Back to the Embertone library. Oops. Outdated information. I just realized I had the original price wrong. I said $110, but that was several months ago. Now it's $120 for the 16-bit version and $125 for 24-bit. Anyway, some progress. A good and a bad news: the good news is that I was able to download the files. The bad is that (as much as I didn't want to do it), I had to resort to Windows. I tried on Wine a few more times, but the download always hung and the file always got corrupted. So, I tried using the app on Windows to see if there was any difference, planning to contact support if there wasn't. And sadly, there was... On Windows, everything downloaded without complaint, no hangs and no file corruptions. Looks like it was a Wine issue, after all... That means I got past the download issue, but it would be nice to figure out why it wasn't working on Wine. I tried again to see if I discovered something. Strange results. Wine 1.7.12 on Slackware 64-bit with multilib: * With Wine set to "Windows XP" in Winecfg, the Connect app opens and runs, but it's the same problem I said before. The download hangs from time to time. It even continues when pressing the resume button, but when the download gets to 100%, it says there was an error and it restarts from 0%. * With Wine set to "Windows 7", the program doesn't even start. It says there was an abnormal error and crashes. The Continuata site says it's a Java program wrapped in a binary executable, so it should run on "any" computer (they mean with Windows or Mac of course :P). Some googling returned an FAQ from another sample library developer: http://store.agsoundtrax.com/download-and-installation/ My problem on Wine sounds suspiciously like this question: ""The Connect utility is unable to successfully download files and shows a "DL Error" or "Install Error" warning. If you're getting incomplete or corrupted downloads or the utility displays a "DL Error" or "Install Error" status message to the right of a file after more than 3 automatic retries, that may be a sign of router or ISP issues. Try rebooting your modem and router first and then check to see if your ISP has imposed a bandwidth cap on your connection. It is becoming more common for ISPs around the world to limit large file downloads. If you have a monthly bandwidth or data limit with your ISP and you think you might be close to reaching it, please check with your ISP before ordering or make sure order the DVD version of the library." I don't know if it's my ISP, but I never had any problem with other downloads before, plus, on Windows the app worked fine (same machine, same modem, same router, same configuration). Maybe it's indeed a Wine issue, or a Wine internet connection issue... I just found other posts hinting that Kontakt can run on Wine and am more confident now. There's still this download issue though. But as per the link above, as well as some forum posts by other people having problems with this app, it looks like the developers usually provide the manual download links if the customer requests them. It may be worth contacting Embertone to see if they provide the direct download links. If so, no need to resort to Windows. There is still hope for us Linux users :D . Anyway, I moved the downloaded files to my Linux partition. However, now I'm struggling with Kontakt Player. Any chance it can work without JACK+Wineasio? I'm on a multilib 64-bit system but still don't have 32-bit JACK nor Wineasio. Kontakt Player installed fine, but I'm stuck on the audio setup screen. There's "Wasapi (Shared mode)" as the only audio driver, status says "stopped", my onboard soundcard appears on the dropdown list, my MIDI ports get recognized, but no matter what is done, it complains that I need to set a "valid" audio interface... I don't know what's happening. Wine plays sounds from other apps just fine. Can't it work with the default driver, without JACK and Wineasio (not considering latency or anything yet), or am I missing something else? By what I got from reading their "Getting Started" guide, I can't add libraries if I don't get past this screen... -- ____________________ Blog: http://aiyumi.warpstar.net/