Kontakt and Komplete Kontrol not seeing interface in standalone

JeffT
JeffT Member Posts: 6 Member
edited October 2024 in Kontakt

Hey folks, have a bit of a weird one here. When loading Kontakt or Komplete Kontrol in standalone mode, it's not presenting my main interface (UA Apollo x8) as an available audio device. The Apollo's connected and is working fine with system audio, Cubase, Pro Tools, etc., it just seems to be the NI apps that are having trouble. Anyone else run into this type of thing? I'm on a Mac, running 12.6.9, with all the current NI apps.


Thanks!

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  • Milos
    Milos Member Posts: 2,020 Guru

    From my experience, I think you should change the driver (try ASIO, WASAPI or MME), regardless of the OS.

  • Kymeia
    Kymeia NKS User Library Mod Posts: 5,139 mod
    edited November 2023
  • Milos
    Milos Member Posts: 2,020 Guru

    Oh, my bad.

    Well...change to a different driver that Mac supports.

    It might help.

    And again, sorry for the assumption that every OS shares the exact same drivers.

  • JeffT
    JeffT Member Posts: 6 Member

    It's not a different driver thing, I've had my NI apps running fine in standalone with this interface for years. I think it's only been since the previous Kontakt update that I've had a problem.

  • Kymeia
    Kymeia NKS User Library Mod Posts: 5,139 mod

    Yeah I don’t have that interface but it does sound like a bug to me, have you reported it?

    Maybe as a workaround you could try setting it up as an aggregate device and see if Kontakt recognises that?

  • Kymeia
    Kymeia NKS User Library Mod Posts: 5,139 mod
    edited November 2023

    No problem. FYI Macs have a very different audio system to PCs, one of the reasons I switched to Mac years ago was to get away from the confusion and inefficiency of Windows audio and drivers. On Mac even out if the box, with no additional sound card or audio interface, you have stable, low latency, multichannel and reroutable audio and MIDI capabilities using one centralised low level system called Coreaudio and Coremidi that allow hardware interfaces to communicate directly with your Mac and with each other in some cases.

    A nice audio interface like a MOTU or in my case RME interface can enhance that further and enable additional I/O but often I don’t even bother switching my Fireface on if I’m just using one instrument and I still get great performance (in full surround if I’m using a surround capable instrument like Absynth)

    (Not inviting another Mac vs PC flame fest here, Windows has other benefits, but just for me I was fed up with all the constant audio setup hassles and glitches)

  • reffahcs
    reffahcs Member Posts: 848 Guru

    Just to be clarify. Are you saying when you open Kontakt and go to Settings -> Audio and then click the device drop down, you are not seeing your UA Apollo interface?


  • JeffT
    JeffT Member Posts: 6 Member

    That's right. Every other possible device is showing up, docks, monitors, etc., but not my actual device.

  • Laidback13
    Laidback13 Member Posts: 1 Newcomer

    @JeffT Did you get a solution to this? I'm having the same issue

  • growlocally
    growlocally Member Posts: 1 Newcomer

    I''m having the same issue. Have you gotten a resolution for this by any chance?

  • TheAtom
    TheAtom Member Posts: 1 Newcomer
    edited January 2024

    Having the same issue here too, Mac OSX...

    My Roland SP-404MK2 was being recognized no problems, connected via USB. Now it is just not showing up as an available interface in the Komplete Kontrol or Kontakt preferences. The device shows up in system preferences and in my DAW, Studio One. So, this looks like this is a NI issue...

    EDIT:

    ...and, I just found my fix. If the SP-404MK2 is connected to the USB via Thunderbolt display does not show up in NI preferences, but I connected it to the USB port on the MBP and it is recognized!

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