Absynth not loading in Maschine 3.0, KK Mk3 (screenshot)

Mr. Flare
Mr. Flare Member Posts: 34 Member
in Massive X & Synths

Is there a reason this plugin will not load any of it's presets?

Anyone else having this issue? Screenshot attached.

Screenshot 2025-01-17 at 12.22.37 AM.png

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  • mykejb
    mykejb Moderator Posts: 2,025 mod

    Absynth hasn't been updated for Apple Silicon as far as I'm aware, so it's very unlikely it'll work inside Maschine any more.

  • Kymeia
    Kymeia NKS User Library Mod Posts: 5,213 mod
    edited January 17
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/41429/absynth-not-loading-in-maschine-3-0-kk-mk3-screenshot

    You need to be running KK or Maschine in Rosetta mode (and make sure you have the plugin path to VST2 plugins also enabled)

  • Mr. Flare
    Mr. Flare Member Posts: 34 Member
    Screenshot 2025-01-23 at 12.14.11 AM.png

    Thanks, everyone. I got a response from NI on this.

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 13,401 mod
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/205843#Comment_205843

    Could you share what the fix was? It could help others in the same situation.

  • Mr. Flare
    Mr. Flare Member Posts: 34 Member

    Yes, they basically told me that if you want to run Absynth, you can't do it in the modern world. I'm baffled how a VI just stops working…. I write code. This is on purpose. I have Komplete on DVDs… that's how far I go back. MPCs still work. I was told to run older versions of everything which is a bit insane for something I paid for. Yeah, people don't "need" Absynth, but bro… I paid for it and I want to use it. It's like old equipment that stops working for no reason.

  • mykejb
    mykejb Moderator Posts: 2,025 mod

    Yes, they basically told me that if you want to run Absynth, you can't do it in the modern world. I'm baffled how a VI just stops working…. I write code. This is on purpose. 

    It's not stopped working "on purpose", technology changed. That's like saying software that was written for a G4 PowerMac was intentionally written to stop working on an M4 Mac. If you could find a G4 PowerMac you could still run it, same as you can still run Absynth on older computers.

    The decision not to update it was on purpose, but that's a different thing. And a shame, I liked Absynth. Same as I liked Kore, which was so way ahead of its time that you could rebuild it now and it'd sell like hotcakes.

  • Kymeia
    Kymeia NKS User Library Mod Posts: 5,213 mod
    edited January 31
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/207869#Comment_207869

    That's not correct though, I still have it running on Sequoia, it just needs to be run in Rosetta mode as I said above (and I also have an older Intel MacBook Air I run it on along with other software - some of which really doesn't work anymore on Sequoia)

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 13,401 mod
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    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/207869#Comment_207869

    Well, I'm sorry that you got this answer from our support, we'll remind all our agents to be a bit more exhaustive in their answers. So yes, Absynth is indeed a legacy product, it's not officially supported on current Mac operating systems but it doesn't mean it will not work. One important thing to note though is that you would need to run your DAW in Rosetta mode in order to use it: How to Open Your DAW Using Rosetta

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