Work blocking bug with Cubase 14 and Kontakt automation completely freezing the program

Cubase Kontakt Automation Freeze Bug

Like the title says, I’m having a terrible workflow breaking bug with Cubase 14 and Kontakt. Whenever I try to open an automation lane (by clicking Write on the Kontakt channel, running the transport and clicking on the Kontakt parameter I want the lane for to be shown) for one of the parameters in Una Corda it freezes Cubase up completely, even though it still plays back audio. Anyone having similar issues? It’s a huge blocker, I’m surprised this kind of stuff is even a thing in 2025.

Hi,

Generate a DMP file and share it via Dropbox or a similar service, please.

Use the Microsoft ProcDump utility to generate a DMP file, please.

  1. Please download ProcDump64 from Microsoft (~650kB) and extract the archive to a local folder on your hard disk.

  2. Run Command Prompt (cmd) as administrator (right click and select “run as administrator”)

  3. Navigate (in the Command Prompt) to the folder with the extracted procdump file.
    For example:
    cd C:\ Users \ \ Downloads \ Procdump
    Note: the dmp file will be written into that folder.

  4. Launch Cubase/Nuendo. You can work as usual. At any time, change to the command prompt and start procdump, to monitor Cubase/Nuendo for unexpected behaviour (see next step).

  5. Launch procdump64 via Command Prompt:
    Cubase 14:
    procdump64 -e -h -t Cubase14

Nuendo 13:
procdump64 -e -h -t Nuendo13

The -h option will write a dmp file in case of an application hang. This might kick in too early sometimes, in case some action takes a little longer. Feel free to skip the “-h” option, if you are only up for fetching crashes.
The option -e will catch exceptions and the option -t terminations of the application.

  1. Prodump is now monitoring the Cubase/Nuendo process and will write a crash log, in case Cubase/Nuendo crashes or hangs. Perform the action that causes Cubase/Nuendo to crash and send us the generated crash dmp.

ZIP and share the DMP file via Dropbox or a similar service, please.