Kontakt 7 and 8 make new Mac Studio crash and reboot

sijomast
sijomast Member Posts: 4 Newcomer
in Kontakt

just purchased a brand new Mac Studio running Sequoia 15.2 and when I open Kontakt 7 or 8 stand-alone the machine freezes and then reboots. Is this just a lack of compatibility that needs an update from NI or can I do anything to resolve. The computer shipped with 15.2 pre loaded. Thanks.

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  • sijomast
    sijomast Member Posts: 4 Newcomer

    Bump - has nobody else had issues with 15.2 and K7/K8?

  • sijomast
    sijomast Member Posts: 4 Newcomer

    another update on this, Kontakt 7 works ok when launched in Cubase pro 13. The crash/reboot only happens when the application is opened standalone. Does this point to anything?

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 13,389 mod

    Hey @sijomast What kind of M4 chip is it? We had several reports of M4 Max and Pro creating Kernel Panics, crashing the whole computer. The issue is on Apple's side and we submitted a report to them.

    Are you using an external monitor? What brand/model is it? Can switch the resolution rate to 60Hz? IT stopped the crashing for users with 5K, ultrawide monitors, etc…

  • sijomast
    sijomast Member Posts: 4 Newcomer

    Hi Jeremy, I'm using a Mac Studio M2 Ultra 192Gb/4Tb with a Dell U4025QW by Thunderbolt 4 at 5120 x 2160 and tried both 120Hz and 60Hz with no change. Kontakt 7 opens as a plugin in Cubase 13 Pro ok but not Kontakt 8. Komplete Kontrol opens both standalone and in Cubase but shows an error report. One new plugin that is installed but doesn't open is Clavinet Clone. I've also raised the query with them. Any ideas?

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 13,389 mod
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/207241#Comment_207241

    I've contacted you by email regarding this, please check your inbox.

  • Serge Pantel
    Serge Pantel Member Posts: 1 Newcomer

    Hi

    Just purchased Kontakt 8, but it crashes everytime I load it.

    Mac OS Sonoma 14.7.1 Macbook pro 14" 2023 Apple M2 Max.

    Kontakt 7 crashes too, only Kontakt 6 works good…

    Serge

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 13,389 mod
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/208621#Comment_208621

    Hey Serge, so it's only Kontakt 8 that's crashing, not the whole computer? Then it seems to be a different issue. Do Kontakt 7 and 8 crash in standalone as well? Have you tried these steps already? Kontakt Crashes

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 13,389 mod

    @sijomast There was a 15.3 update last week, have you updated and did it have a positive effect on the issue?

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