Kontakt 8 not detected in Logic Pro 11.2.1

The Spiral Sequence · 2025-07-19T18:58:03+00:00

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Since updating to the latest version of Kontakt 8.5.1, Kontakt is no longer available as an audio unit plugin in Logic. I've tried doing a full uninstall of all versions of Kontakt on my system (6, 7 and 8) and reinstalling them, then restarting my Mac, forcing a full audio unit rescan in Logic and Kontakt 8 still doesn't show in the Logic plugin manager at all, even though the audio unit component is definitely installed. Anyone else having this issue, and if so have you found a solution?
I'm running a Mac Studio M1 Ultra on macOS Sequoia 15.5.

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Kymeia

I had a similar problem recently with Komplete Kontrol - it appears Logic's auvalidation process has been broken since 11.2 so if a plugin fails it the usual rescan and reset process doesn't fix it. I did report it to Apple but they didn't fix it in the 11.2.1 update so the issue is still unresolved from their end - bug also reported to NI but it seems the issue is not the plugin itself but Logic (and for me Kontakt 8.5.1 is working on the same OS version). Komplete Kontrol is now working again so I assume at some point it passed the normal scan - that is working but it's the rest ad rescan that isn't.

The Spiral Sequence

The latest Logic Pro update 11.2.2 has fixed the issue with Kontakt 8, it's now available to rescan and activate in the plugin manager.

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The Spiral Sequence

Thanks, I figured it has to be some kind of Logic plugin manager issue as Kontakt 8 works just fine standalone, no problems at all. Weirdly haven't had any issues with Komplete Kontrol, which I'm happy about. Will await a fix, I use Komplete Kontrol in Logic mostly anyway so not a massive problem.

Jeremy_NI

@Kymeia Interesting, I was not aware of that, I've seen a few customers having this issue. Where did you report it to us?

The Spiral Sequence

The latest Logic Pro update 11.2.2 has fixed the issue with Kontakt 8, it's now available to rescan and activate in the plugin manager.

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