Kontakt - Only Out 1 audible

Alex0815
Alex0815 Member Posts: 7 Newcomer
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Hello,

in „40's VO Drums“ i routed each sound to it's own output and the signals show up in Kontakts Mixer but …

- using Factory > Stereo configurations i only get to hear „Out 1“.
- using Factory > Mono configurations it's just „Out 1“ (Left Speaker) & „Out 2“ (Right Speaker).

Why is that? … What needs to be done in order to hear the other outputs as well?

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  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 3,751 mod
    Answer ✓
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/43184/kontakt-only-out-1-audible

    The real Outputs are as many as your audio card supports…

    If you have laptop audio chip is usually 2 outputs (1 stereo)

    a typical low budget audio card can give 4 outputs (2 stereo)

    a decent card 6 to 8 outputs

    …and so on, and so one…

    So, which audio card are you use?

  • darkwaves
    darkwaves Member Posts: 475 Guru
    Answer ✓

    I'm not sure if I'm understanding the question properly, but I'll mention the following:

    If you have a VST that gives you multiple outputs - the extra outputs will be available as inputs for the other sound slots in the group in maschine. You'll have to excuse my screenshot showing old stuff - I don't have anything new installed on my current laptop

    image.png

    In this example, I have kontakt in one of the sounds in the group (in this case, slot 1). If I routed sounds to the extra outputs inside of kontakt, I could bring them into maschine on a different slot in the same group. The first output always just routes directly out of the plugin (again; in this case, slot 1). If I routed something to output 2 in kontakt, I'd need to manually pick another sound in maschine and set the input to output 2. It's not automatic.

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  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 3,751 mod
    Answer ✓
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/43184/kontakt-only-out-1-audible

    The real Outputs are as many as your audio card supports…

    If you have laptop audio chip is usually 2 outputs (1 stereo)

    a typical low budget audio card can give 4 outputs (2 stereo)

    a decent card 6 to 8 outputs

    …and so on, and so one…

    So, which audio card are you use?

  • Alex0815
    Alex0815 Member Posts: 7 Newcomer

    Oh 🤦‍♂️ … i see. 😃 … Thank you Sunborn!

    It's a laptop & id14 (Stereo Out). I just did this step because — coming from „normal“ DAWs and being new to Maschine — i'm used to it in order to mix drums on separate tracks.

  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 3,751 mod
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/215195#Comment_215195

    Not much you can do with a typical laptop audio, i'm afraid… you have to live with its limitations (or buy a good audio card).

    However, there is the solution of a virtual mixer with many virtual outputs and ASIO support. I still use the excellent Voicemeeter for my laptop, you might want to check it out. :-)

    It comes in 3 versions, Standard (free), Banana (donation-ware) and Potato (professional).

    https://vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/potato.htm
  • darkwaves
    darkwaves Member Posts: 475 Guru
    Answer ✓

    I'm not sure if I'm understanding the question properly, but I'll mention the following:

    If you have a VST that gives you multiple outputs - the extra outputs will be available as inputs for the other sound slots in the group in maschine. You'll have to excuse my screenshot showing old stuff - I don't have anything new installed on my current laptop

    image.png

    In this example, I have kontakt in one of the sounds in the group (in this case, slot 1). If I routed sounds to the extra outputs inside of kontakt, I could bring them into maschine on a different slot in the same group. The first output always just routes directly out of the plugin (again; in this case, slot 1). If I routed something to output 2 in kontakt, I'd need to manually pick another sound in maschine and set the input to output 2. It's not automatic.

  • Alex0815
    Alex0815 Member Posts: 7 Newcomer

    OMG! 👍😃 darkwaves that's it! 🥳 This is just what i was looking for.

    Now i can jam in Play Series Drum-Instruments … and later on export their sounds as separate *.wav-files … so i can use them in any other DAW on separate tracks in a mix.

    Although it would be nice if there was a single click solution, right now I don't mind the extra few clicks. I see that as flexibility. The important thing for me is to know that it's possible. What a relief.

    Learned something new today. Thank you guys! 👋

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