Multiple instances of Kontakt Player (standalone on a Mac?

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• Giorgio Tommasini

  August 2009 edited September 2009

  Dan,
  
  
  
  multiple instances of Kontakt are suggested when dealing with a host program. This leads to a remarkable improvement of the overall performance.
  
  
  
  Best,
  
  
  
  Giorgio
• zenasium

  September 2009 edited 7:53PM

  sorry Gorgio, but to be sure what is to understand here, if i use the sax brother as standalone (with my band), i can use one instance with 3 sax (TAB) open inside ?
  
  I ask that, because on my mac, i didn't match opening 3 sessions separately, and on my laptop PC itry it but it doesn't work really good...
  
  So, i decided to run the 3 in one instance and it seems to work good.
  
  i hope doing the right thing...
• Stefano Lucato

  September 2009 edited 7:53PM

  In any case, also for live performances, if you'll have some problems I suggest you use an host program like Cubase (or other freeware) to load three different instances of Kontakt.
  
  In cubase is simple:
  
  1 Load three instances of K (each with only one instrument)
  
  2 Create three midi tracks each assigned to an instrument.
  
  3 Enable the record (or monitoring) for each track
  
  
  
  Best
  
  
  
  Stefano
• zeppusclub

  September 2009 edited 7:53PM

  Hi,
  
  
  
  For the live, it's most simple to use a vst host, i've tried a few of them as "chainer" or "console" and i use "console" because it has some function very interresting as audio wiring, excellent midi mapping/automation and a "default" setup witch can be put in your program start folder witch allow you to start automatically your session with your own setup when you turn on your computer : on stage, this made that you don't need screen, keyboard and mousse : only your central unit and the ewi ...
  
  
  
  yvan
• Phil999

  September 2009 edited 7:53PM

  when you play live, you only play one instrument at a time and there is no other MIDI data or automation coming in. Although the manual states otherwise, I would try to load all needed instruments into one single Kontakt Player in stand-alone.
  
  Until now, I never encountered any difficulties. If it works, it works, and it is a bit simpler to run and setup.
  
  
  
  When you record, you will use a host program anyway, and the use of several instances of Kontakt is better. Although, even in this situation, I also had no problems with the 'wrong' method described above, when I record one instrument and render it to audio, then record the next one, etc.
• zenasium

  September 2009 edited 7:53PM

  Ok thanks a lot folks for the various answer.
  
  I'm like Phil999. I play live only one instrument at a time. So i load in one instance the 3 sax (T on Ch1, A on Ch2, B on Ch3) and it works... or i think so. To be sure, i load one after the other in one instance of K3 and the sax not sounding different as 3 sax in one instance. This is why I ask this question. In all case, i play only one Sax at a time and never do it in another way (i mean live...).
• zeppusclub

  September 2009 edited 7:53PM

  Hi,
  
  
  
  This depend of what you play ...
  
  
  
  On jazz standard, i like to change of instrument in a tune and make saxophone answer to the trumpet or play unisson trumpet and sax on the riffs ...
  
  
  
  I use for this the two buttons on the right side of the EWI, they are configured to send volume informations to the trumpet and the sax or to plug the mute on the trumpet : miles start the theme with the mute on all blues and goes in chorus with a full sound ... and later,
  
  the sax respond ...
  
  
  
  there are other possibilities with an extra vst host as add vst effect connected on other sound card out this allow you to use different effects on the sax and on the trumpet ...
• Phil999

  September 2009 edited 7:53PM

  zeppusclub wrote: Hi,
  
  
  
  This depend of what you play ...
  
  
  
  On jazz standard, i like to change of instrument in a tune and make saxophone answer to the trumpet
  
  yes, that's what I like too.