I can't even put into words how grateful I am for this valuable content. Literally the most clear and accurate explanation I have ever seen. I'm an absolute noob at this and you come out and put into really comprehensive words. Again, thank you a lot for this. Obviously you have my like and my subscription.
I have seen countless videos on this topic but never one so comprehensive, concise and so well spoken. Great tutorials! Thank you and keep them coming!
🍀You have an excellent way of explaining "technical" things (configuration). I've had Kontakt 7 Player and various Native Instruments libraries here on my SSD for a few months. Because I somehow didn't understand the configuration, I've barely touched the whole thing to this day. Today I did exactly what you showed in the video step by step (I also have CUBASE PRO) - and it works. I can finally work effectively with the Native Instruments sounds. Thank you!
Spent 2 days trying to get a sound out of Kontakt 6 freebie. Watched your video and hey presto!! up and running within minutes. I like your tutorials as they cater even for relative beginners like myself. Thank you.
This is a great and very lucid explanation of setting up multi-timbral/multiple outputs with Kontakt. I have found however that it is better, from a multi-thread perspective to setup each Kontakt instance as its own instrument. It is better on memory and performance. Also, it makes it much easier to use the "load tracks from project" function in Cubase since when you load the track, you are loading the instrument track already configured, assigned and ready to go. If you load a MIDI track from a set of tracks, you have to shut off the extra tracks and outputs and go through the process of checking the setup prior to output of your stems.
You're the best. I've been doing this for years using multiple instances of Kontakt. Things are going to be so much better going forward thanks to you!
Recently upgraded my system to a high end CPU for the very reason you mentioned in the beginning. Very excited to see what results I can get using this configuration!
Thank you so much. I had the basics figured out through watching other tutorials, but none of them could explain why in the end there were 2 sets of faders for each instrument, and it looked really ugly. I thought I was stuck with it, but your explanations totally covered everything and more in terms of configuring it correctly (and neatly). I am very grateful for all the time and stress you saved me with such a complete, comprehensive, (and free) lesson. Fantastic!!
Jef Thank you, thank you, thank you, 1000 plus one times thank you. I am a 65 year old jazz keyboardist/educator/arranger/producer for over 23 years. been using DAW's for years, but just did a major upgrade from my old stand by Cakewalk Sonar to Abletone live Suite, Kontakt, Cubase with a nice array of various Spectrosonic plug ins Trillian, Keyscape etc. Plus many other VST's including Serum etc. Man this is ALL still fairly to me and there is so much information out there (both good and not so good) I learned a long time ago to always have a general idea of whatever it is you want to do 1st, then search for that specific thing in your research vs trying to learn all that a software program can do first per se. I had a fairly good idea of what it was that I wanted to do in running Kontakt inside of Cubase. That being I wanted to run 1 instance of Kontakt yet play and record various instruments from that 1 instance. You have no idea how long it took me until I FINALLY came to your excellent video. You have a new subscriber for life. Thank you so much. If you knew my whole story you would really understand just how much it meant to me to finally find a to the point and precise video such as yours. Thank you so much again.
Another concise unfussy and excellent tutorial. Thank you so much for not starting your videos by gurning into the camera and shouting "Are YOU running out of CPU power? Let ME show you how THE PROS do it!" followed by twenty seconds of an unnecessarily-flashy title sequence.
FINALLY! someone that makes a detailed explanation of how to do something without showing us their fucking song or trying to sell us on something. You rule man
I absolutely love this video! Best explanation of the topic ever! Here's a suggestion for a follow up: A video about how to "render in place" multiple outputs of multitimbral synth, so you get an audio track for each (midi)-channel. If I try this with kontakt in cubase, it works at some point, but it get's quite messy, with a lot of empty extra audio tracks automatically created, ect. It is easy to do with dedicated instrument tracks or with drums via "disolve parts", but how do you do this properly with a bunch of midi channels routed to e.g. Kontakt? Would be great!
I watched this today 9-2022 very helpful I followed the steps using kontakt 6 player version in a different Daw works just about the same thanks looking forward to your kontakt 7 videos 👍🏾
You did good; you went farther into setting up Kontakt than most of the videos on UA-cam. What I want to know is, how... do you get the output fader channels in the Mix window to select an instrument? especially after you hide all the MIDI faders? Right now, I can only use my MIDI fader channels in my Mix window to select an instrument to play my keyboard, that is, with my Mix window full open (like we learned to mix in Pro Tools). Otherwise, I have to have two windows open like you have, to go back and forth with instrument selections.
Amzingingly helpful! I went thru this about 3 times. There was so much info in here. I had to really concentrate. But I got it now. I'm set up with a great template ready to go in Kontakt. I want to do the same for Omnisphere and Halion. Thanks again Jef
Really Powerful video. Configuration won’t have been possible without your step by step explanation. Only issue at the end is that I have some midi expanders, so I need to keep all midi tracks visible. Thanks for the video :-)
Would love to see video on midi port setup, the "ins" and "out" i get confused on whether my NI keyboard is a midi "in" or "out" device or if Kontakt is my "in" or "out" device even "audio connection" under the "studio tab" set up or explanation would be good too.
Thank you for this! Best explanation of how to do this that I've seen so far! I know in Ableton...after setting up the multi-timbral instrument...I can save it as a preset so I don't have to do this routing every time...After setting everything up, is there a way to save it as a preset so you don't have to do this every time?
Hey there. Awesome, well-structured content here. Subbed for that alone. I do have a question, though. I see you're using a komplete kontrol mkii keyboard. Considering Komplete Kontrol is not really set up for multi-timbral instruments, do you find yourself using komplete kontrol all that much? If not, do you feel like the lack of integration is affecting your workflow, or is the standard "MIDI mode" functional enough for you?
Funny that I should run into this vid. Out of necessity, I just figured out how to do this with EastWest's Play VST in Studio One. Cutz like butta. Then I tried doing it with the Reason Rack VST. No Joy. It's not multi-timbral. I checked with them and they said it was impossible. I corrected them (bold, I know), saying it was a design choice. And a good one at that. Thanks for showing this with Kontact. Didn't know I could do this with K, but you can count on it now. BTW: Learned how to do all this on a vintage Korg 16 track sequencing keyboard back in the nineties. Can't recall the model name/number.
I love my Cubase pro 10.5 along with my Maschine plus and Komplete 13 ultimate collector edition. I’m looking forward for Cubase pro 11 it’s coming real soon.
Precise, concrete, all said without unnecessary story... great video! But, I have a question. What would happen if we delet MIDI track "Analog D"? I ask because VST instrument Analog Dreams is already on "Kontakt Master" track. After deleting it, we rename "Kontakt Master" track to Analog D, that's how we get a fader with appropriate name and remove excessive track that confuses us. Am I right or have I overlooked something? I appreciate your answer Jef.
Great explanation - much thanks Jeff , very much appreciated edit.. all works well, but can you have separate automation for each track, I couldn't figure that out
Thank you so much. This was very helpful. I see you are having a KK mk2. Does the Kontakt parameters show on the NI keyboard display? I was just thinking it would be good to have a consolidated approach for using one instrument platform and make the KK keyboard to see the parameters properly and as we change the instruments within contact, it could apply that to other instruments too. For instance if one assigns the first four knobs on one Kontakt instrument to ADSR, as you switch to 2nd and 3rd, etc. instruments automatically ADSR parameters keep getting mapped to knob 1 to 4. I appreciate your comment for make good use of KK hardware GUI that can be created (perhaps may need more work in the beginning but hopefully only once) for best use of KK hardware with Cubase with multiple tracks and therefore multiple instruments. Thank you.
Wonderful explanation of using the weirdness of Kontakt output assignments! - Just one question: When making a multi-timbral instrument, doesn’t that force each of the timbres into the same CPU thread, because it’s on the same DAW track? So if the timbres add up to a lot of CPU consumption, it may be advantageous to have them on different DAW tracks, so they can spread out over the different threads of a modern multi-core CPU?
Probably right, apparently with new CPUs with lots of cores, it's not necessarily bad to open a new Kontakt instance for each instrument in order to balance the load between those cores.
Hi Jef, What a great Cubase videos you are posting! I did the Kontakt (Player 6) setup as you are showing and everything works as should be, except for when I use Funk Kit.nki the other instruments loaded in Kontakt they also trigger the Funk kit output (when i play in the midi note range of the Funk kit). As long as I do not use the funk kit in combination with other instruments in Kontakt everything is OK. (including separate stereo outputs per instrument) Am i doing something wrong or is t working as designed? greetings fred
Thank you dear Jef, just what happened to me, when I turned of midi channels as you described I couldn't hear audio channels, probably I made mistake somewhere!? Please help!
Really great video 👍🏻….question , ya know how you filtered out the midi tracks in the console so you only saw the outputs from kontakt (which makes total sense as you can’t mix with the midi tracks) can you do the reverse in the project window ?…i dont dig having 2 tracks to deal with in the project window (the midi track and the audio output track) and there seems to be no way to ‘filter out’ the audio track (The only way is to choose ‘hide other tracks’ but then it will hide marker tracks etc as well ) and if I hide the tracks in the visibility window it’ll hide them in the console so that wont work lol ….Is just keeping them in an ‘audio output’ folder The only way to just show Midi tracks in the project window ?
Hi Jef. Hope you are well. Great Tutorial, thank you! Just discovered you on UA-cam and Ive been trying to follow this tutorial as I have just bought Nuendo 11. However, as I haven't been able to find a Nuendo specific explanation of how you do this I thought I'd follow yours of how to do it on Cubase as I have heard the two platforms are basically identical. Please correct me if I am wrong. I'm eager to learn. I followed your tutorial and It works really great up until all the way up to where you mention to set all your midi channels to "off" and turn those faders down and then hide them. I do this and then all that happens is, I then cant hear the output of either of the midi instruments even coming out of their newly created Kontakt outputs. If you had any thoughts about where I might be going wrong of if there was a Nuendo-specific quirk to getting all this to work, I'd love to know. Many thanks again, Dave
Thanks, Jef top marks for your videos. I just got around to going through the process and it works great thanks to your excellent explanation. I noticed you have a Komplete Keyboard, same as me. It seems to me that you lose control of the instruments on the midi tracks using the controls on the keyboard. Is that true or have I missed something?
Hello Jef,I have just bought Komplete Kontrol A61. I have read the manual, however I'm having difficulty understanding the browser instructions. In Cubase 13 the browser light doesn't come on at all I'd be so grateful if you could shine a light on this Problem.
Nice video.. i have used groove agent for drums but want to move to kontakt with get good drum samples. Can i set it up that each drum/symbol/hi hats etc. Has its own output/separate fader like groove agent? Is that possible?
Thank you so much. Though I was looking/searching to setup Kontakt 6 in my cubase 10.5 pro, I think halion is way better/easy to setup as a multi timbre.
This is great. Can use this for instruments that have different articulations, too? Like NI Stradivari. Then I could play with legato, portamento etc. if the melody needs it, right?
Jef, you are an AWESOME TEACHER!!!! Could you by chance do a tutorial video showing how to set up a Multi using Spectrasonics Omnisphere in Cubase 10 or 11? I want each patch going out of Omnisphere as a separate output into Cubase, and then of course how to setup the separate outputs in Cubase.
Thanks Bill! Are you having computer RAM/processor issues and that's why you want to use the multi outs? For years now I've had so much RAM that I just make a new Omnisphere every time I need a new instrument! That really is the only benefit of using these synths in a multitimbral way.
@@jefgibbons Yes, I am wanting to use one instance of Omnisphere for 4 or 5 patches. I love the video you did for Kontakt and Multiple outputs, so I was hoping you could do one for Omnisphere utilizing Cubase. I know there are a lot of cubase users out there.
Very nice tutorial Sir can u demonstrate the same for fl studio and Reasons 5. With special emphasis on how to route all the 16 channels to FL studio mixer And how to apply swing on a particular midi out track.We would be very greatful
Hi, I enjoyed the video I'm using Konakt like this But there is one big problem When using the 'Render in Place' function, all channels are extracted together Is there a solution?
Thanks for this video.. However, when I add an instrument track , it does not set a default midi channel for the instrument track..there is a different symbol where the midi track should be in the left side panel.. Why would this be? I am using Cubase 5.. is this why? Also, at 7.06 in the video above, after setting your bass track midi channel, you can still hear the Hybrid keys from the track above, instead of hearing the bass, which is the point of setting the midi channel.. Why is this please?
Hi Jef did you know if Cubase have the midi fx to change the picth like Ableton live the we can create an Intrument Rack and create different pictch on each one?. Thanks
Thanks Jeff, This is a great tutorial. @Mamuka Megrelishvili asked me is it possible to set up the monogram cc with kontakt? I have had no luck....yet. If you have any suggestions we'd love to hear them. #kontakt #monogramcc
Jef you're my dude man, no doubt. But for a novice like myself I got a little confused when you said near the end of the vid turn the midi faders all the way to off if you're going to set up audio outs. It took me a minute to realize that you meant since the default position of the midi faders is in the off position even though they aren't actually off that you just "shouldn't touch" the midi faders at all ie move them from their default off position which in fact isn't actually off. I literally did each step you said and obviously at the end when I turned the midi faders "back" to off the audio outs didn't work. I think I understand what you meant though in that you should NEVER TOUCH the midi faders if you're planning to create audio outs, correct?
Hi Jef, This is is great stuff so much appreciated !!!!. I'm just wondering though would the same apply if i were using an external hardware synth like say a Roland or EMU module connected as an "instrument" within Cubase ???. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks...
This was a well-needed Video. I appreciate the information and have questions at 12:28 how would I create this in Logic Pro X. I can't seem to get the Knotakt Master Midi chain as you have with separate sounds to get this to work.
Thank you for your work. So I reset my Kontakt and now when I open it the keys are playing REALLY QUIET. It seems the input is off because when I press the same key on the player with my mouse it's loud. What setting is off? Can you help me fix this? Like restore to defaults? When I do that it restores to your settings. Thanks
@@jefgibbons wow, thanks for the reply and even fast reply. wow. I made a little video to show you my issues because I don't think I can explain them well enough. Let me know if this works for you. www.screencast.com/t/5ZYdYqD2
the only issue i see is that default name of the vst track messes up the naming scheme once you activate the additional outputs... perhaps that can be remedied in your situaltion by making analog dreams start on midi channel 2 in the kontakt output
Firstly, thanks for the really helpful video. I used to do most of my writing with hardware and C-Lab Creator sequencing therefore I relate to midi more than audio. It was great how much could be generated with so little computing power - think Atari 1040stfm. Gigabytes had yet to be invented! Also, in my case I'm no Bach on keyboards so constructing a piece from numerous loops of played ideas is how I tend work. Is this possible with Cubase? i.e. can the C-Lab work method be replicated/approximated with Cubase? I have Cubase 11 and the Track Loop function only seems to work in Editor. If I switch to Mix Console the Track Loop ceases to work until I go back to the Editor. How can I save the Track Loop for several parts? Also Is there a way to specify how many times the looped phrase is to play for? Events to Parts always seems to be greyed out. Does this only work with preset loop samples? The answers might be buried in one of the online manuals but life is too short and besides this is what You Tube is for right? This probably won't make any sense to anyone who wasn't around in the 80's but here's hoping. I appreciate anyone who can help with this. Thanks in advance. 🖖
Out of Curiosity; Which lapel/mic setup are you using for audio? I am looking to get a new one, but haven't been up on the times with the recent options
Great Vid, For all the years I've owned Kontakt I never Knew it could do that, I should give this a try. Should be the same concept in different DAWS correct? Well anyway Thanks again for the video.
Very cool, is this possible in Komplete Kontrol as well? Obviously the point of the Kontrol software IS to jump between instances with the hardware controls, but, I layer alot and I think this could have some advantages. If not one Master then at least one instance each for the groups of drums, basses, pads etc.
Am I correct in saying that, in Cubase, you can't have an instrument track sending MIDI to a multi-timbral instrument, like VE Pro, and have the audio return to the same track? In this video, you showed MIDI tracks sending MIDI to multi-timbral instruments. Obviously, this requires TWO tracks per instrument (one for MIDI and one for audio), with all of the associated clutter and double-naming, etc. But I would like to have ONE track for each instrument, not two. I would like to have MIDI on the instrument track, send the MIDI info to VE Pro, and then return the audio from VE Pro back to the same instrument track. Pro Tools has had this since version 7, back in 2007. It's kind of baffling that Cubase, the supposed composer's DAW, doesn't have this in 2023. I'm new to Cubase, so please clarify if I'm mistaken.
Question. Hi Jeff, nowadays some people load Kontakt7 for each instrument. So 5 instruments = 5x Kontakt. It's heavier on the CPU. What is your opinion?
I'm definitely in that camp... computers are so fast now the CPU/RAM savings aren't even worth it! Maybe if you had dozens of patches in a template though... which I don't do!
When I have completed all the steps up to 12:50 in the video, I still have the midi files in the mixer, which play, individual channels appear but do not play, Switching to the project window, individual tracks are not showing. I have tried many times, closely following every move. Outcome is the same. The only place where there was a difference in the procedure, was when I added the five midi tracks, the channels were not automatically numbered, had to enter the channel numbers manually.
Jef Do you have Drum Lab??? load that in kontakt and route the outs in Cubase. would make phenomenal tutorial. im wondering how you would route the overheads and room mics
awesome! you have great talent to communicate what you know! Thanks! Now I just need to add my montage to the template and I'll be rolling... I'll check to see if you have a video about adding ext keys! congrats!!! best video!!!!
@@jefgibbons Thanks for answering Jeff! I’m adopting your template here! Great way to save some of the load on my 2012 Mac… even with 96 gigs of ram everything helps you know.. I just wish I could incorporate my Montage 8 and Integra 7 in your template. I’ve loaded their respective usb drivers and all and I’ve got them to synch and record thru my Komplete s61 but without audio from daw… since I have everything patched I can bring their audio into the mix but can’t believe there isn’t a better way to enjoy these two powerful units! I’ve found videos on Cubase and Montage stand alone but they are not helping with this template with Kontakt and my daw. I watched a video you recommended about adding gear in Cubase but there are no scripts I know for adding a midi instrument for montage 8 and Integra 7… so… kinda stuck here… thanks again!
Absolutely the most lucid explanation of the process I've seen on youtube. Foolproof. Thanks. Subscribed immediately!
Thanks! Glad it helped.
I can't even put into words how grateful I am for this valuable content. Literally the most clear and accurate explanation I have ever seen. I'm an absolute noob at this and you come out and put into really comprehensive words. Again, thank you a lot for this. Obviously you have my like and my subscription.
Thanks for the encouragement Ivan! Needed it today…
I have seen countless videos on this topic but never one so comprehensive, concise and so well spoken. Great tutorials! Thank you and keep them coming!
🍀You have an excellent way of explaining "technical" things (configuration). I've had Kontakt 7 Player and various Native Instruments libraries here on my SSD for a few months. Because I somehow didn't understand the configuration, I've barely touched the whole thing to this day. Today I did exactly what you showed in the video step by step (I also have CUBASE PRO) - and it works. I can finally work effectively with the Native Instruments sounds. Thank you!
Spent 2 days trying to get a sound out of Kontakt 6 freebie. Watched your video and hey presto!! up and running within minutes.
I like your tutorials as they cater even for relative beginners like myself.
Thank you.
I've searched for years this multi outs routing Kontakt thing !! Thanks so much for your video, I've learnt a lot as a newcomer Cubase user !
This is a great and very lucid explanation of setting up multi-timbral/multiple outputs with Kontakt. I have found however that it is better, from a multi-thread perspective to setup each Kontakt instance as its own instrument. It is better on memory and performance. Also, it makes it much easier to use the "load tracks from project" function in Cubase since when you load the track, you are loading the instrument track already configured, assigned and ready to go. If you load a MIDI track from a set of tracks, you have to shut off the extra tracks and outputs and go through the process of checking the setup prior to output of your stems.
You're the best. I've been doing this for years using multiple instances of Kontakt. Things are going to be so much better going forward thanks to you!
That’s great to hear, thanks Jonathan!
Recently upgraded my system to a high end CPU for the very reason you mentioned in the beginning. Very excited to see what results I can get using this configuration!
It’s a good basic configuration for Kontakt. Enjoy the CPU power!!
Thank you so much. I had the basics figured out through watching other tutorials, but none of them could explain why in the end there were 2 sets of faders for each instrument, and it looked really ugly. I thought I was stuck with it, but your explanations totally covered everything and more in terms of configuring it correctly (and neatly). I am very grateful for all the time and stress you saved me with such a complete, comprehensive, (and free) lesson. Fantastic!!
Glad to hear it, thanks b jazz!
Jef Thank you, thank you, thank you, 1000 plus one times thank you. I am a 65 year old jazz keyboardist/educator/arranger/producer for over 23 years. been using DAW's for years, but just did a major upgrade from my old stand by Cakewalk Sonar to Abletone live Suite, Kontakt, Cubase with a nice array of various Spectrosonic plug ins Trillian, Keyscape etc. Plus many other VST's including Serum etc. Man this is ALL still fairly to me and there is so much information out there (both good and not so good) I learned a long time ago to always have a general idea of whatever it is you want to do 1st, then search for that specific thing in your research vs trying to learn all that a software program can do first per se. I had a fairly good idea of what it was that I wanted to do in running Kontakt inside of Cubase. That being I wanted to run 1 instance of Kontakt yet play and record various instruments from that 1 instance. You have no idea how long it took me until I FINALLY came to your excellent video. You have a new subscriber for life. Thank you so much. If you knew my whole story you would really understand just how much it meant to me to finally find a to the point and precise video such as yours. Thank you so much again.
Another concise unfussy and excellent tutorial. Thank you so much for not starting your videos by gurning into the camera and shouting "Are YOU running out of CPU power? Let ME show you how THE PROS do it!" followed by twenty seconds of an unnecessarily-flashy title sequence.
Superbly explained ! best video on this topic so far ! love from the Band Ambassadors !
FINALLY! someone that makes a detailed explanation of how to do something without showing us their fucking song or trying to sell us on something. You rule man
I absolutely love this video! Best explanation of the topic ever!
Here's a suggestion for a follow up:
A video about how to "render in place" multiple outputs of multitimbral synth, so you get an audio track for each (midi)-channel.
If I try this with kontakt in cubase, it works at some point, but it get's quite messy, with a lot of empty extra audio tracks automatically created, ect.
It is easy to do with dedicated instrument tracks or with drums via "disolve parts", but how do you do this properly with a bunch of midi channels routed to e.g. Kontakt?
Would be great!
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I watched this today 9-2022 very helpful I followed the steps using kontakt 6 player version in a different Daw works just about the same thanks looking forward to your kontakt 7 videos 👍🏾
You did good; you went farther into setting up Kontakt than most of the videos on UA-cam.
What I want to know is, how... do you get the output fader channels in the Mix window to select an instrument? especially after you hide all the MIDI faders?
Right now, I can only use my MIDI fader channels in my Mix window to select an instrument to play my keyboard, that is, with my Mix window full open (like we learned to mix in Pro Tools). Otherwise, I have to have two windows open like you have, to go back and forth with instrument selections.
Amzingingly helpful! I went thru this about 3 times. There was so much info in here. I had to really concentrate. But I got it now. I'm set up with a great template ready to go in Kontakt. I want to do the same for Omnisphere and Halion. Thanks again Jef
Really Powerful video. Configuration won’t have been possible without your step by step explanation.
Only issue at the end is that I have some midi expanders, so I need to keep all midi tracks visible.
Thanks for the video :-)
Would love to see video on midi port setup, the "ins" and "out" i get confused on whether my NI keyboard is a midi "in" or "out" device or if Kontakt is my "in" or "out" device even "audio connection" under the "studio tab" set up or explanation would be good too.
Bro I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU !!!!!!!It took me years to check dis out...now i understand!!!!best regards from germany
Thank you for this! Best explanation of how to do this that I've seen so far! I know in Ableton...after setting up the multi-timbral instrument...I can save it as a preset so I don't have to do this routing every time...After setting everything up, is there a way to save it as a preset so you don't have to do this every time?
Thanks for sharing these tips. I knew about the batch script but I never did the setup to have 16 stereo channels as default. Nice.
Best educational contents for DAW learner... thanks
Hey there. Awesome, well-structured content here. Subbed for that alone. I do have a question, though. I see you're using a komplete kontrol mkii keyboard. Considering Komplete Kontrol is not really set up for multi-timbral instruments, do you find yourself using komplete kontrol all that much? If not, do you feel like the lack of integration is affecting your workflow, or is the standard "MIDI mode" functional enough for you?
Great stuff! What resolution does your tv monitor have, 4k? UHD? What do you set your output resolution to? Looks amazing. Thanks
Funny that I should run into this vid. Out of necessity, I just figured out how to do this with EastWest's Play VST in Studio One. Cutz like butta. Then I tried doing it with the Reason Rack VST. No Joy. It's not multi-timbral. I checked with them and they said it was impossible. I corrected them (bold, I know), saying it was a design choice. And a good one at that. Thanks for showing this with Kontact. Didn't know I could do this with K, but you can count on it now. BTW: Learned how to do all this on a vintage Korg 16 track sequencing keyboard back in the nineties. Can't recall the model name/number.
I love my Cubase pro 10.5 along with my Maschine plus and Komplete 13 ultimate collector edition. I’m looking forward for Cubase pro 11 it’s coming real soon.
Great software you’ve got there! ;)
Precise, concrete, all said without unnecessary story... great video! But, I have a question. What would happen if we delet MIDI track "Analog D"? I ask because VST instrument Analog Dreams is already on "Kontakt Master" track. After deleting it, we rename "Kontakt Master" track to Analog D, that's how we get a fader with appropriate name and remove excessive track that confuses us. Am I right or have I overlooked something? I appreciate your answer Jef.
Great explanation - much thanks Jeff , very much appreciated
edit.. all works well, but can you have separate automation for each track, I couldn't figure that out
So very helpful! I will go back to this and make notes; and thank you!
Exactlty what I was looking for and you explained it perfectly. Thank you Jef!
Thank you so much. This was very helpful. I see you are having a KK mk2. Does the Kontakt parameters show on the NI keyboard display? I was just thinking it would be good to have a consolidated approach for using one instrument platform and make the KK keyboard to see the parameters properly and as we change the instruments within contact, it could apply that to other instruments too. For instance if one assigns the first four knobs on one Kontakt instrument to ADSR, as you switch to 2nd and 3rd, etc. instruments automatically ADSR parameters keep getting mapped to knob 1 to 4. I appreciate your comment for make good use of KK hardware GUI that can be created (perhaps may need more work in the beginning but hopefully only once) for best use of KK hardware with Cubase with multiple tracks and therefore multiple instruments. Thank you.
Wonderful explanation of using the weirdness of Kontakt output assignments! - Just one question: When making a multi-timbral instrument, doesn’t that force each of the timbres into the same CPU thread, because it’s on the same DAW track? So if the timbres add up to a lot of CPU consumption, it may be advantageous to have them on different DAW tracks, so they can spread out over the different threads of a modern multi-core CPU?
Probably right, apparently with new CPUs with lots of cores, it's not necessarily bad to open a new Kontakt instance for each instrument in order to balance the load between those cores.
I was about ready to quit trying to use Kontakt lol. Thanks, I now understand the power of it.
Thanks Joe! Glad to hear it
Excellent tutorial my friend! 👏
Glad it helped Mario!
Thank's Jeff. Usefull and clear explanations. 🎹🎶
So that means doing automation for St.1 must be done on the main i strument track itself? But will this affect other instruments too?
Crystal clear explanation. Thank you.
I'm late to the party but man was this helpful! Thanks!!
Jef,
How do YOU typically "utilize" the Aux channels from Kontakt within Cubase?
Fantastic... the best tutorial!!!! Thank you!!!!!
Very clear explanation thank you very much!
Hi Jef, What a great Cubase videos you are posting! I did the Kontakt (Player 6) setup as you are showing and everything works as should be, except for when I use Funk Kit.nki the other instruments loaded in Kontakt they also trigger the Funk kit output (when i play in the midi note range of the Funk kit). As long as I do not use the funk kit in combination with other instruments in Kontakt everything is OK. (including separate stereo outputs per instrument)
Am i doing something wrong or is t working as designed?
greetings
fred
Thank you dear Jef, just what happened to me, when I turned of midi channels as you described I couldn't hear audio channels, probably I made mistake somewhere!? Please help!
Compliments! You are a great teacher. And really saved me some headache :-)
Really great video 👍🏻….question , ya know how you filtered out the midi tracks in the console so you only saw the outputs from kontakt (which makes total sense as you can’t mix with the midi tracks) can you do the reverse in the project window ?…i dont dig having 2 tracks to deal with in the project window (the midi track and the audio output track) and there seems to be no way to ‘filter out’ the audio track (The only way is to choose ‘hide other tracks’ but then it will hide marker tracks etc as well ) and if I hide the tracks in the visibility window it’ll hide them in the console so that wont work lol ….Is just keeping them in an ‘audio output’ folder The only way to just show Midi tracks in the project window ?
Thank you for this great explenation!
Wish I knew about you 3 years ago. Thanks
Most welcome!
Thank you for these great and clear explanations !
Thanks Corny!
Great tutorial! Thanks Jef!
Very useful, thanks for this information!
i'm impressed of your accurate explanation well done great job! Thanks a lot and you have also Obviously my like and my subscription.
Hi Jef. Hope you are well. Great Tutorial, thank you! Just discovered you on UA-cam and Ive been trying to follow this tutorial as I have just bought Nuendo 11. However, as I haven't been able to find a Nuendo specific explanation of how you do this I thought I'd follow yours of how to do it on Cubase as I have heard the two platforms are basically identical. Please correct me if I am wrong. I'm eager to learn. I followed your tutorial and It works really great up until all the way up to where you mention to set all your midi channels to "off" and turn those faders down and then hide them. I do this and then all that happens is, I then cant hear the output of either of the midi instruments even coming out of their newly created Kontakt outputs. If you had any thoughts about where I might be going wrong of if there was a Nuendo-specific quirk to getting all this to work, I'd love to know. Many thanks again, Dave
Thanks, Jef top marks for your videos. I just got around to going through the process and it works great thanks to your excellent explanation. I noticed you have a Komplete Keyboard, same as me. It seems to me that you lose control of the instruments on the midi tracks using the controls on the keyboard. Is that true or have I missed something?
this video is great! Can you do stuff like this for Fl Studio too please? it would be great! You are amazing, thanks a lot for your videos
Thank you. Really well explained! One question - could you have done this as a rack instrument?
Excellent tutorial, so helpful!! Thanks for sharing and keep them coming ;)
Thank you so much! You've been such a discovery on youtube Jef. Cheers!
Appreciate it!!
I love your tutorials, Jeff! Keep up the good work! Thanks :)
Glad to hear it, thanks!!
Thank you so much sir. Detailed explanation . 🎼🎻🎹🎺📯🎷🎸🎶🎵🎤👍🏼
Hello Jef,I have just bought Komplete Kontrol A61. I have read the manual, however I'm having difficulty
understanding the browser instructions. In Cubase 13 the browser light doesn't come on at all I'd be so grateful if you could shine a light on this Problem.
Nice video.. i have used groove agent for drums but want to move to kontakt with get good drum samples. Can i set it up that each drum/symbol/hi hats etc. Has its own output/separate fader like groove agent? Is that possible?
Amazing display. What is that?
This is a great tutorial but do you have one like this for Abelton?
Can you do this same thing in LIVE 12 ?
best rick
Thank you so much. Though I was looking/searching to setup Kontakt 6 in my cubase 10.5 pro, I think halion is way better/easy to setup as a multi timbre.
This is great. Can use this for instruments that have different articulations, too? Like NI Stradivari. Then I could play with legato, portamento etc. if the melody needs it, right?
I always use omnisphere this way but haven’t tried kontakt, thank you 😊
Jef, you are an AWESOME TEACHER!!!! Could you by chance do a tutorial video showing how to set up a Multi using Spectrasonics Omnisphere in Cubase 10 or 11? I want each patch going out of Omnisphere as a separate output into Cubase, and then of course how to setup the separate outputs in Cubase.
Thanks Bill! Are you having computer RAM/processor issues and that's why you want to use the multi outs? For years now I've had so much RAM that I just make a new Omnisphere every time I need a new instrument! That really is the only benefit of using these synths in a multitimbral way.
@@jefgibbons Yes, I am wanting to use one instance of Omnisphere for 4 or 5 patches. I love the video you did for Kontakt and Multiple outputs, so I was hoping you could do one for Omnisphere utilizing Cubase. I know there are a lot of cubase users out there.
Very nice tutorial
Sir can u demonstrate the same for fl studio and Reasons 5. With special emphasis on how to route all the 16 channels to FL studio mixer And how to apply swing on a particular midi out track.We would be very greatful
Hi, I enjoyed the video
I'm using Konakt like this
But there is one big problem
When using the 'Render in Place' function, all channels are extracted together
Is there a solution?
Thanks for this video.. However, when I add an instrument track , it does not set a default midi channel for the instrument track..there is a different symbol where the midi track should be in the left side panel.. Why would this be? I am using Cubase 5.. is this why?
Also, at 7.06 in the video above, after setting your bass track midi channel, you can still hear the Hybrid keys from the track above, instead of hearing the bass, which is the point of setting the midi channel.. Why is this please?
Thank you sir....respect from india...🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
Hi Jef did you know if Cubase have the midi fx to change the picth like Ableton live the we can create an Intrument Rack and create different pictch on each one?. Thanks
Hi , Perfect .... Can you just tell me 64 GB DDR5 RAM is ok for Work? or must use 128 Gb RAM , thanx Jef .
amazing tutorial!! thank you so much man!!!
Thanks Jeff,
This is a great tutorial.
@Mamuka Megrelishvili asked me is it possible to set up the monogram cc with kontakt? I have had no luck....yet. If you have any suggestions we'd love to hear them. #kontakt #monogramcc
Jef you're my dude man, no doubt. But for a novice like myself I got a little confused when you said near the end of the vid turn the midi faders all the way to off if you're going to set up audio outs. It took me a minute to realize that you meant since the default position of the midi faders is in the off position even though they aren't actually off that you just "shouldn't touch" the midi faders at all ie move them from their default off position which in fact isn't actually off. I literally did each step you said and obviously at the end when I turned the midi faders "back" to off the audio outs didn't work. I think I understand what you meant though in that you should NEVER TOUCH the midi faders if you're planning to create audio outs, correct?
Excellent and a real help. Thanks a million :)
Very essential and informative video !
Thanks bhavnath!!
Hi Jef, This is is great stuff so much appreciated !!!!. I'm just wondering though would the same apply if i were using an external hardware synth like say a Roland or EMU module connected as an "instrument" within Cubase ???. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks...
WhyWhy aren't Burly Me Autonaic channels recognized, especially if the bass and drum are separate on the track??
This was a well-needed Video. I appreciate the information and have questions at 12:28 how would I create this in Logic Pro X. I can't seem to get the Knotakt Master Midi chain as you have with separate sounds to get this to work.
I don't have Logic, but I really should just grab it... hopefully someone can chime in for you!
Great explanation! Thanks
Thank you for your work. So I reset my Kontakt and now when I open it the keys are playing REALLY QUIET. It seems the input is off because when I press the same key on the player with my mouse it's loud. What setting is off? Can you help me fix this? Like restore to defaults? When I do that it restores to your settings. Thanks
Hi Ed! Is it the level in the Cubase mixer of a midi track? (Are you using kontakt with midi tracks or instrument tracks?)
@@jefgibbons wow, thanks for the reply and even fast reply. wow. I made a little video to show you my issues because I don't think I can explain them well enough. Let me know if this works for you. www.screencast.com/t/5ZYdYqD2
Amazing tutorial, thankyou
the only issue i see is that default name of the vst track messes up the naming scheme once you activate the additional outputs... perhaps that can be remedied in your situaltion by making analog dreams start on midi channel 2 in the kontakt output
Firstly, thanks for the really helpful video.
I used to do most of my writing with hardware and C-Lab Creator sequencing therefore I relate to midi more than audio. It was great how much could be generated with so little computing power - think Atari 1040stfm. Gigabytes had yet to be invented! Also, in my case I'm no Bach on keyboards so constructing a piece from numerous loops of played ideas is how I tend work. Is this possible with Cubase? i.e. can the C-Lab work method be replicated/approximated with Cubase? I have Cubase 11 and the Track Loop function only seems to work in Editor. If I switch to Mix Console the Track Loop ceases to work until I go back to the Editor. How can I save the Track Loop for several parts? Also Is there a way to specify how many times the looped phrase is to play for? Events to Parts always seems to be greyed out. Does this only work with preset loop samples? The answers might be buried in one of the online manuals but life is too short and besides this is what You Tube is for right?
This probably won't make any sense to anyone who wasn't around in the 80's but here's hoping. I appreciate anyone who can help with this. Thanks in advance. 🖖
Out of Curiosity; Which lapel/mic setup are you using for audio? I am looking to get a new one, but haven't been up on the times with the recent options
It’s an older Sennheiser G2 system. We’ve used it to death!!
@@jefgibbons Oh right on ty.. I appreciate the quick follow up 🤜🤛
Great Vid, For all the years I've owned Kontakt I never Knew it could do that, I should give this a try. Should be the same concept in different DAWS correct? Well anyway Thanks again for the video.
Thanks! Good tutorial! Very useful!
You're my god. Thanks for these videos.
Can someone please tell me how Jef Gibbons did this set up with that huge display? Is this possible with Mac? Thanks! Very nice.
Very cool, is this possible in Komplete Kontrol as well? Obviously the point of the Kontrol software IS to jump between instances with the hardware controls, but, I layer alot and I think this could have some advantages. If not one Master then at least one instance each for the groups of drums, basses, pads etc.
Good question! I’ll test it...
Am I correct in saying that, in Cubase, you can't have an instrument track sending MIDI to a multi-timbral instrument, like VE Pro, and have the audio return to the same track? In this video, you showed MIDI tracks sending MIDI to multi-timbral instruments. Obviously, this requires TWO tracks per instrument (one for MIDI and one for audio), with all of the associated clutter and double-naming, etc. But I would like to have ONE track for each instrument, not two. I would like to have MIDI on the instrument track, send the MIDI info to VE Pro, and then return the audio from VE Pro back to the same instrument track. Pro Tools has had this since version 7, back in 2007. It's kind of baffling that Cubase, the supposed composer's DAW, doesn't have this in 2023. I'm new to Cubase, so please clarify if I'm mistaken.
Question. Hi Jeff, nowadays some people load Kontakt7 for each instrument. So 5 instruments = 5x Kontakt. It's heavier on the CPU. What is your opinion?
I'm definitely in that camp... computers are so fast now the CPU/RAM savings aren't even worth it! Maybe if you had dozens of patches in a template though... which I don't do!
Thnx. Btw Jeff, your UA-cam videos are really great.👌🙏
When I have completed all the steps up to 12:50 in the video, I still have the midi files in the mixer, which play, individual channels appear but do not play, Switching to the project window, individual tracks are not showing. I have tried many times, closely following every move. Outcome is the same. The only place where there was a difference in the procedure, was when I added the five midi tracks, the channels were not automatically numbered, had to enter the channel numbers manually.
Jef Do you have Drum Lab??? load that in kontakt and route the outs in Cubase. would make phenomenal tutorial. im wondering how you would route the overheads and room mics
I do! Good question... I’ll check into it!
Very nice and quick, thank you
awesome! you have great talent to communicate what you know! Thanks! Now I just need to add my montage to the template and I'll be rolling... I'll check to see if you have a video about adding ext keys! congrats!!! best video!!!!
Thanks Charley! I’ll see if I have a vid for you, what do you mean about adding ext keys?
@@jefgibbons Thanks for answering Jeff! I’m adopting your template here! Great way to save some of the load on my 2012 Mac… even with 96 gigs of ram everything helps you know.. I just wish I could incorporate my Montage 8 and Integra 7 in your template. I’ve loaded their respective usb drivers and all and I’ve got them to synch and record thru my Komplete s61 but without audio from daw… since I have everything patched I can bring their audio into the mix but can’t believe there isn’t a better way to enjoy these two powerful units! I’ve found videos on Cubase and Montage stand alone but they are not helping with this template with Kontakt and my daw. I watched a video you recommended about adding gear in Cubase but there are no scripts I know for adding a midi instrument for montage 8 and Integra 7… so… kinda stuck here… thanks again!