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inMusic shares more about the positive future for Native Instruments
Following last month's announcement, inMusic CEO Jack O'Donnell sat down with Akai Pro’s Andy Mac for an extended conversation about what's ahead for NI and the community. Here is the link to the video: https://www.inmusicbrands.com/press/a-conversation-with-jack-o-donnell/ Nick Williams, CEO of Native Instruments,…
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How to fix connection troubles between Traktor Pro and Traktor S4 MK3
I have installed in Administrator mode Traktor Pro 4.5 (last version) on my W11 laptop and the Traktor S4 MK3 was immediately recognized but once I've tried to make it work I've noticed that: the Software does what is demanded to do but the Hardware is not working. To be more specific: the pitch or the volume commands are…
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Beware of Spam: Ipad mail
ADMIN is there a iPad scam being emailed out to people? beware :) to good to be true.
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Kontrol S-Series MK3 Firmware 2.1.3 Hotfix Released
Hi everyone, We have released Kontrol S-Series MK3 Firmware 2.1.3. This is a small hotfix update focused on stability and plug-in-chain navigation improvements when using Kontrol S-Series MK3 with DAWs, Maschine, Maschine standalone, and Logic. The update includes fixes for DAW plug-in-chain navigation, Logic startup…
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Known issue: Komplete 15 Select for third party keyboards not appearing in Native Access library
Hello, I recently redeemed my free license for Komplete 15 Select Band for M-Audio (Order #18001378064C). I received the order confirmation email, and the product appears in my "My Products and Downloads" web portal under the "Not Registered" section. However, the products are not appearing in my Native Access 2 library. I…
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Komplete 26 has arrived
Komplete 26 has arrived With over 340 products and more than 180,000 sounds, Komplete 26 is our largest bundle yet. Unlock the sounds of brand-new instruments like our otherworldly synthesizer, Absynth 6, the premium Italian grand piano tones of Claire, and the ethereal vocal soundscapes of Moments: Vocal Clouds. Explore…
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Did you spot the 93% off item ? (The Big Partner Sale)
NI's present 2026 'The Big Partner Sale' says : Up to 93% off hundreds of NKS instruments, samples, and bundles, made for your hardware by top developers. Ends June 30. " I was wondering a lot what is was that was supposed to be discounted with around %93 , so I decided to try and find out. I found two candidates but none…
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Native Instruments joins inMusic FAQs
We know you have questions. Here are the ones we're hearing most. 1. What's happening? Native Instruments has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by inMusic — the company behind Akai Professional, Moog Music, Denon DJ, Numark, Rane, M-Audio and more. This is a positive outcome for the business and the community we…
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Native Access new Discover tab
Hi NI community, Finding new sounds just got easier. We’re introducing a new Discover area in Native Access, your dedicated space to explore instruments, effects, and expansions from Native Instruments and our partners, all without leaving the app. With Discover, you can grab all of our free products in just one click and…
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Official update status - Kontakt (current version: 8.11.1)
This thread provides information about upcoming patches for Kontakt. It will be updated whenever new information becomes available. The currently available software version is 8.11.0. Please make sure that your installation is up to date. —————————— 8.11.1 (2026-06-29) Minimum OS requirements: macOS 14, 15 and 26 (latest…
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Updated to Kontakt 8, now cannot get Session Horns Pro or other NI plugins to open
I moved to a new iMac. Updated Logic Pro to 12.3 Installed Kontakt 8. It is located in: Macintosh HD > Library > Audio > Plug-Ins > Components > Kontakt 8.component Updated/reinstalled Session Horns Pro Session Horns Pro library is in Macintosh HD/users/shared/Session Horns Pro Library I've found Kontakt 8 in Logic Pro…
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Issues with Maschine MK3 - Help!
Hi! Recently purchased Maschine MK3, problem is, I can’t get it to get recognised AT ALL even as USB DEVICE. It powers on, with all the colours for a moment then goes to the black screen with Maschine logo etc but that’s it. Tried: 7 different cables USB hub With and without Power Supply 2 different MacBook Pros Like…
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[NKS] Freelance Soundlabs 3rd Party NKS Libraries for Komplete Kontrol / Maschine
NKS Compatible Libraries Available Here: https://freelancesoundlabs.com/nks Freelance Soundlabs has been developing and supporting NKS libraries to add support for 3rd party instruments for 10 years since Komplete Kontrol V1 and through your feedback have been able to constantly improve library mappings to offer what users…
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Komplete Kontrol, NKS working as intended ?
Hi, I have a Nektar Impact LX49 MK3 and am trying to use NKS. When I try to use for example Noir I note that the knobs are not mapped sequently from left to right, they are seemingly mapped out to the controls at random. Is this normal ?
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Traktor UI freezing almost every time I load a track
I had a gig three weeks ago, my first in a while, so I updated my laptops, two ASUS Zenbooks with the latest Windows updates and the latest Traktor at the time. The gig went well, but almost every time I loaded a track, the Traktor UI would freeze, the playing waveform would stop moving, and it would take about 20 seconds…
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STUCK on Add your serial in native access
I've tried twice to enter my serial, it was accepted twice in native access, but my keyboard is not moving away from that welcome screen. Overall onboxing was NOT GOOD!
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Error when opening Traktor Pro 4
Hey devs, I get a error message when opening Traktor Pro 4, see the attachment. The same one when previously trying to open Traktor Pro 3. Can you help me with this?
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My Komple Kontrol Pro Tools AAX plug-in will not load on boot up.
Hi, This issue just came up when I updated everything in Native Access. It's been a while, but everything updated and downloaded just fine. However, now I’m getting this error when booting up Pro Tools, and can’t use Komplete Kontrol in Pro Tools 2023.9. I’m using it with my Komplete Kontrol S61 keyboard, which I assume…
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Kontakt based NKS
Adding this thread for user-made NKS for Kontakt.
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Session Ukelele, tempo too low error, Cakewalk DAW
Hi… My session is at 88 BPM and I'm having a problem with Session Ukulele, Easy Going D. When I change the tempo to 1/2, I get the message "TEMPO TOO LOW. PLEASE INCREASE THE TEMPO. TRY DOUBLE TIME SCALING, OR DECREASE SWING". (The tempo is too low. Please increase it. Try doubling the timescale or reducing the swing.) It…
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Sustain pedal - doesn't work with a midi controller keyboard
I have maschine plus and two midi control keyboards piping through USB into the desktop software for maschine on my M1 Max MacBook. For the life of me with no AI solution, I find that I cannot get the sustain pedal to work at all. At some point in the past it worked with older software versions. My two keyboard controllers…
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Apple silicon drivers for Rig Kontrol 3
Hi. I created a userland driver for Rig Kontrol 3 on macOS 26. Take a look, and if you see any ways to reduce round-trip latency, feel free to open a PR. https://github.com/mihaimetal/rk3-coreaudio
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VST Display / Organization / Customization in Maschine
Howdy & greetings from Texas! I’ll keep this short and sweet - as the idea of like to bring up is simple. I’m sure this has been discussed or requested, but I would LOVE for there to be a way to create custom categories or groups of specific plugins within the VST insert dropdown! You could either customize it in the…
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colour theme fan edit! - NI polyphonic synth
Hello fellow native instruments players Check this out Well here it is! Please like the post if you like this fan edit, this is just an artwork concept. Theme options can help make it more perceivable and provide better visual accessibility, and when paired with the preferable standalone mode these synths are in a league…
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Favourite NI Synths, UI & theme options
Hey, here’s to the synths, focusing on the UI and workflow. Most favoured (imo). MASSIVE - titles the channel according to preset (as Alchemy does on Logic) MASSIVE X - theme options SUPER 8 - more streamlined accelerated sound editing MASSIVE, title’s the track according to the name of preset, in turn also titles midi…
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Fixing pressure sensitivity on old Traktor S2 MK2 controller
I recently got a (very old) Traktor Kontrol S2 MK2 controller on a budget. Almost everything works fine; one of the small issues is each jog wheel has a small section that needs to be pushed down very hard to activate scratching (the rest of the wheels still do activate with a light touch). I tried holding down each load…
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ExpressiveE NKS
https://www.expressivee.com So far this includes NKS for Imagine and Noisy (by Vagus and I believe he is working on Noisy 2) ExpressiveE NKS
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Traktor Pro 4 Crash on S4 Mk3
Technical Issue Report: Traktor Pro 4 Crash on S4 Mk3 System Specifications: Hardware: MacBook Pro 2019 OS: macOS 15.7.5 Software: Traktor Pro 4.4.2 Controller: Traktor Kontrol S4 Mk3 (Latest Firmware) Issue Description:I was at a gig using the setup mentioned above. Everything was working perfectly, as it has for several…
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CIrcular eathing 100% CPU
Whenever I use Circular my CPU goes to 100% usage and all I can hear is crackling. All I am doing is holding a 4 note chord down. Some presets are worst than others. Other than lowering my device buffer size - any ideas?
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What is a 'Collection' and how does it behave in Traktor Pro 4?
Traktor Pro 4 Alright, generically, I know what a collection is, but what I don't understand is what the limitations are as far as moving between computers or having multiple collections, if possible. What exactly is stored in a collection? Is the literal file or is it a link to a file on my local drive such that if I move…
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MacOS 27 - learn from the past
Announcement to NI! Apple released public beta of macOS 27, so this is a good chance for NI to make things finally better than in the past and start testing their products now, so they will officially support macOS 27 end of September instead of several months later or early 2027.
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Absolute Nightmare: All Licenses Revoked!
I can barely think straight, this is very heavy and scary. This happened MID-SESSION, suddenly all of my kontakt instances reverted to kontakt player, and every single library I have with Native Instruments or registered in kontakt, was de-activated! I have tried contacting support, but I am in the middle of 4 paid…
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Known Issue: Blocked traktor Drivers in windows 11
Hello everyone, today i have problem with my traktor pro… When i plug in my S4MK3 to pc it shows me next picture: (in polish) That's meaning: This driver was blocked. niks4m3usb.sys doesn't meet to rules of driver In TP4.5.0 i have red icon when i switch to Asio driver (yep, s4mk3 is already plug to my pc, and of course…
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license issue
having issues registering mk2 and im trying to get my access back it sayss it was registered with another account
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Transferring Old Sample Libraries to Work (from Ableton 8/Kontakt 5 to Ableton 12/Kontakt 8 on M4)
I used Ableton Live 8 with Kontakt 5 on my MacBook Pro running Mac OS High Sierra, with all of my sample libraries stored on an external hard drive. I’ve now upgraded to a Mac Studio M4 running macOS Sequoia, Ableton Live 12, and Kontakt 8. Since upgrading, I haven’t been able to access any of the sample libraries I was…
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Could we expect now NKS libs for all In Music plugins ?
I use some of them and would appreciate a Pro version of NKS to use them on my KKS 61 mk3. Or will In Music resell NKS ? 😆
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Komplete Kontrol 3.5.4 is available
Komplete Kontrol 3.5.4 is now available. This is a small maintenance update focused on improving performance and reliability, especially when using Kontrol S-Series hardware. What’s new Improved performance when changing plug-in parameters from Kontrol S-Series MK3 Fixed an issue where Kontrol S-Series MK2 level meters…
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X1MK3: Community Performance MOD (qml coding)
Latest (V.13): Instant Doubles, customizable Mixer, Stem/Remix Deck support (Superknobs), Beatcounters, dynamic Vinyl Break, more Remix Deck controls, (optional) Browser Mode, Scrolling Titles, custom Beatjump Size, custom BPM Adjustment Size, expanded custom setup, screen feedback for every new feature, optional…
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Kontakt 8 Factory Library missing Orchestral Keyboards and Percussion
I am missing Orchestral Instruments and Percussion in Kontakt sub Bank above. I really like the Harpsichord (among others) preset and although I can open them by going to the containing folder I cannot save them as favourites from there (after I open the file) I believe. I have tried Batch resave etc but no solutions so…
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Maschine 3.6 is here
Maschine 3.6 is now available. This update brings NKS Connect support to Maschine, starting with AKAI MPK mini IV as the first compatible partner controller. With NKS Connect, supported controllers can use NKS Mode in Maschine for hardware browsing, preset loading, parameter control, and parameter page navigation. Maschine…
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Traktor Pro Collection Playlist from old to new mac 1to1 copy?
Good evening, everyone. I have a question regarding Traktor Pro 3. I bought another MacBook Pro 14" (M5, 16GB) and would like to transfer my entire collection, settings and Music from my old M1 MacBook Pro to the new one. On the new Mac, I partitioned the hard drive into two sections—just like on the old one—and named them…
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How to copy paste notes and their automations?
Hello, I would like to copy and paste (or duplicate) certain notes, plus their automations. Is there a way to make it?
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preview
Hello everyone, & @Jeremy_NI , I’m starting this thread because I’m running into some issues with Kontakt 8 on macOS Sequoia and the latest version of Logic Pro. I’ve already contacted support and am currently waiting for a reply. In the meantime, I thought I’d post here in case anyone in the community has encountered…
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Super*Saw / SuperStarSaw , New NI Synth
Super*Saw / SuperStarSaw , New NI Synth : . .
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Is it normal that Native is really slow to download stuff ?
4 minutes remaining for a 3Mb file ? I changed my computer, and I have so many updates to do, it takes forerver. I let it go all day yesterday, and still going today. So at first I decided to download only files < 100 Mb Still not finished. What is wrong with NA ? Thank you
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Rosetta needed for NTKDaemon?
Really, Apple Silicon has been out for years —- I don't want to have Rosetta continuously running on my M4 just for this! I saw posts from as recently as August with people complaining about this. Is there really no way to install (actually just reinstall having migrated from an Intel Mac) my NI plugins with having to be…
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Native Access won't open
Hello. I’d like to know why Native Access 3.25.1 won't open on my Mac running macOS "Sequoia." It turns red after taking a long time to load, gets stuck, and never finishes opening.
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Copy Pages in TRK-01 sequencer?
Is there a way to copy one Page to another in the sequencer in TRK-01? It's pretty tedious to have to manually reproduce each page when you want a longer pattern.
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Subscription Issues
Anyone experiencing issues with 360 Subscription reverting to DEMO mode despite being Active? I done the normal - update Native Access - Delete NI Folder - .XML files etc., New Customer Service Ticket system painfully (and expensively) slow. Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks
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Update in Komplete failed for several Elements
Please refer: Hello, Recently I bought the Pro Drum Bundle: This worked OK until I came back from Vacation and found only ONE library left: On my Laptop all are missing. What happened since July 1st? On other Libraries in my DAW Kontakt8 requested an update, so I tried. The Failure where all problems starting: Using…