Kontakt7 Multiple outputs in Studio One. 6.6.2 Pro

"If I click on the outputs tab to select the outputs I just created in the outputs view of Kontakt, I won't see them. I just see the defaults (KT st1, then 4 auxes, which I just overwritten. In the picture you can see what I mean. The created outputs in Kontakt 7 aren't visible in the list"

Now I get it.

In Kontakt - once you get everything set the way your want it (s1, s2, s3, and s4 etc) - you need to SAVE that configuration within Kontakt (there are a number of options under the dropdowns at the top of the mixer in your screencap). Power Tip: Once you get these outputs exactly how you want them - set this new layout as your default so it loads each time.

Then the critical move. To this point - Studio One still has NO idea what you have done in Kontakt - never has and never will. To make S1 "aware" of your cool new output config - AFTER saving that output config IN Kontakt - you need to dump Kontakt (and it's instrument track) completely from your S1 project and then drag in a new instance of Kontakt (hopefully that loads your new default output config).

Now - once the new Kontakt instance is in the project - if you click the Kontakt outputs button in the S1 plugin window - S1 will now "see" your new Kontakt outputs.

Kontakt internals have always behaved strangely and while it looks like the DAW "should" pick up your new outputs as you build them out in Kontakt - that will never happen.

VP

"And Yes ,  Studio One still has NO idea what you have done in Kontakt - never has and never will. Then you said: you need to dump Kontakt (and it's instrument track) completely from your S1 project How do I dump the whole "thing'?"

What I mean here is that you will have an instrument track (with Kontakt on it) created in Studio One (in your song) when you are creating this custom output scheme.

Once you have created the outputs you want AND saved that custom config (Out to a file) - you need to right click on the instrument track (in the Studio One arrangement window) that has Kontakt on it - and choose Remove Track and Instrument.

This will drop the track AND remove Kontakt completely from the project. Then simply re-add it. S1 should see you inputs - if you set the config you saved as default.

If you did not set your custom output config as Default - you will need to go into the Outputs area of Kontakt (like in your screen cap) and manually load the config you saved to a file.

Then S1 should see the new outputs.

VP

Comparing Superior Drummer and Kontakt for ease of use is like comparing a Lamborghini and a Pinto for elegance and speed.

FWIW - Here in Studio One - I long abandoned using Kontakt in multi output mode - it is much easier to simply add each Kontakt instrument as an instance using Komplete Kontrol and be done with it. Not only do I get light guide and all the other goodies that KK allows - I get instant channel separation with no thought involved whatsoever :)

Do not even use Kontakt in standalone mode either anymore - there is little point to it now.

VP