I haven't had a DAW since gigastudio went under, but I've been able to play midi files through Kontakt using a midi player and LoopBe1. This gimmick was working great with Kontakt 8. Then, with a simple little 3-minute midi file, it played 3 times perfectly, then Kontakt 8 quit responding. The midi file plays OK but it plays through some kind of default midi "piano" (all channels go, omni-like, to some "piano"). Sounds pretty bad. Meters show no response on any channel in K8. LoopBe1 is the only Options assignment for midi input.