KK GUI in saved Ableton project comes up blank

Tom Collins · 2025-05-13T06:40:55+00:00

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Hi All.

In a lot of my older Ableton projects the Komplete Kontrol plugin loads as in the image, anyone knows how to fix? I can reload the NKS preset but then i loose my adjustments to the preset.

I suspect either a KK update or a KK database rebuild did this. Back when KK had problems showing all NKS instruments i did a db rebuild by deleting the komplete.db3 file in the user library (I'm on an Intel Mac)

In the image i'm using the Largo2 instrument.

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Tom Collins

I mean the plugin loaded inside KK3 is VST2, that is supported on Mac’s with intel architecture. Project is created with KK3. However; it is solved in 3.5, I installed the beta. It looks like 3.4 introduced an issue with loading VST2 plugins that is fixed in 3.5, it is mentioned in the notes.

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Vocalpoint

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/226130#Comment_226130

This is exactly what I was thinking. The "older" projects most likely used KK v2.9.6.

Tom Collins

It looks like it is any project where the plugin loaded is VST2. Even though "Use VST2" is enabled.

PoorFellow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/226083#Comment_226083

Komplete Kontrol 3.x.x does not come as VST2 only as VST3 .

If you need KK VST2 then you need Komplete Kontrol 2.9.6 - Last VST2 supported version

How to Keep Komplete Kontrol 2.9 and Komplete Kontrol 3 on Your System –Native Instruments

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