Hi everybody,

I am considering purchase of the Native Instruments Kontrol S61 MK3.

I've already found that one can install Kontakt legit alongside cracked Kontakt, so one can use official libraries as well as cracked ones (correct?). However, I was wondering whether or not cracked libraries work just as well with the NI hardware as official ones.

Let's say a library works just fine in Kontakt itself. Would this automatically mean that this library also works just as well with the keyboard? Or is it possible that using the keyboard could not work as well (controls / covers) or worst case scenario even break something that worked fine before the keyboard was connected?

I am currently working on an (old) macbook with cracked Kontakt 7 (latest version that supports the old OSX version running on that Macbook). I have no experience with Komplete Kontrol yet.

If I purchase the keyboard and register Kontakt, then use both cracked and legit Kontakt side by side - do I also need two versions of Komplete Kontrol? Or, worst case, is this not possible at all, and I'd be stuck with KK for my registered version (no purchases, only hardware and whatever libraries come free with the Keyboard), but could not utilize KK for cracked Kontakt (and cracked libraries)?

Last one: I am also considering new hardware. This would either be a Mac Mini of some sort, or a regular mini PC running windows. Are there any pros/cons regarding the operation system is the before-mentioned setup (NI hardware, legit Kontakt, cracked Kontakt/libraries, perhaps cracked Komplete Kontrol)? Or does this not matter at all?

Sorry, total beginner with all this (didn't do anything in years and starting fresh now). Thank you in advance for your help

 

Hi, no you can't use both legit and cracked Kontakt, if you do so you will end up with all librairies in demo mode, just keep on with cracked Kontakt. And yes librairies in cracked Kontakt will work perfectly with Kontrol S61 MK3, that's what I use right now on Mac as yourself.