Kontakt 8 Silently Crashes FL Studio

Tekkromancer
Tekkromancer Member Posts: 17 Member
edited February 8 in Kontakt

Kontakt 8 frequently crashes FL Studio.

This happens with a simple pattern of one note. I'm using Century Strings: 8Dio Centure Violins 1.

I'm not sure whether or not this is relevant, but I had to re-install Windows on a new drive, but my Native Instruments libraries were stored on a separate external SSD, and appear to have been reconnected correctly. I seldom had crashes on the old drive.

I've uninstalled and reinstalled FL Studio, Native Access, and Kontakt.

Any idea where I could start troubleshooting?

For reference, my audio settings are:

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While the screen is like this, I can still hear the instrument playing and looping as I would expect it to. However, the Chorts track doesn't play.

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  • mykejb
    mykejb Moderator Posts: 2,220 mod

    Has anything changed on your computer since it was working, apart from reinstalling Windows? Did you install the same Windows version, or later version? Different version of drivers/FL/Kontakt or anything? Do you have another audio interface you could try, possibly onboard audio? Checking that would eliminate at least one potential problem.

    Sorry - that sounded a bit like a twenty questions game show!!!

  • Tekkromancer
    Tekkromancer Member Posts: 17 Member

    No worries? These are all good things to check.

    Both were Windows 11.

    I believe I installed the newer version of FL Studio.

    I also believe I have the most recent version of Kontakt 8.

    I don't have a dedicated sound card; I just use the onboard audio, windows default audio, and my headphones.

    When the installation permits, I save the instruments (vst) to my dedicated audio SSD, rather than to Program Files/Common Files. Could this be an issue?

    Because the Kontakt content is so huge, I definitely want those on my dedicated external drive. But should I have the VST3 files in Common Files?

  • Tekkromancer
    Tekkromancer Member Posts: 17 Member

    When I play some instruments, I noticed that the disk usage value turns red, then the sound cuts out.

    My SSD was formatted as exFAT out of the box. Would it make a difference if it was formatted as NTFS?

  • mykejb
    mykejb Moderator Posts: 2,220 mod
    Answer ✓

    The recommendation from NI for Windows is NTFS format - https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014663958-Notes-on-Network-Drives-and-Disk-Formats. If you're getting disk overloads that might be a cause.

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