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If you are using your NATIVE INSTRUMENTS plug-ins in Digital Performer 6 or 7 on a PowerPC architecture Mac under the Leopard operating system (Mac OS 10.5.x), you may experience a crash upon loading the plug-ins, accompanied by an error message. The problem only appears in this specific set-up ...

1 In order to get the best performance from your NATIVE INSTRUMENTS plug-ins in Pro Tools, you should make sure that your computer system is properly optimized for running Pro Tools in the first place. Please check this General Troubleshooting thread on the Digidesign website to check general pe ...

First of all, make sure you have the right soundcard selected in Cubase. This can be done from the Device Setup. Under the "Devices" menu please select the "VST Audio System' options. Then choose the correct soundcard from the drop-down menu. You should select the ASIO driver for your soundcard ...

(Note: please check our Windows Vista compatibility page for the latest information on using our products in a 64-bit operating system.) In a 64-bit Windows Vista system you will find that your computer has two independent 'Program Files' folders, 'Program Files (x86)' and 'Program Files.' When ...

There is a known problem when a TC Electronic Konnekt device is setup as audio interface within Cubase 4. Our products work fine within other VST hosts when a TC Electronic Konnekt device is used. Native Instruments is in contact with TC Electronic regarding this issue. As a temporary workaround ...

If you can not see all of your plug-ins in your sequencer on the Intel Mac platform, then they probably need to be updated to the latest Universal Binary versions for Intel Mac compatibility. For more information on which plug-ins are already Intel Mac-compatible, check this page on our website: ...

The KONTAKT 3 RTAS plug-in is only supported in Digidesign Pro Tools versions (M-Powered, LE or HD). For Logic or Digital Performer, use the Audio Units plug-in instead.

Please note that RTAS plug-ins from Native Instruments can only be used in Pro Tools 7 or higher. Other hosts such as Digital Performer or Logic do not work with Native Instruments RTAS plug-ins. This applies for all RTAS plug-ins released 2007 or later (approx).

If you are not seeing your NATIVE INSTRUMENTS plug-ins in your host sequencer, one possible reason may be that you need to update your sequencer for Intel Mac compatibility. Intel compatibility has been introduced with the following sequencer versions. This information is provided here for your ...