My external HD crashed on me a couple of days ago and all of my synths and effects were on that and I was wondering if anyone knew which versions of Massive, Absynth, FM8, and basically all the other Native Instrument software was stable and did not have a time bomb hiding in it. I am using OSX 10.7.4 (Lion) and I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction for each version of all of these AU's or VST's that do not have a time bomb or anything else that would cause each version to crash. I know I never upgraded Massive from one of the earliest versions of it because I tried one time and I ran into a time bomb which sucked because I really wanted to use some newer soundbanks and I could not because I had such an old version . If anyone knows the most stable version for each one could you please post it for each individual plugin. I hope it is not to much to post the exact version of each plug in that you have found to be stable but I would greatly appreciate it and I thank those who take the time and answer. It is much appreciated!!!! Again thanks in advance!!!!

 

I'm still using Massive 1.3.0, works like a charm and Reaktor 5.8.0 too, that's all from NI here *yes*

 

Do what a wise man should do! Search for the last versions and read the user comments!

 

The last versions are all stable as far as I know ! Never had any issue...

Except Massive, I own the legit version but Reaktor, Kontakt, Guitar Rig, Battery 4, Monark etc... Work perfect !

 

The K'd Massive crashes are related to a database problem. You need to delete ‘NIMassiveDataBase’ then it should stop crashing. Or buy the legit version, I think that one doesn't crash.

 

one suggestion to Bro is to Buy good good Hard Drives don't Buy cheap Hard Drive to try to save Money i have been doing Computer/Digital Music for over 15 year's and have never had a Hard Drive Go out on me because i have always bot my Hard Drives from the place that i bot my Mac Pro from a licensed Mac dealer because they know what works good i have had friends buy there Hard Drives from Best Buy and there Hard Drive have gone Bad on them to Best Buy dose not know shit about Mac's

PS. also keep your Hard Drive Cool Clean and Defragmented

 

I use all of them and they are all stable, just use the last version to ensure the best stability.