Minimum Reaktor to run Skrewell

EdmundLloyd

So I have a very old, pretty much broken windows laptop that has Reaktor 5 on it, and I literally only run Skrewell on it. I want to put Reaktor on a newer laptop, but I don’t want to buy some expensive version of Reaktor just to run Skrewell. I can never make heads or tails of Reaktor versions; what is the least amount of money (or free) I can spend to run Skrewell?

I once installed a copy of Reaktor 6, but it didn’t seem to come with Skrewell, so I abandoned that project.

and for the record, it’s not that I don’t want to support NI, but I’m broke but still love Skrewell.

Kymeia

If you have Skrewell running in Reaktor 5 it should run in Reaktor 5 on any new computer proving Reaktor 5 itself is supported

Monochrome

Skrewell is part of the Reaktor Factory Library, not Reaktor itself.

You can get Reaktor 6 (the latest version) as a full version for ~$100 or for ~$50 as an update (if you own Reaktor 5 and have it registered in your NI account):

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/pricing/reaktor-6/

Sunborn

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/14721/minimum-reaktor-to-run-skrewell

Skrewell is a Reaktor ensemble from 2016, so most probably it is not compatible with Reaktor 5.

However, if you already have it, and all you want to do is play, and not edit or create, you can get Reaktor 6 Player, which is completely free.

Kymeia

If you have Skrewell running in Reaktor 5 it should run in Reaktor 5 on any new computer proving Reaktor 5 itself is supported

Kymeia

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/81840#Comment_81840

Sure it is, it’s an older ensemble that goes back to R5

EdmundLloyd

I don’t have the copy of Reaktor 5 anymore to install on a new laptop, and I don’t think I can "transfer" it to a new laptop otherwise.

But maybe I’ll give the free player a try. How do I actually get Skrewell installed in it? This is what happened last time - I got the player and I think I downloaded some sound pack that I thought had Skrewell in it, but I couldn’t load it, like I could never find it to open it when I launched Reaktor 6 player. Maybe I did something wrong; I’m not the best in the world with certain software systems.

Kubrak

If you have licence.... Just install it on new computer... No need to have installer and so on. Native Access will download it and install.

Kymeia

You can just copy Skrewell ensemble as a file - it doesn’t have an installer or license

Sunborn

or you can try some of the Skrewell reworks from the Reaktor user library

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/reaktor-community/reaktor-user-library/all/all/all/all/skrewell/latest/1/all/?q=skrewell&t=userlib

EdmundLloyd

Oh, super cool resource, thanks so much!