[Native Instruments Giant Piano Crack
Christel Malden
Still, you need to follow Ojustaboo's suggesting to download and install Native Access, if you don't have it already because through Native Access you will install Kontakt (or whatever other NI instrument you may have).
No you can't do any of those things in The Giant, it is a piano plugin not an audio editor. I think you need to learn some basics about what a plugin is and how to use it. You need to load The Giant in a DAW (eg Logic, Reaper, Bitwig, Ableton Live), record your piano tracks, then bounce to audio, which you can then load into Audition if you really need it (most audio editing can usually also be done in the DAW though anyway)
Also ref. : AT A GLANCE: THE GIANT part of product page ! : Product type Uniquely direct upright piano plus avant-garde cinematic sounds , For use with Free KONTAKT PLAYER or KONTAKT
Adobe Audtion is a program that works as an editor of the actual recorded audio of your electric piano. For you to be able to use something like Native Instruments Kontakt 7 then your keyboard will have to be able to send midi data to your computer , most electric pianos can do that but not all in the cheapest economy class can do that. So first we need to establish if your keyboard is sending midi data to your computer or if you have only connected it with an audio cable !
The DAWs that other forum users here describes are software that are able to record the midi data sent from the keyboard and reproduce them while driving e.g. the Kontakt 7 plug-in with the 'The Giant' library selected as sound. As also written by others then to the extend supported by the particular DAW program then you can edit the midi data using a built in so called piano roll editor ! E.g. Ableton Live piano roll editor or Mixcraft or the free Cakewalk by Bandlab just to name a few ! (Google Free DAW for more suggestions or ask in the forum here) .
The real great thing about Midi is that since it is data files that can be used to drive audio producing software and hardware then you can not only edit the data but also change the instrument and sounds afterwards by a simple selection !
You do not have to record the midi data into files to use the Kontakt 7 with the The Giant library you can play directly using your keyboard attached to your computer and with the N.I. programs , e.g. Kontakt 7 , setup to receive the data from your keyboard so that you can play with the The Giant piano library sound while you play your keyboard. Please consult the Kontakt 7 manual for information or ask in the forum if need be ! And you can record the audio sound from your Kontakt 7 on your computer while you play using an audio recording program so that you can edit it all in Adobe Audition also if you want instead of recording as Midi data (You can probably use Adobe Audition to record the audio sound produced from Kontakt while you play) ! Midi allows you to drive any program midi compatible or same piece of hardware, meaning that you could drive/play a very expensive externally attached synthesizer using a cheap keyboard or drive an 'expensive' midi compatible program ! You are by no means confined neither to Kontakt libraries sold on the N.I. site (there are third party sellers also) and there are other makes of midi software. And if you want you can record your playing by either recording the audio produced by the programs (e.g. Kontakt) or by recording the midi produced by your keyboard ! or both !
But the recording your piano playing into midi files using a DAW while you play is purely optional and only if you want to save the playing as recorded Midi data for later playback and/or editing... But by recording the midi data into files then you can replay later and also re-record the sound output again without having to play it all again which is basically one of the ideas of Midi (the ideas being play once to create , replay many times later with any sound that you want)
By the way , then you can get more apps and libraries from N.I. for free , like e.g. Komplete Start , that can all be driven by the midi that your keyboard sends ! Also , I noticed you mentioning that Kontakt 7 is expensive , and I agree , so I will just inform you that the most economic way of getting collections of apps and libraries from N.I. is by buying one of their Komplete bundles (Which most also includes Kontakt 7) and it is even cheaper at the sales. Also , you can always find present upgrade prices on the My Komplete Offers page when logged in !
I hope that it will be of help. Incidentally then I have a bad habit of editing my own posts rather than posting again. So I don't know if you saw it . But you ought to be able to play using your keyboard and the Kontakt app and then most likely be able to record the audio produced by Kontakt and The Giant by using Adobe Audition to record while you play if you wish !
You will want to install a DAW to your computer before you install any sounds. Some free ones were mentioned in prior posts. When you install the DAW, the installer will also create the VST3 folder. It may also install a VST2 plugin folder, but VST2 is no longer supported by the maker, Steinberg, so we will be seeing less and less of VST2 as time goes on.
Once the DAW is installed, next you'll install Kontakt, The Giant, and any other Native Instruments' instruments by using Native Access. Native Access, combined with each instrument's own embedded installer that runs in the background, will automatically figure out where to put the VST plugin files.
Hi, I just bought Piano Colors and I'm getting frustrated on the buffer-like crackles and clicks that sound while playing on my S61 Mk2 (specially while playing multiple notes in a fast pace). I already checked for different buffer sizes, deactivating the Audio Input Device and all sorts of possible solutions relating to buffer size, latency and CPU Usage issues. I'm using Ableton Live 11 but the problem also persisted while switching to Maschine software and even the Komplete Kontrol stand-alone app. Also I'm installing most of my Native Instruments plugins on an external "Samsung T7 SSD" (since it's near impossible to install everything on my computer's internal SSD). Piano Colors seems to be the only plugin to give me these buffer-like audio clicks. I just updated everything possible from Native Access and tried reinstalling the plugin without success.
My guess is you are using your computers inbuilt audio interface and using the default WASAPI shared drivers which no matter the buffer, sometimes will just not work reliably with all content especially streaming content because it can easily be interrupted and cause "hiccups".
The minimum solution would be to use ASIO drivers (ASIO4ALL for example) which will bypass the shared windows mixer and provide a more reliable higher priority bus for the audio and if this works better, consider investing in a decent audio interface that has a native ASIO driver.
Hi, sorry for not specifying. Im using a Solid State Logic SSL 2+ audio interface with my Macbook Pro 2018 running on Big Sur 11.6. Its not a Kontakt instrument but an independent sampled instrument from one of the collections by Native Instruments. Just noted that the problem occurs with most of the sampled instruments installed on my external SSD. I would try to install them on the built in drive on my computer but there's not enough space available (these libraries are extense, like 20GB).
@GilbertoResendez What format is your external hard drive ? You should format it to APFS: Notes on Hard Drive Formats on Mac Computers Other formats are known to bring the kind of performance issues you describe.
hi @GilbertoResendez i have same problems with piano colors. i also have noticed that the volume level of particles changes by itself sometimes, even if the level i choose stays the same. this messes up my project so i no longer use piano colors. i wrote this problem to galaxy instruments, their first answer was "it sounds like a serious issue" and i sent them screenshots too but then i received no more answers. i also wrote to native instruments about the same problem and sent screenshot also. i received an answer that they are very busy. a month later i received a mail asking "how was my support" .. funny isn't it.? i no longer use piano colors and i either will ask my money back or change it to another plugin by native instruments. i simply felt like my money was taken and that's it, no one is williing to help and solve.
@GilbertoResendez oh by the way i have no issues in any other companies or native's other products. so i hope they will not try to find a problem on my side, it would be extra funny. i also am positive that galaxy instruments knows what is going on about these problems.. i think it's time to be honest and find a quick soluiton.
@tarik koray I'm not sure what happened here but my colleagues did reply on June 15th asking for a video of the issue. There was no reply to that email, after a couple of weeks, unanswered emails are set to solved. If you wish to re-open the case, let me know and my colleagues will get back to you.
Hi Guys, I found this thread because I had the same issue but with The Giant piano plugin. As I kept playing I heard crackling and popping noises from the speakers like every 5-10 seconds - but only while playing on the S61 and in Komplete Kontrol. I also have a simple midi keyboard connected to the Addictive Keys plugin, and that is 100% clean. So in the end I managed to get rid of the cracks, I realised that I had all my IO sampling frequencies set to 48kHz, everywhere, in all my inputs and outputs (I have a couple). So I went through them again and changed everything to 44kHz just to see if that solves the issue, and it did. So I guess these piano plugins were sampled at 44/88/176k, and resampling them in realtime to 48/96/192k can cause such noises.
Although Komplete Kontrol does not give you control over processing "Block Size", this is critical and it can be accessed by way of the "Open Panel" button in Preferences/Audio. The ideal setting varies by system.
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