I have dozens of Arturia sound banks that unfortunately don’t seem to be NI NKS compatible. Arturia instruments in V Collection (and Pigments) are NKS compatible with their factory sound banks, but other sound banks I bought from Arturia are not. As a result, these sound banks don’t appear in Komplete Kontrol. For example, I can load Pigments in Komplete Kontrol, and sound banks Amethyst, Cloudscape, Dystopian Machine, etc., etc, don’t appear in Komplete Kontrol, only the Pigments factory sound banks.
Does Arturia have NKS compatible sound banks I can download?
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Hi,
You are correct the soundpacks contain no NKS files.
But you can still open the presets inside your Komplete Kontrol software and then save them as NKS files yourself .
I assume the validation for the soundpack presets work anyway. Try it out.
Unfortunately, I have over 40 sound banks just in Pigments, that’s over 1,600 sounds.
Maybe I’ll set a day aside and convert them all if I get a chance. There’s PresetMagician that can do it in one shot, but it’s Windows only and I use a MacBook Pro.
Why does’nt NI provide such a converter?
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Yeah, that’s a good idea. They should add it into Komplete Kontrol.
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This has been an issue with Arturia expansions for a very long time. It really should be part of the package directly or as a download via Arturia Software Center.
On my Analog Lab there are 19,327 presets, on my Komplet Kontrol there are 13,951 Arturia brand presets. So there are 5,376 presets missing, that I can not search and find (sound banks purchased), because they do not have the nkfs files.
Workaround: I open an Arturia instrument in Komplete Kontrol selecting one of the factory presets listed. Then I open the instrument and inside it navigate through the sound banks to select a preset I want. Then I save the preset in Komplete Kontrol with the file/save preset menu and it automatically creates a nkfs in the \Documents\Native Instruments\User Content\ “instrument”, where “intrument” is the name of the Arturia instrument selected.
This is the “workaround”, but it must be done on a case by case. I hope sometime in the future Arturia will provide us a tool to create all the nkfs files for the sound banks purchased, to be listed inside Komplete Kontrol.
Hi @murry61 ,
I suggest you make that request to NI, as Komplete Kontrol is their product.
I don’t know, if others can do it.
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As far as I know, all the nkfs partners (Arturia included) build their own nkfs files for their products to allow integration into the nkfs ecosystem. So it makes sense that Arturia should provide the nkfs files for all the sound banks it sells, the same way is already doing with their factory libaries.
That’s providing NKS files. Not conversion.
I as a user like you see providing NKS files it as an extra cost as it’s more work. Sound packs will be more expensive i assume. I can’t see why none NKS users should pay that. Will you pay extra for a set of NKS presets?
I’m sure Arturia value and collect your opinion.
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I understand, you are right. Thanks 
But I thought it was possible as Arturia is listed as NKS partner. NKS Partners.
NKS partners can only do what NI allow.
For example:
Arturia can and do provide NKS files for their full instruments.
Arturia can and have provided a midi CC mapping for Komplete Kontrol.
Partners can for example not create a controller with NKS screen feedback like NI’s own. Only if NI allow it, and the partners want to.
I ask my self why NI did’nt provide a tool to create multiple NKS files from they launched the product. Perhaps it’s not that easy to do. Or there are other reasons why such a tool do not already exist.
There are things NKS can’t do that Arturia can do in their system.
Presets saved in Arturias full individual instruments can also be opened inside Analog Lab. It’s the same preset they share. This can’t be done in NKS.
Presets saved in Analog Lab in the individual instruments formats can also be opened in the individual instruments. The preset is shared. This can’t be done in NKS.
Presets saved in Analog Lab in Analog Lab preset format can only be opened in Analog Lab.
All this perhaps also explain something about why Arturia do not provide NKS for Analog Lab. And also why Soundpack presets are not made in NKS format.
Users can create NKS files them self, if needed.
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Hello, can’t you create your own sound from a sample of a preset from a bank and the sampler from Kontakt 6, 7, or 8?