With a full install of Komplete, most of the registry entries refer to Kontakt libraries. In case of Battery 4, one content registry folder is copied as well: The result: ~4 seconds.Īpplying the workaround to Kontakt 5 doesn't make much sense. In case of Reaktor 5, several content registry folders are copied as well.
The result: Startup takes ~3 seconds only! That means Massive just traverses one product - itself.
This folder contains nothing but a copy of the "Massive" folder in the original registry folder. In case of Massive, that would be HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NI Massive_. It traverses all products whereas in many cases a handful would be enough.Īfter applying the workaround, another registry folder is traversed instead. In case of Reaktor 5, Battery 4 and Kontakt 5 it partly makes sense because some of the other products might be library content supposed to be loaded into these instruments. This check seems to be totally redundant in case of Absynth 5, FM8 and Massive and just wastes time. The folder contains sub folders referring to each installed NI product.
Normally, when you start one of the mentioned instruments, the Windows registry folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Native Instruments is traversed to check the activation status of each NI product. So I only recommend it to adventurous power users who are really bugged by the slow startup :) The remaining users are probably better off waiting for a real fix by Native Instruments. It not only means adding some registry entries but also slightly modifying the EXE and DLL files. That means the workaround would probably work.Īttention: The workaround is pretty invasive and certainly not something the average user would do. If both durations are pretty high and approximately the same, chances are you have the same issue for the same reason. You can test whether the workaround would work for you by comparing the time Service Center needs to check through your NI products with the startup time of the instruments. I made a full install of Komplete Ultimate 9 containing about 80 products - so startup takes 40 seconds. On my computer, each product check takes 0.5 seconds. On startup, these instruments first traverse all installed NI products, probably checking their activation status. All other Komplete products, in particular the effects, are not affected. In case of VST, only the first instance is affected. Launching the instruments Absynth 5, FM8, Massive, Battery 4, Reaktor 5 or Kontakt 5 takes about 40 seconds, both standalone and VST. If you are sure it worked, you can run the remaining helgoboss-ni-fix-*.bat files.Check if it worked (should run faster), otherwise undo the change by running the corresponding helgoboss-ni-rollback-*.bat file, for example helgoboss-ni-rollback-massive.bat.Run one of the helgoboss-ni-fix-*.bat files, for example helgoboss-ni-fix-massive.bat (by typing it and pressing enter).
Unless otherwise stated in the EULA, and I do not know of any EULAs that have time limitations attached to them.These are batch files which might help you with slow startup of some Native Instruments software products.įor further background see the "Details" section below or the forum thread.
Yes, you are purchasing a license to use the content, and not the content itself, but the purchase of that license allows you to use the content forever. NI recognized the fact that they were in the wrong when a while back they said that there are libraries (like EWQLSO for Kontakt) that would no longer be able to be auth'd, but they reversed course, and did the right thing, because as far as I know, you can still auth those libraries. THEN, there is nothing the end user can do. An "in perpetuity" license is just that, and the only way the developer gets out of that clause - which it put in the EULA - is if it goes out of business. There is no such thing as sorry, we no longer develop the sw that enables you to install the content you bought. Here's the thing - if the developer promises you - via the EULA - an "in perpituity" license, they must, from a legal standpoint, make good on that.