Is there anyway to get Guitar Rig 5 to work on Mac M1 so it is not in "Demo" mode?

Jamie S

I had been running Komplete 8 on an ancient 2008 Mac using mac OS 10.7. I was happy. I made lots of music.

The computer died so I have bought a Mac Mini, dumped Protools and switched to Logic. I have been able to reinstall most of my old NI libraries.

No attempts to get Guitar Rig5 back on board have succeeded. NI will say it is discontinued and won't work on an M1 chip. Other people say it can.

My Guitar Rig 5 still happily works on my old laptop with no problem but I really want it to work on my new DAW. I believe it is a serial number issue and once, you could contact service centre and reactivate but now you can't.

Guitar Rig5 Pro appears in my list of NI products on Native Access but it still comes up as the demo version.

Not only did I really like this plug in, I have tonnes of unfinished songs that used that plug in so I am kind of hung here.

Can anyone please help me out before I throw the computer in the bin and take up pottery?

Thanks Jamie S

LostInFoundation

There’s a couple of things you can try.

First of all, I would try the solution given by NI, as suggested also by @Rich_NI

https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/10492337780253-GUITAR-RIG-5-KONTAKT-and-SUPER-8-R2-Open-as-Demo-Versions-on-Apple-Silicon-M-Systems

Since you say you can see your GR but it’s in demo mode, check eventually also these articles to see if they help: (second article is about GR6 in demo mode, but maybe can help)

https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/4402377887121-My-Products-Are-Showing-As-DEMO-in-Native-Access

https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/11854274074781-GUITAR-RIG-6-Stays-in-Demo-Mode-Windows-

In any case, you can contact support, is just a little more complicated.

If you don’t find a solution in the articles I linked for you, open a ticket with NI support. You must go through a kind of survival quick questions/answers but at the end of the procedure you’ll have the choice to open a ticket with them. And then you’ll need patience to wait depending on how many request they have. But in the end you’ll “talk” with someone through emails

LostInFoundation

There’s a couple of things you can try.

First of all, I would try the solution given by NI, as suggested also by @Rich_NI

https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/10492337780253-GUITAR-RIG-5-KONTAKT-and-SUPER-8-R2-Open-as-Demo-Versions-on-Apple-Silicon-M-Systems

Since you say you can see your GR but it’s in demo mode, check eventually also these articles to see if they help: (second article is about GR6 in demo mode, but maybe can help)

https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/4402377887121-My-Products-Are-Showing-As-DEMO-in-Native-Access

https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/11854274074781-GUITAR-RIG-6-Stays-in-Demo-Mode-Windows-

In any case, you can contact support, is just a little more complicated.

If you don’t find a solution in the articles I linked for you, open a ticket with NI support. You must go through a kind of survival quick questions/answers but at the end of the procedure you’ll have the choice to open a ticket with them. And then you’ll need patience to wait depending on how many request they have. But in the end you’ll “talk” with someone through emails

Kymeia

Have you tried entering the serial you have in Native Access?