASS from the 5 dual layer DVDs will be a long process (4-5 hours). Because of the nature of dual layer DVDs (DVD-9), expect at least 45 minutes to install per DVD. Depending on your system and DVD drive, it may take as long as 1 hour per DVD. The good news is, you only have to do this once. Once the LASS library is installed, you can copy the entire library folder onto a drive and then copy it onto another system. Once copied to the new system, you can Add Library from Kontakt 3.5 or K3 Player and activate it via Native Instruments Service Center. As you begin the install, you may get some crazy Estimated Time durations... like 22 hours (for example). Please ignore this. In reality, Each DVD will take about 45 minutes to an hour. Also, please be patient, it may seem as though the installation is just hanging (especially on PC). Just let the installer do its job and everything should be OK. Also, please do not run other applications or work on the computer while you are installing LASS... it may cause a installation failure. Note: The audio engine in NATIVE INSTRUMENTS SOFTWARE has been designed to make optimum use of the available computing power in the CPU. In order to maximize your experience, we recommend you use a modern computer. Also, please make sure you exit all other applications before you install either the LA Scoring Strings DVDs. 4
LASS Installation under Windows LASS Installation under Windows Insert the LA Scoring Strings Installation Disc 1 of 5 into the optical drive. Use the Windows Explorer to view the contents of the disk. You will see this: Start the installation by double-clicking LA Scoring Strings Setup PC.exe. Click Next. 5
LASS Installation under Windows You will see the LA Scoring Strings License Agreement page (below): Read the License Agreement and check the I accept the terms of the license agreement to be able to continue the installation. Click Next to continue and you will see this (below): Click on Next on the Custom Setup (above). 6
LASS Installation under Windows You will then see the Library Destination Folder dialog (below): To navigate to where you want to install LA Scoring Strings, click on the Change button. Then you should see something like this (below) but with your own system configuration: Navigate to the disk and folder where you want to install LASS and click on OK. 7
LASS Installation under Windows You will then see the Completing the audiobro LA Scoring Strings Setup dialog box (below): Now you are ready to begin the installation. Click Next to start loading the LASS library to the location you chose previously. NOTE: These are Dual layer DVDs...so PLEASE be patient. Each DVD will take about 45 minutes to an hour to install depending on your system. Again, as you begin the install, you may get some crazy Estimated Time durations...like 22 hours (for example). Please ignore this. Also it may appear that the progress bar is not moving... give it time...especially as you insert discs 2,3,4 and 5. 8
LASS Installation under Windows Below is an example of LASS installing: When finished loading a DVD, the installer will prompt you to Please insert LASS disc 2 or 3 etc. Remove the DVD that is finished installing and insert the next requested DVD. 9
LASS Installation under Windows Depending on your system, you may see this dialog box when you insert the other DVDs: (see below) Simply click on Take no action and click OK. Then click OK on the Please insert LASS disc 2 (or 3 or 4 etc.) dialog box to continue the installation process. Do this with DVDs 2,3,4 and 5. At the end of the successful installation, the Installer will say Installation Successful. Now you are ready to activate LA scoring strings...please see page XX on how to activate the library. 10
L A S S I n s t a l l a t i o n u n d e r M a c O S X LASS Installation under Mac OS X Insert the DVD 1 of 5 and double-click on it. You will see the following: Double-click the file LA Scoring Strings Installation.mkpg. Next you will next see this (see below): Click Continue. Next you will see this (see below): Click Continue. 11
L A S S I n s t a l l a t i o n u n d e r M a c O S X Next you will be asked to read the LA Scoring Strings End User License Agreement. After reading, click on Continue and then click on Agree if you agree to the terms of the License. Next you will see this dialog box for Select a Destination : Click Continue. NOTE: In this dialog box, any external drives will be unavailable, however, they can be selected in the next screen (see next page). 12
L A S S I n s t a l l a t i o n u n d e r M a c O S X You will now see the Custom Install page that looks like this and you can choose where you want to install LASS. NOT RECOMMENDED Press Upgrade to install to the default location MAC HD. NOTE: It is NOT recommended to install sound libraries on the Mac OS drive unless an OS drive is all you have. RECOMMENDED To install to an alternate destination other than your MAC HD, find the folder called Shared under the Location header (as shown below). Click this Shared folder and choose Other (see below top choice). You can even choose an external hard drive. 13
L A S S I n s t a l l a t i o n u n d e r M a c O S X After choosing Other, you ll get a standard Mac OS dialog box to choose whatever location to install LASS (see below). Your particular system will look different from the example below: Choose whatever hard drive and location to which you would like to install LASS. You can also create a new folder by clicking New Folder. Remember LASS requires about 40Gigs of free hard disc space. Once you have chosen a destination, click Open. Next you should get a dialog box similar to this: Then click on Upgrade. 14
L A S S I n s t a l l a t i o n u n d e r M a c O S X Next you will see this dialog box: Click on Continue Installation and the installation process will begin. When prompted, remove the DVD that is finished installing and insert the next requested DVD. Do this with DVDs 2,3,4 and 5. NOTE: These are Dual layer DVDs...so PLEASE be patient. Each DVD will take about 45 minutes to an hour to install depending on your system. Again, as you begin the install, you may get some crazy Estimated Time durations...like 22 hours (for example). Please ignore this. Also it may appear that the progress bar is not moving... give it time...especially as you insert discs 2,3,4 and 5. 15
L A S S I n s t a l l a t i o n u n d e r M a c O S X At the end of the successful installation, you ll see this dialog box. Just close it by clicking on the red button at the top left corner of the box. Now you are ready to activate LA scoring strings...please see page XX on how to activate the library. 16
Activating LASS Activating LASS After installing LASS, you now need to activate the library by launching Kontakt 3.5 or Kontakt Player 3. REMEMBER: Here s the information on what Kontakt elements you ll need to run LASS: If you already have Kontakt 3.5, then you will only need to install the LASS library (5 DVD set). If you already have Kontakt 3, you will need to upgrade to Kontakt 3.5 to be able to use LASS. You can upgrade for free through the Native Instruments Service Center In Kontakt 3, go to Help, click Launch Service Center If you do not have Kontakt 3 or 3.5, you will need to install the Kontakt Player 3 from the Kontakt Installation Disc (supplied). To learn more about how to install Kontakt Player from this disc, see the Kontakt Player Installation pages later in this guide. To remove the Demo Mode limitation (default), follow these steps to activate your library. 1. Open Service Center and activate your product, either click the Activate button in the Library Box or the Demo Timeout screen. 2. In the dialog screen that will appear, click the button labeled Start Service Center to proceed. 3. Confirm that you want to activate the library by clicking Start Service Center. 4. Service Center will open, asking for the library s serial number. 5. Once the library is activated, restart Kontakt 3.5 or Kontakt Player 3 (if no Activate button is present in the Library Box afterwards, the product has been successfully activated). To learn more about activating or working with libraries in Kontakt, please refer to the Kontakt Player Getting Started Guide starting on page 10 of the in the Documentation folder of the Kontakt Player 3 Installation CD supplied. 17
Kontakt Player Installation PC Kontakt Player Installation PC Insert the Kontakt Player Installation Disc into your optical drive. Click on Kontakt 3 Setup Win.exe (above). The Installer Wizard will go through a process that will take a moment. (see below) 18
Kontakt Player Installation PC Next, you ll see the Welcome to the Native Instruments Kontakt Setup (see below). Click Next. You ll come to the License Agreement Window (below). Read and accept and click Next. 19
Kontakt Player Installation PC You ll come to the Custom Setup window (see below). Choose what features you want to install. In this example we omitted the RTAS plug-in. But you may want to install all features. Click Next. Then you will see the Destination Folder window (below). Click Next. 20
Kontakt Player Installation PC Choose where you want the Plug-ins installed (see below) Click Next. You will now see the Completing the Native Instruments Kontakt 3 Setup window (see below). Click Next to install the software and it s components. 21
Kontakt Player Installation PC You should see the Installing Kontakt 3 window (see below) Wait for the process to finish and you should have successfully installed Kontakt 3 Player. 22
Kontakt Player Installation MAC Kontakt Player Installation MAC Insert the Kontakt Player Installation Disc into your optical drive. Click Continue. Click Continue again. 23
Kontakt Player Installation MAC Go complete the License Agreement portion of the install (below). After competing the License Agreement, it should look like this Custom Install window (below): Click Continue. 24
Kontakt Player Installation MAC Next you will see the window below: Click on Install, type in your Mac user name and password to install the software. Wait for the installation to complete. You will see an Install Succeeded window when it is successfully installed. 25