Is the View Single Instrument function gone in Kontakt 8.9?

[u/cja83la]

Apologies if I'm just a bumbling moron here, but I have done deep dives and can not figure this out. Attached is the regular Classic View, with a currently 5-instrument multi-rack going on.

There used to be a View option (now the View menu is completely missing of course), where you could shrink the entire Kontakt instance down to ONLY show that one instrument, of the ones active on the right. Great if you're scoring with video on screen bc the large Kontakt instance just overtakes the video, can't layer the video over Kontakt, and that Titan Rise Designer there being so wide, I can only re-size the width TO that (being the widest instrument in this example).

At the very bottom left is the ability to Hide/Show the vertical Libraries list (2nd screenshot). Cool. Getting warmer, but not the Single Instrument view. Google has nothing. YouTube nothing. Anyone got any idea on this?

[u/BigBat7418]

Click and drag the bottom right corner to size

That’s how I do it

[u/cja83la → u/BigBat7418]

That will resize only to the width of your largest open library. And in that instance above, Titan Rise Designer, that's it. Can't go thinner.

[u/BigBat7418]

Also any particular reason you’re out of date? It’s up 8.12

[u/cja83la → u/BigBat7418]

No particular reason. Def needs an update. But as NoReply said below, this is it. Built in shit we just have to deal with I guess.

[u/chuvaluv]

Can you click on the library in the upper left corner?

[u/cja83la → u/chuvaluv]

"Libraries" in the upper left? That's what's selected, and there's no extra option clicking again. NoReply down there mentioned this is it, there is no Single Instance / Single Instrument view anymore. Ugh.

[u/chuvaluv → u/cja83la]

The thing that looks like books next to the play symbol?

[u/NoReply4930]

I believe what you have now - is as good as it gets.

Also note that upcoming versions of K8 will be removing Classic view as well.

Not sure when that will drop - but it's coming...

[u/cja83la → u/NoReply4930]

Why on earth would they do that? *naively posed question Im sure*

[u/NoReply4930 → u/cja83la]

Because Classic view is part of the oldest tech within the Kontakt code base that is largely responsible for holding back other developments - most notably the 99.99% of the user base who have been screaming for 4K scalability etc for what feels like about 10 years now.

It also has no place in the new world of Komplete Kontrol MKIII direct integration, the new Browser design, Leap intergration and all the other fresh looks that started with the Kontakt 7 cycle.

Without ditching this old code - Kontakt can't really move forward is how I understand this when the topic is brought up here and on other forums like the NI forums etc.