Use Kontakt 7 as plugin with cakewalk sonar 3

jct13blue
jct13blue Member Posts: 1 Newcomer
edited October 22 in Kontakt

New to Orchestra Essentials 2 and Kontakt 7 and cannot get it to work as a plugin with Sonar 3 DAW. I can use as a stand alone but I'm totally in the dark as far as using Orchestra Essentials 2 as a plugin. In fact I don't even know it that is done. Going through the motions and doing insert synth just like I would with other plugins but zilch. No sound. I want to play existing midi files using Orchestra Essentials 2 but have no idea if even possible.

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  • Brad Yost
    Brad Yost Member Posts: 354 Pro
    edited March 2023 Answer ✓

    If you're actually referring to Cakewalk Pro Audio v3 (from approximately 1997) or even Sonar X3 (approximately 2015), then they didn't run 64bit plugins (v3) and X3 (latter) didn't support VST3 format, which is what Kontakt 7 is.

    Might be time to upgrade to the latest version of Sonar called "Cakewalk by Bandlab [CbB]". It's now free with an email account, and is VASTLY improved.

    I run Protools, Cubase, Nuendo, and Cakewalk, and believe it or not, prefer CbB (probably because I was a beta tester from 1993).

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  • Brad Yost
    Brad Yost Member Posts: 354 Pro
    edited March 2023 Answer ✓

    If you're actually referring to Cakewalk Pro Audio v3 (from approximately 1997) or even Sonar X3 (approximately 2015), then they didn't run 64bit plugins (v3) and X3 (latter) didn't support VST3 format, which is what Kontakt 7 is.

    Might be time to upgrade to the latest version of Sonar called "Cakewalk by Bandlab [CbB]". It's now free with an email account, and is VASTLY improved.

    I run Protools, Cubase, Nuendo, and Cakewalk, and believe it or not, prefer CbB (probably because I was a beta tester from 1993).

  • Gee_Flat
    Gee_Flat Member Posts: 906 Guru
    edited March 2023

    @jct13blue

    It seems to be a standalone VST and it doesn't say it uses Kontakt. It's NKS and so that means its designed to work with Komplete Kontrol and I guess Maschine.

  • Gee_Flat
    Gee_Flat Member Posts: 906 Guru
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/60545#Comment_60545

    I was going to ask that and I deleted it. The main issue is his software doesn't use Kontakt.

  • Brad Yost
    Brad Yost Member Posts: 354 Pro
    edited March 2023
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/60547#Comment_60547

    Yeah, he seems to be trying to run modern VST formats in an 'antique' DAW. 😁

  • Gee_Flat
    Gee_Flat Member Posts: 906 Guru
    edited March 2023
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/60548#Comment_60548

    Either way his Orchestra software is standalone

    Have you seen this? The dog... 😀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3x1baX2u5c

  • dhagen
    dhagen Member Posts: 3 Newcomer

    trying to simply get installed Kontakt 7 on my DAW machine to be seen by Sonar X3 (2017). Currently installed Kontakt 6, which works fine. But some new plugins give a version of "your player is too old to load this file…" with Player 6. So bought the 7 bundle and installed. I can't seem to get CW to see 7, no matter how I rescan and fiddle with scan locations. Also tried to install the free 7 player. No change. CW will not see 7 over 6 and I cannot find a way to force it. Also updated Native Access as there';s rumors that woudl fix. Nope. Also see a different in NA between 6 and 7:

    7 has just one installation path with one exe. 6 has the exe path AND a VS3 path

    Stumped

    Ideas?

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