NI Scene: Nightshade Crashing Kontakt 8 Player in Cubase

Kerryman · 2025-06-05T08:21:07+00:00

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I bought Native Instruments Scene: Nightshade from Plugin Boutique yesterday. I updated Kontakt player 8 to the latest version (8.04) and Cubase Pro14 is the latest version, updated yesterday.

There was no serial number with Nightshade and so I had to install it manually. Kontakt Player does not 'see' Nightshade and when I browse to it, Kontakt Player then closes and Cubase becomes unstable.

Does anyone know how to install it so that it might work? Thanks for any advice.

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Vocalpoint

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/45737/ni-scene-nightshade-crashing-kontakt-8-player-in-cubase

Any and all NI product is installed via Native Access - not manually.

You did not mention what you mean by "manually" installing this product.

And - if this were my install - after installing any new product - especially a Kontakt-based item - I always install and then fire up Kontakt in standalone mode to ensure it's internal database is correctly updated - well before using the new product in any DAW scenario.

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Vocalpoint

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/45737/ni-scene-nightshade-crashing-kontakt-8-player-in-cubase

Any and all NI product is installed via Native Access - not manually.

You did not mention what you mean by "manually" installing this product.

Kerryman

It seems I was scammed. It was not Plugin Boutique at all, but a 'clone site' or something similar. I lost $5 (so I was lucky), and half an hour arranging for the bank to block my card if they try to use it again.

I have since bought Scene: Nightshade from NI directly for $29 and it installed very easily and sounds great. I'll know better next time - if a price seems too good to be true; it probably is.

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