# AIR Music Technology — Iona — community NKS pack

> ⚠️ **PROTOTYPE / PRIVATE DOGFOOD CONTENT — NOT core app source. NOT an official or vendor
> redistributable claim. License/redistribution status: UNKNOWN.**

This is a **community-sourced** NKS pack for the **AIR Music Technology — Iona** VST3, committed
**only** for prototype/private dogfooding (me + a small group of friends testing the prototype) so
testers don't have to hunt for NKS packs, screenshots, and artwork manually. It is quarantined here
under `content-packs/prototype/` and is **never mixed into `app/` or runtime source**.

## Provenance
- **Source:** Native Instruments community forum — thread *"AIR Music Technology NKS - Community"*,
  shared by **[TallerThanPenguins](https://community.native-instruments.com/profile/432766/TallerThanPenguins)**:
  <https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/264069?utm_source=community-share#Comment_264069>
  **Thanks and credit to TallerThanPenguins** for assembling and sharing this NKS pack.
- **Imported:** 2026-06-28 · **Platform tested:** macOS
- **Plugin tested:** `/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Iona.vst3` (AIR Music Technology — Iona)
- **Contents:** 104 `.nksf` presets · 104 `.ogg` previews · 7 images (vendor artwork/logos) · NI
  database JSON/`.meta`. Banks: Arp, Bass, Drum, FX, Lead, Seq, Factory/root.

## License / redistribution
**`unknown_prototype_only`.** The `.nksf` carry AIR's factory preset state (AIR's IP) and the images
are vendor artwork. There is no license in the pack; forum availability is **not** redistribution
permission. We commit it as a pragmatic prototype decision **only** — this is **not** a claim that
Topo can redistribute vendor/community content. See **RACK-101** (research now on the tracker idea).

## Removal / replacement policy
Remove or replace this pack if **official AIR / inMusic NKS** ships (announced inMusic↔NI, 2026) or if
any licensing concern surfaces. The long-term split is **app** + a **separate optional content pack**
(`topo-rack-prototype-content.zip`) — this directory is staged to make that split easy.

## Priority / override (locked)
- **Official installed NKS always wins** over this bundled prototype pack.
- This pack is **fallback only**.
- **Never overwrite** the user's installed NKS.

## Prototype install
There is no automatic content-pack discovery yet (deferred — do not build before the engine path:
RACK-96 → RACK-97). Install with the prototype content-pack bridge:

```sh
scripts/install_prototype_content_packs.sh --refresh ~/TopoLibrary
```

This copies the pack into your NKS user-content root (`~/Documents/Native Instruments/`, **additive —
never overwrites your files**) and runs `topo-refresh`. Then **(re)start Topo Rack** — the 104 IONA
presets appear under *AIR Music Technology / Iona*. This **also makes the pack visible to Komplete
Kontrol**. **Official/vendor NKS, when installed, takes precedence — this bundled pack is fallback
only.** Verified end-to-end 2026-06-28: browse → LOAD → pad subtitle → Open editor all work; the
8-knob macro *mapping* is the known paramID gap (RACK-101) — labels show, knobs land later.

## Known technical caveat
Iona's NICA controller mapping uses **structured VST3 paramIDs**, not ordinal indices, so the **8-knob
macro row will not resolve correctly** until a paramID-aware join lands (tracked in **RACK-101**).
**Preset browsing + import identity (vendor/product → Iona) are valid today.**
