Having huge issues with Kontakt 7 and not sure how to fix. It's been happening on and off for a while now. Any ideas how to move forward based on the report I compiled with ChatGPT below?…Of course…right in the middle of major project.
Subject: Kontakt 7 (v7.10.7) crashes Logic Pro X (11.2.1) on macOS 14.7.6 when opening sessions & during plugin initialization
Environment
- macOS: 14.7.6 (23H626)
- Logic Pro X: 11.2.1 (build 6367)
- Kontakt 7: v7.10.7 (CFBundleShortVersionString “7.10.7”)
- Kontakt versions installed: Kontakt 6, 7, and 8 running on the same machine
- Apogee Rosetta 800, configured as an Aggregate DeviceQuickLoad status
- QuickLoad is completely empty (no user content)
- I stopped using QuickLoad due to previous crash issues
- No QuickLoad window was open when the most recent session-open crash occurred
Issue #1: Session-open SIGSEGV
- Symptom: Logic Pro X immediately exits with a segmentation fault when loading a project containing Kontakt 7
- EXC_BAD_ACCESS KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x78
- Context: Occurs during Logic’s AU wrapper event delivery, before any QuickLoad interaction
Issue #2: QuickLoad cleanup abort
- Symptom: In earlier sessions, closing the Kontakt QuickLoad pane would cause Logic to disappear instantly (Abort trap 6), without a macOS crash dialog
- QL::QuickLoadData::deInit() KontaktFormManager::~KontaktFormManager() // NI code calls abort() deep in QuickLoad destructor
- *Note: The latest crash (session-open) happens even with QuickLoad disabled and no window open
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Issue #3: Auto-saved session SIGSEGV
• Symptom: Logic Pro X immediately exits with a segmentation fault when opening the auto-saved version of the session containing Kontakt 7
• Crash details: MAAudioUnit::AU2PlugIn::EventListener(...) +207
EXC_BAD_ACCESS KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x78
• Context: Confirms the crash is tied to Kontakt 7 state in the session’s auto-saved backup, independent of any QuickLoad interactions
---* The latest crash (session-open) happens even with QuickLoad disabled and no window open Steps to reproduce
1. Launch Logic Pro X 11.2.1 on macOS 14.7.6 with an Aggregate Device (Apollo + Lynx) 2. Open a session containing a Kontakt 7 instrument → Logic crashes immediately
What I’ve tried
• AU Safe Mode: Launching with third-party AUs disabled allows the session to open
• Plugin Manager: Revalidated Kontakt 7 in Logic’s Plug-In Manager (passes validation) • Session isolation: Imported tracks one-by-one; crash always tied to Kontakt inserts
Attachments
• .ips and .crash logs from ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter & DiagnosticReports (Logic Pro–*.ips / .crash )
Please let me know if you need any further logs or reproduction steps. Thank you!
