black screen kontakt 7

The problem described also applies to Guitar Rig 6.

The procedure described below worked for me (Mac OS 14.1.2, Sonoma). The solution works both with the standalone version and when used as a plugin in Ableton Live (11.3.13)

1. Create a shell script by opening a text editor and entering the following lines:

#!/bin/bash

export QSG_RHI=1

export QSG_RHI_BACKEND=opengl

"/Applications/Ableton Live 11 Suite.app/Contents/MacOS/Live"

2. Save the text file in any folder, e.g. with the name Start_Live.sh

3. Execute the following terminal command to make the created shell script executable:

chmod a+x Start_Live.sh

4. Open a Finder window and navigate to the folder in which you have saved your shell script. Right-click on the shell script and select "Open with..."

5. Select the last option displayed from the pop-up window: "Other..."

6. In the window that opens, first select the option "Activate: All programmes" and select the "Always open with" option

7. Select the Terminal app from the Applications/Utilities folder

8. You should now be able to start the shell script in a Finder window with a double-click.

9. This solution described above works for the plugin version in Ableton Live

10. If you want to achieve the same for the standalone version, instead of starting Ableton Live, you only need to start Kontakt in the shell script:

#!/bin/bash

export QSG_RHI=1

export QSG_RHI_BACKEND=opengl

"/Applications/Native Instruments/Kontakt 7/Kontakt 7.app/Contents/MacOS/Kontakt 7"