M1 Max MacBook Pro Monterey, Kontakt Crashing Pro Tools

[JJRivers]

Hi guys, just wanted to know if anyone else is struggling with Kontakt on Pro Tools 2021.10 (latest version). Ive gone through moving plugins from used to the unused folder.

The Kontakt 5 plugin gets stuck in black Gui as in the attached photo when opening a session. When I move it to the unused folder, the session will load no problem.

Ive gone through uninstalling all NI apps and reinstalled Kontakt 5 but getting the same issue. Ive also trashed PT and NI presences with no luck. The Macbook is running my time machined imported back up and Im not sure whether its worth deleting everything on the HD and installing all plugins trying from scratch but having reinstalled Kontakt 5 via Native Access I don't think it would make a difference but maybe worth a shot?

System: MacBook Pro 14" M1 Max running Mac Osx Monterey (I understand its not supported right now by NI but just thought Id post to see if others are having the same issue).

[JFreak]

Sorry to tell you but you need Kontakt 6

[JJRivers]

I have both Kontakt 5 and 6.

I just tried Kontakt 6 on its own inside of a new Pro Tools session and it gets stuck on the same part while loading the sample instrument.

[JFreak]

I can assure you I have PT 2021.10 running on Monterey M1 mac mini, and Kontakt 6.6.1 loads all my libraries as it should.

[JJRivers]

@JFreak good to hear that! Im trying to figure what is up with it ... could it be some other plugin affecting it, any recommendations?

[JFreak]

Could be. For troubleshooting, move all plugins except Kontakt to the unused folder and try again.

[bzone]

NI is still writing code in x86 and hasn’t ported to Apple Silicon yet. Who knows when this will be complete, until then it will not be stable.


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