How to play Kontakt 5 and Drums of War?

You don't install Drums of War in Logic..

Assuming the version you have of Drums of War is a Kontakt Library (If not or if you are using the older K2 version.. update DoW to v1.5 which is K4 compatible and works better in K5) then you either add it to your Kontakt Library within Kontakt using the Add Library button or if it doesn't alow you to do that.. becaue DoW is not set up to be a full library... you simply use the File Browser inside of Kontakt to find and then load it... Read the instructions that came with DoW for more info...

Additional Note: Running Logic Pro 9 in 32bit mode only allows Logic to access/use the first 4GB of your onboard memory...

You can run Logic in 64bit mode so Logic Pro 9, as well as any 64bit plugins you are using... can access all 8GB of your onboard memory ..or you can keep Logic Pro 9 in 32bit mode..and turn on Kontakt's memory server (See Kontakt's own Preferences) to allow only Kontakt to access that extra memory.

Personally I'd run Logic in 64bit mode but if you are using a lot of the older 32bit AU Plugins then Logic would be forced to use it's 32bit to 64bit bridge which is a bit unstable.

Important: If you do activate Kontakt's Memory Server.. remember to turn it off again, should you run Logic in 64bit mode in the future as if you don't werid things can happen! In other words don't run Logic in 64bit mode and have Kontakt's Memory Server on at the same time.

Again, read the manual that came with DoW.. You are not understanding how to use it within Kontakt.. and it is all explained in there.

As I said.. if it will not allow you to add it to Kontakt's Library then you must use Kontakt's Internal File Browser to locate it and open it manually...

There are two ways you use libraries in Kontakt.. One is to add them to Kontakts internal library 'stack" and if that isn't available for that Library.. as not all Libraries are set up for you to be able to add them to the 'stack' the other method is to simply open them using the internal file browser.. in Kontakt without having to adding them to the Library Stack

You will always need to access/load Kontakt Libraries within Kontakt.. Though Logic will remember which ones are loaded.. when you save out the project so when you reload the project later the libraries used in that project will automatically load in Kontakt..

Are you using the updated 1.5 version of DoW btw? I ask because I think the EXS version only came with the original 1.0 version and that version is very buggy.....

Btw.. If you happen to be using the illegal version of DoW that was recently shared.. that is the very old and buggy version... and you should not ask for help here in regards to it..

Otherwise, I recommend you update it to 1.5... as you will find it much easier anto use and more reliable/stable.

if you have 1.5 you dont have to load the samples in individually.. you just open the library itself in Kontakt via it's file browser..

Look inside the folder you saved/installed DoW to and you should find a file with an NKI extention... Open that in Kontakt and you will see an interface appear ... that you use to access it..

It should look much like this...

Yes.. you have both.. and they are basically identical...but it is much easier to use the Kontakt version in Kontakt.. as you will discover 🙂.. because everything like the mapping to keys.. is already set up for you...

No worries..

Glad to help!

Cheers....