Kontakt 8 Stability Compared to Kontakt 7

sp001 · 2024-09-24T08:33:08+00:00

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I've been plagued with crashes in Kontakt 7 (which usually takes out Cubase too) and have been unable to get any stability with it. I know others have used the various guidelines here and found success but I've never been that lucky. My question is whether Kontakt 8 has similar issues, or whether we're seeing pretty consistent stability throughout? I know it's early days, but I would jump to Kontakt 8 in a heartbeat if I had confidence that it was more stable than Kontakt 7.

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Jeremy_NI

@Illepak Have you followed these steps? Kontakt Crashes

And if these crashes are happening often, have you contacted support to find out why and possibly fix it. We don't see that many reports of crashes with Kontakt 8, the latest releases have been pretty stable.

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Donkey Oaty

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/36390/kontakt-8-stability-compared-to-kontakt-7

It might help if you stipulate which OS, which processor, which Cubase version etc.. you're using. Because software stability can vary over differing permutations of these.

The only problem I ever experienced in Kontakt 7 was slow loading of some NI and 3rd party products. Overall it gave me a good and stable experience.

sp001

Windows 11, Cubase 13 (though it crashes consistently standalone). AMD CPU.

I was more curious if those who found Kontakt 7 prone to crashing also found Kontakt 8 to do the same.

Cantopop

Don't install Kontakt 8 yet. I'm on Ventura 13.7, and M2 Pro. Today, after I installed Kontakt 8, Komplete Kontrol in Logic crashed totally. I uninstalled Kontakt 8 and luckily I can use Komplete Kontrol again. NI needs to do a better job on a) testing the applications before they just let everyone install b) list clearly the system requirements and what software the new updates support. Last time I upgraded Komplete Kontrol and Kontakt7, and I couldn't work in Logic for 2 weeks…until they sent me the roll-back software. (T T)

hamsteralliance

In my experience so far, Kontakt 8 crashes more. I didn't encounter that many crashes with Kontakt 7, but with Kontakt 8 it seems like even just opening the GUI while a sound is playing can cause it to crash.

Illepak

Sono abbastanza d'accordo che kontakt 8 si blocca spesso su windows 11 cubase 14 pro su una macchina nuova con intel ultra i9.

Jeremy_NI

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/229845#Comment_229845

Please note our forum is in English only, you can use online translators if needed.

Illepak

I quite agree that kontakt 8 crashes often on windows 11 cubase 14 pro on a new machine with intel ultra i9.

Illepak

I also tried the last version 8.4.1. It crashed and shut down Cubase 14 Pro in the latest version

Jeremy_NI

@Illepak Have you followed these steps? Kontakt Crashes

sp001

Just to tie this up. Kontakt 8 has been very stable for me, with very few crashes. It was worth the upgrade.

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