Trygve,

As far as I understand Kontakt, and I hope that others will correct me if I'm wrong, it is primarily designed for a DAW environment. While BIAB can sometimes be massaged to do things that DAWs can do, at the end of the day, BIAB is not a DAW, it's a program that generates backing tracks. MIDI programs like Kontakt with multichannel outputs, really shine in DAWs like Reaper, Sonar, Studio One, etc. Why don't you use a DAW with Kontakt?

Have a look at the below 12 minute video clip on Reaper and multichannel MIDI routing and you'll see what I mean... it's incredibly powerful. This is not something BIAB is capable of doing.





Kenny (the voice in the video) also has a heap of videos to help people understand how to use Reaper to get the best from MIDI. These are at...


http://www.kennymania.com/reaper-videos/#midi


What I've been doing for many years now is to use BIAB to generate MIDI tracks -- BIAB does this really well (it's what it's designed to do). When I'm in BIAB, I just use a simple general MIDI synth (TTS-1 or Coyote WT) to hear how the tracks sound.

When I get the tracks playing the notes I like, I then drag my MIDI tracks to Reaper and use the VSTi and DXi programs to make the MIDI sound the best I can get them to sound. MIDI editing in Reaper is also very streamlined. For me, BIAB is a tool in my music-making tool chest it's not my 'one stop shop' for creating a final product.

The above workflow works very well for me.

Following your posts over the years, it seems to me that you are now moving into those areas of music making where the power of a good DAW is what's needed if you want to get the very best out of what you do.

Regards,
Noel



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