I gave it a try, and wanted to share the info with you guys. Not sure everyone is aware about the process. Maybe this information is already available on the forum, sorry if that's the case.

So everyone knows that you can get 5.6.8 for Mac on the sister site, and use a previous standalone version to authorize libs.

But how can you use the libraries that you already bought or want to buy with a legit 5.7 version of Kontakt or Kontakt Player?

It's easy. I just unpacked (with Pacifist) the Kontakt installer (.pkg) and get (in my case) the AU plugin that I pasted in my plugins folder. I backup 5.6.8 in case I need to put it back for previous projects.

Now I can use
- 5.6 standalone for authorizing.
- 5.6.8 vst from sister site
- Legit 5.7 AU for recent libraries bought.

Tested on High Sierra.
Hope that helps someone.

 

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Thanks for this!

Can you be a little more clear about the procedure? After you unpack and paste the Kontakt 5.7 AU under "Component" Folder, do you still have the Kontakt 5.6 AU there? Dose it let you have 2 versions of Kontakts 5 AU plugins in the "Component" Folder?

One more important thing...How about the authorization of the legit Kontakt 5.7 libraries? You need to do that? I don't want to jeopardize my other k'd Kontakt libraries.

I'm using k'd Kontakt 5.6.6 and i'm also a legit Kontakt user, so I can download and install Kontakt 5.7, but want to make sure of the procedure before doing anything.

 

Way more easy solution:

1) Keep a Standalone version (directory doesn't matter) that came out before the new Native Access protection. (Latest is 5.6.6)
2) Use it to add new libraries.
3) They will show up in any 5.6.8 > 5.7.x versions SA/AU/VST

 

I am using Kontakt 5.6.6, but if you get a legit library for 5.7, will you need to activate it through Kontakt 5.7? I don't understand.

 

No, you must add the library with SA 5.6.6 (Ked of course), then it will show up also in 5.7.x

 

ok...and Kontakt 5.6.6 will let you add library of Kontakt 5.7 with no problem, so you'll then see it on Kontakt 5.7?

 

I described exactly what you are doing in your first steps,
but in your 3rd step, how do you use your authorized libraries (with prior standalone) with legit 5.7 version on mac?
That's why I need on one side 5.6.8 to use my existing libraries, and official 5.7 to use recent libraries that I bought.

With this trick, I can use at the same time 5.7 AU official plugin from NI, and 5.6.8 vst plugin from the sister site.
The only restriction is that I cannot use on the official 5.7 AU the libs that I authorized with the standalone... Btw, it's normal.

Don't forget to read the title, we talk about Mac, and the latest version available on the sister site is 5.6.8.

 

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Sooner or later we will need a k'ed mac version of 5.7+ to use any releases that have req 5.7 or later such as the recent accordions one. No big deal right now but I wish there were at least a way to get the newer kontakt libs to accept lower versions of kontakt in cases like that. I own Komplete but really prefer to use the k'ed Kontakt for everything.

 

Yup, it'd be nice to be aligned with the official version. Lot of new libraries are coming.

 

stupid question but where the discharge kontakt 5.7 ???

 

Oooops sorry ! Didn't knew that on public places latest Ked version still 5.6.8…
Im on Mac too ;-)

 

Great ! It brings some hope, it means this version exists and maybe one day we will have the chance to use it. That's a great news. You made my day. Thanks.

 

Thank you!

Yes, i'm waiting too for k'd Kontakt 5.7 for Mac......it's been forever and it would make things much, much easier!
Hopefully they'll upload it on the sister site soon.

 

I have to ask for clarification... I have k'd Kontakt 5.6.6 on my MAC, which I have been using for my older libraries. However, I have bought some newer legit libraries and a legit Kontakt, same as MasterD, and I was just afraid of installing the legit one, because of NAccess.

I guess I wouldn't be needing 5.6.8, but please, can someone explain to me how to get both Kontakts (5.6.6 and 5.7.x) working simultaneously on my Mac, so that I could use both older libraries and the newer legit ones?

How do you get both Kontakts in the Component file? what about native access in the whole story, registration, will it interfere with my old libraries at all?

Sorry guys, this would help a lot! Thanks

 

Another advantage of using Windows. free from all those crap.

 

Of course posts such as these always (to the point of boredom) have to attract some stupid Windows loving troll. They simply can't resist sticking their nose in and offering no useful help, just pure flippant remarks that serve no purpose whatsoever. Oh, I see you're new here too. So watch your step with useless comments such as this - because sooner or later you will be facing somebody who won't be as polite to you as I have been, and they will crush you down and spit you out into tiny virtual pieces with no "power" to "play" with.

 

He said it was done by using 5.7 AU component and 5.6.8 VST plugin. So it's not 2 x AU, it's an AU and a VST. Not tried it myself yet though, but I would imagine that's how he's managed to do it.

 

There's really a cracked Kontakt 5.7+ that exists for Mac? Because I spoke to Platensesoul about it and he said that he had noticed some changes in the protection of 5.7 and up and didn't want to put the time and effort in to crack all the extra protections, he's retired now unfortunately so I hope we'll see a release from someone else of 5.7.1+ In the near future as I would really like to use this new analog brass and winds output library but that would mean running legit and cracked side by side which as far as I'm aware is impossible in Logic Pro X

Only other option is just purchasing all the other libraries so I can just go fully legit which is out of the question after paying my tuition fees and it would mean I couldn't test out libraries before purchasing which is why cracked Kontakt is so useful for me.

 

I guess you could use one version through Komplete Kontrol (the vst) and the normal au directly but they would always be separate versions. I have legit Komplete Kontrol and it has no problem running Kontakt and other k'ed NI stuff without issue and Native Access doesn't seem to care either. In 5.7.x vst, it will show loads of unauthorized along with whatever is. Go back to the k'ed AU of kontakt and it will behave as it always does. The one caveat I have is that I would rather extract the 5.7.x free AU without having to install it through Native Access which seems rather messy. I'm not sure where you would get the installation package for 5.7.x outside of native Access since it isn't inside any shares for mac.

Kontakt is so important moving forward I'd be willing to chip in to pay someone's time who knew how to crack it. It's not like you can just buy kontakt and all our libs will work, so I think as newer libs keep coming out we are really going to need a new k.

 

Agreed. Although I always try to buy the stuff I use and I'm slowly but surely going legit kontakt remains the one thing that always seems to be out of reach due to the sheer number of libraries I have. I own komplete and output bundle but I also have lots of other libraries totalling over $3000 so it's just not practical right now and I would also be happy to pay someone with the know how to get it cracked just so I can use analog brass and winds without a pretty poor workaround of legit and cracked side by side which is just messy and doesn't work well with maschine or komplete kontrol