Is anyone using cracked Kontakt with M1?

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  1. Dimentagon

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    Dude, just buy Logic and run it and be done with it? You heard this and that, blah blah blah? The bottom line is I'm running Rossetta and I can honestly say, this is the smallest, most powerful, easy and successfully productive computer system I have ever owned for a DAW.

    Logic Audio runs well Native ARM but it's not an astronomical difference unless you're obsessed with running 1000 instances of tracks and synths with Spacedesigner to satisfy some type of weird specification kink?

    I run Studio One 5 and Bitwig under Rosetta and they both run spectacularly & reliably I must say. Both developers are committed to Arm so I'm happy to Run under rosetta because it's working exceptionally well. Setting up this system has been easy and for the most part painless.
    I don't care about Rosetta because I don't notice it, No spikes, no crashes, no freeze.

    ARM apps are slowly coming. Bottom line, if you run wares you are always going to have some type of issue to deal with in one form or another.
     
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  2. iluvhiphop

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    Yeah, been running a bunch of plugins in Logic the last 2-3 hours. I got the Macbook earlier today. If i run logic natively and the plugins through rosetta, it crashes and gives a lot of trouble. But now, running Logic also through rosetta, it works wonders. I am positively surprised.
     
  3. ensoniq

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    All the cracks I see on torrents are for intel Macs. So no cracked audio software for Apple silicon yet
     
  4. clone

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    What software actually uses the new processor improvement to any great extent yet? If it makes almost no difference, who cares if it's cracked yet? Maybe not so good if your first Mac, but not much of an "upgrade" yet.
     
  5. InTheChips

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    Logic Pro, Final Cut, and Handbrake are the main Universal/ARM apps that I use where I see a big performance improvement, even when running numerous plugins under Rosetta 2. It's true that there's not much native available yet, but even running emulated, I'm getting great performance from my Intel apps. And back on topic, Kontakt is running fabulously.
     
  6. ensoniq

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    Where did you even find a cracked Kontakt for M1 ?
     
  7. InTheChips

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    Kontakt is running under Rosetta 2, the Intel compatibility layer. Because it is so tightly integrated with the chip, some apps will actually run faster on an Apple Silicon Mac than they do on Intel.
     
  8. ensoniq

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    It’s probably better to get intel Mac at this time anyways.
    Because On m1: not all software is compatible, 32bit plugins don’t work, running software thru Rosetta makes it slightly slower / doesn’t take advantage of M1 speed.
     
  9. InTheChips

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    Disagree with this as general advice. I've been in IT and software development for 40 years. Buying discontinued (or about to be) tech is a generally a poor investment, with few exceptions.

    • 32-bit plugins haven't worked since Catalina - this has nothing to do with M1.
    • Everything that runs in Catalina will run in Big Sur on an M1 except things like Boot Camp and Parallels.
    • If you need to run Windows or an older MacOS in a virtual machine, don't buy an M1! But if you're only running Windows to use keygens, Crossover will work fine for that.
    • If you need to run software that is no longer produced or is no longer being updated, don't buy an M1.
    • My experience is that even most Intel apps run faster on the M1, and once native ARM versions come out, that difference will increase dramatically in the majority of cases. My bare bones M1 mini runs pretty much everything faster than my tricked out 16" intel MBP, including Kontakt (back on topic :))!

    The best course, if possible, is probably to hold off buying a new machine for awhile, as there will certainly be improvements in future models, but if you need a new machine now, the M1 is a solid choice, even in the current state.
     
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  10. Smoove Grooves

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    If you want to be even more correct, OSX has not existed for years!
    We've all been on macOS since 2016!
    Do you ever think it's you, not all of them?
    Well, use it in all it's glory then!
    Just be aware there are not so many warez available for it yet.
     
  11. Nimbuz90

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    Hey Guys. I just installed k'd kontakt 6.5 but not getting the add library function. Went through the forum and came to know that k'd kontakt 5.6 should be used for adding libs. Can someone PM the sister site link for k'd kontakt 5.6 ?

    Thanks in advance !!
     
  12. Raoul

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    Hi. Can you please help me? I have a macbook m1 and I downloaded a cracked to add libraries in standalone but the don't appear in Kontakt 6. Which versions of Kontakt do you have installed on the m1?
     
  13. InTheChips

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    I'm using Kontakt 6.5.2 (R113). Go to the sister site and search for "Kontakt Library Scripts". Run Add Library script and be happy.
     
  14. mapjay

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    just because apple changed the general name of the mac operating system soft from OS X (OS 10) to macOS, does not mean it was no longer OS X... it has been OS X since OS 9. it was to make changes more subtle, supposedly?!?

    interestingly, they didn't change OS X to OS 11 at OS X 10.5 Leopard (which worked on both PowerPC and Intel machines), when apple changed from PowerPC chips to Intel chips, around 2005-2006 era. Now, they have changed from OS X to OS 11, in their switch from Intel chips to theiry own Apple Silicon M chips. the current OS (or macOS), is finally OS 11, and also works on machines with intel chips and the new apple silicon M1 chips.

    From a quick google and copy wiki list of apple os names:

    oops, the individual links stuck. hope thats ok? individual wiki links...

    and for further info, here is the previous apple os list, quickly copied w wiki links:

    Classic Mac OS
    Main article: Classic Mac OS
    so, as you can see... macOS (or Mac OS) has been around for quite some time. cheers!
     
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  15. mapjay

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    ^^this, or the previous small app to make nicnt/xml files, works great (search NICNT Generator v1.1) or also, another audiosx users forum post here, SNPIDer for OSX is great too
     
  16. mapjay

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    well, thats not necessarily true, either. if you have a full system setup of stuff on an intel mac, time machine/ccc it, and migrate that into your new m1, 80-90% of your stuff (x64 bit, of course) thats been around the for the last several years, works. enjoy :)
     
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  18. spncart

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    Okay never mind no need for Kontakt 5 anymore!

    Solved with KiTTY's tool method! <3
     
  19. Smoove Grooves

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    Yeah. September 20th, 2016. Sierra. As I said to you! So, as you can see, I was correct.
    Your wiki links prove what I said.
    No; as per the wiki links, it's macOS not Mac OS. As I said. You can't just change it as you see fit.
    Mac OS is 8 and 9.
    Cheers!

    No. If a .xml was created, even with 000, then obviously 5.6.0 did add it!
    And 000 has always been a common occurrence and not a problem.
    And they aren't supposed to show up in 5.6.0, eh? lol. Just for adding the libs.
    Works great actually.
    As far as I see, all of those never originally had or needed a .nicnt anyway.
    And those ones do have official .nicnt files.
    I see a pattern! lol.
     
  20. Moonlight

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    Alone if it is working via Rosetta doesnt imply it is working good.
    One is sure Apple Logic X in native mode works better than any(?) other DAW on a M1.
    Same with native Apple Silicon Plugins. Native Serum performs awesome under Logic native etc..
     
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