The "lovely wood grain" panels were simply stained with a matte black varnish. They can be stripped and restored to their previous luster by replacing the appropriate Mixrez folder files from MC8 to MC9. I got a really good chuckle out of this, thank you for that. I think the point of the...

Kontakt player impossible to get Comes with Kontakt Komplete Start, which is free. Register for that, and install ONLY Kontakt Player. Hardly difficult to acquire. It's just a Sample PLAYER, and those are routinely given away (UVI Workstation Player, Halion Sonic SE, ARIA Player, etc.). Kontakt Pla...