How To Re-Map The Output Routing of Kontakt 6 - Running In Studio One 5

For anyone who runs Kontakt 6 in Studio One - you may have noticed that the output Routing doesn't necessarily follow the usual "1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8" stereo outputs that one would expect to see.. Instead - we see a mix between, the Main Stereo Outputs, and Aux Channels.. On top of that, it can be a little confusing to add additional outputs, that are mapped in a logical order.
0:00 - Intro
1:21 - The Default Kontakt Output Routing In Studio One
2:04 - Creating a new Output Section State
6:16 - Setting the new Output Section State as Default
7:13 - Saving & Closing Your Song
8:23 - Remapping Aux 1,2,3,4 (Optional)
In this video, I demonstrate a simple approach that can be used to help mitigate this issue, that results in predictable output names, in a predictable order.
Note - The same workflow can also be applied in Kontakt Version 5 - with the main difference being that there are different version of Kontakt 5 (8 out, 16 out, etc) whereas Kontakt 6 is now seen as 1 plug-in.
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[@michaelstanton4717]

... went back and forth from this youtube video , to my studio one session , and , followed this tutorial " exacty " , even with your naming conventions ... worked perfectly , not one single hiccup ... thank you marcus !!! ...

[@marcushuyskensmusic]

This is EXACTLY why I created this tutorial in this way! There are other ways a user can approach this, but I wanted something that was easily repeatable - that users could follow along with. Im glad to hear that this video helped! Thanks for watching, Cheers, M! 🍻

[@ELLIOT8209]

​@@marcushuyskensmusichi Marcus. It is possible to share these presets and import them in Kontakt on a different computer? Or do I have to do everything again from scratch on a different workstation?

[@exitthelemming145]

At long last, a clear and easy to understand explanation of how to get around the labyrinthine mystery of configuring multiple outputs in Kontakt. All of which begs the question: How did this arcane software become industry standard when so few of the customers understand it?

[@citizenworld8094]

I haven't even watched this yet and I feel like I've been given a cold beer in the desert.

[@marcushuyskensmusic]

Cheers! 🍻

[@pianobear777]

After kontakt updated from 5 to 6, I was so upset because of disappearing of 16 output. I was so confused and annoyed by this, but you make me happy. Thank you so much!

[@mikewashington1277]

MY GUY!!! I had accidentally renamed the 2nd channel to whatever instrument I was using at the time....so instead of having "Kt. St. 2 [1]" & "Kt. st. 2 [2]" it was some other name. NOBODY knew how to fix this. THIS here did the trick! Many thanks.

[@cjp68]

Hands down the best How to Setup Kontact to work with Studio One Video I have ever seen ! This is Incredible information. Thank you so much! I can finally makes sense of Kontact and build a multi-rack without a lot of grief from S1 or the VST.

[@rogercler6549]

This is the best video about this subject that I have seen so far. Kontakt was driving me crazy. Thanks Marcus

[@abj358]

This was driving me BATS! Thanks for straightening this out for me. NI should publish this method (or your sweet video) somewhere. I had to poke about to figure out how to set/use/save this employing Kontakt multi-instruments in a single plug-in instance. But I could never have gotten there without your seeing the need to publish this vid. Thanks, again!!

[@ZlakEdoras]

This video right here, should be the first thing you see on kontakt's webpage. And they should also email people with the video's link. "Thank you for buying kontakt, here's a quick guide on how to make it usable." I really dont understand why they don't just include 16/32 stereo output save files with the installation. Thank you so much for the video, I've been trying for quite a while to figure out how to do this since i updated my kontakt by mistake from 6.4 to 6.6.

[@lmc48]

Better late than never.I got this Video on routing a few days after I had finished Scoring a feature Film.I had placed many Kontkt instances and wanted to reduce the count by routing the instruments from one Kontkt instance.I ended up freezing the Tracks to Audio for better DAW performance,but from now on after watching your Tutorial Marcus,I will work better on the next project.Thankyou so much my friend.

[@mathiaskaced9062]

I couldnt for the life of me figure out why everything over st 6 was doubeled in the mixer track. Turned out thos aux **** in the ass were the problem. Thanks a lot for your video man !

[@seighart90]

omg i watched like 10 videos and read a few dozens of pages but this is the only one that worked for me!

[@TomAuffarth]

This is the best vid for this annoying problem! Thanks a lot!!

[@eindringling]

Well I say hot damn! Thank you very much Marcus Huyskens!

[@MarsViolet]

Super useful, and not just for Studio One.

[@Ahn-Ree]

This has been very helpful in setting up kontakt 6

[@valhjim]

Thank you for this fantastic tutorial. I'd suffered for months trying to rout sequential outputs in Kontakt without success. After this tutorial, everything is working just as I need.

[@eltata16]

Thank you very much man! Exactly what I needed! Regards from Uruguay!

[@mixourband]

Thanks a lot I had the dreaded (1Ch instrument, 5.1, 4 Aux) Setup I couldn't remap. Quite frustrating indeed. But after following your tutorial all is right with the world. Thanks again.

[@Tokkoran]

You sir saved my day with this video. Thanks so much!

[@erikhausler6858]

I spent hours trying to do this. What a headache saver. Thanks Marcus, brilliant as always!

[@DancingMeditation]

This is a fantastic video! Truly there are other tutorials in KZbin about this topic, but this one is spot-on!!! Thank you Marcus!

[@navidhendrix]

This was the bane of my existence re: Kontakt + Studio One. Thank you so much for solving this.

[@iamjove]

You are so good at explaining things, Thank you so much for your tutorials. You rock!!!

[@djbiz8672]

This is very helpful - exactly what I needed - Thanks !!

[@mootologist]

I did this a few years ago. It was a super pain in the ass and took half a day. This is crystal clear. Thank you!

[@cyrilcalmes4208]

THANKS !!!! It was really driving me crazy

[@robertshamansky1912]

Worked like a champ, thanks Marcus!

[@rhythmelofreak]

Excellent tutorial!

[@Stonefieldmedia]

Exactly what I was looking for today. Perfect tutorial and thanks for helping with this.

[@kettnsaeg]

Hi Marcus, im using cubase and kontakt 7. the setup has been a nightmare since I didn't realize that kontakt by itsself was only creating 4 stereo channels and all other channels were served in mono (using two seperate channels for instruments in stereo). the critical part for me was to save the current output section state as setup as default in all formats so that it creates the correct channels at the next startup. what a waste of time.... you should put a "buy me a coffee" in your description here - you'd certainly have earned this one. thank you! PS: oh god, even my saved output-section for getgood drums as multi out works properly now. thats a second and third coffee

[@aderitosilvachannel]

Thank you very much! Your video is very clear and detailed, and solved my problem. I didn't know your channel, but I look forward to watch more videos from you.

[@briankingart]

The. Extremely useful info, in fact, essential!

[@einsjacob]

Like others I spent so much time on this issue with nothing to show for it except frustration and confusion. But thanks to you, Marcus, I have resolution and I'm moving forward with clarity and efficiency. Thank you so much for posting this clear and concise video. You are a God send.....

[@jeromeweaver809]

Thanks again excellent videos.

[@mycar4321]

Thanks Marcus!! For some reason when I opened outputs by default it showed st.1, st.2, surr.5.1, aux1-4. Nobody else I watched or read about showed this. So I really appreciate your tutorial because no matter what is shows, you can set it up to show what you want. Works like a charm. Thanks again :)

[@tam_ryan1036]

Cheers Marcus. I shall grab a beer and get this done...👌

[@ZimmerZirwes]

Many thanks, mate. Many thanks!

[@norbertdreyer7735]

Many Thanks! Good work....

[@freke80]

Thanks, I always waste too much time setting this up and forget about it when I need to do it again. Saving this video for future reference! Thanks so much!

[@marcushuyskensmusic]

The great part is you only have to do it once - then once it’s saved as default, it will show up the way you want ever time you use kontakt. Thanks for watching!! Cheers, M 🍻

[@bizzledee3176]

legend! cheers mate!

[@IkanDakai]

Beautifulllll Stuffl. Thanks

[@manuelcervera5692]

Thanks Markus. Solved my Template.

[@FRANKRICECOLD209]

Dude THANK YOU

[@Pilzhirn]

Awesome, thank you very much 👍🙂

[@JakeEufil]

That's the real deal! Thx

[@forzajuve4042]

Thank you!

[@rautshsale1948]

legendary!

[@mindtroopers]

MY GOD, THANK YOU!

[@SergeyEybog]

Thank you. :)

[@joobastudio]

thanks !

[@unitedsouthenterprisesllc]

How the fck you be figuring this ish out? Nice!

[@marcushuyskensmusic]

I cant set the clock in my car, or my thermostat to save my life, but I can always figure out this weird stuff!! 🤷‍♂️ hahahha.. Thanks for watching!! Cheers, M! 🤷‍♂️

[@Zephor]

Great video, thank you. Is there any difference between using the Kt St channels and the Kt aux/Kt unassigned channels? I always thought that was annoying and confusing.

[@Final2.0]

Hi Marcus. Very useful. Thanks. After setting up this new default, have you encountered any issues with loading old projects where Kontakt uses the old routing? And do you think you can safely add a newly routed instance in such a project? Thank you.

[@MontegoBayApartment]

excellent! give tanx

[@revup67]

Well..at least for Abbey Road (all Drums decades), one key step may have been to be omitted. I followed every step in this tutorial. After you complete this tutorial you'll find out as with Abbey Road, the Kick, Snare, Toms all still route to St.1. If you have had the same experience, this is due to you have to click the Abbey Road Mixer and then assign the Kick to St.1, The Snare to St.2, Tom 1 to St.3 and so on. Then all will route to Studio One on their own channels.

[@andreasfranzmann9634]

Thank you Marcus, that's VERY helpful! Here's a video suggestion: I struggle when making 60s / 30s / 15s edits of my songs in Studio One. I don't see where S1 shows me the length of my chosen event, loop or arranger event. I switch back and forth checking the Loop length via the export dialogue then adjust the files or arranger lenght then check again in the export dialogue.... and so on until it's exact. Any suggestions to check your song length directly in the project without switching to the export dialogue or - even worse - switching in the time ruler? Pro Tools showed this directly in the transport bar, all S1 shows there the remaining possible recording time (8 days...) which is useless. Thank you man, you're an inspiration! Cheers, Andy

[@highpeakrecordings]

Brilliant. I did this about 6 months ago but there's some added steps here. It's a right royal pain in the butt though ain't it?

[@KozmykJ]

Great stuff Marcus, as always. I recently followed this video and got Kontakt running two instrumenta at a time. I hesitate to say 'Multis' because 'Multis' in NI have a particular meaning and I haven't delved into the rabbit Hole just yet. Encouraged by my success in following your tutorial I chanced my arm at creating a Mono multi-output array for Butch Vig Drums. Kinda sorta like Impact XT with multiple mixer channels. I failed ... I crashed Studio One several times while failing too ... Whether I failed by one vital step or if I got it all wrong I will endeavour to find out after a good long Sleep 😴💤💤

[@KozmykJ]

Haha my bad. Impact's separate outputs are all Stereo not Mono. I must have upset Studio one by asking it to make Kontakt Stereo outputs go into a mono channel ... Ooops !! I might have to go and read the Kontakt manual again ... 🙄

[@KozmykJ]

I got Butch Vig Drums to behave BUT Studio Drummer keeps spilling Reverb and FX onto the same St/1 channels as I've set the Kick. THOUGHTS - Shift all the channels over one to leave St.1 as the Master channel, followed by instrument channels in turn. OR Have another go at setting individual MONO channels for each Drum/Perc to allow Bypassing the internal mixer inside Kontakt … Reminds me of the bad old days of splicing mixing desks together …

[@shamcra]

Thank you so much Marcus! I used to encounter the problem, that when I had more than 6 outputs, I had to select every other output from output no. 7 to make it work. I did not understand the logic of it and there may not be any. Anyway, thanks a lot for this tip. It will reduce my frustration exponentially. :) BTW one more thing... Is there a way to automatically get the outputs connected to the corresponding MIDI channel within Kontakt? For example .. I load 8 instruments in a Kontakt set. In Kontakt, they automatically get a unique MIDI channel 1 - 8, but the same output st 1. There I have to manually connect the output to the correct MIDI channel. Then when I duplicate the tracks to 8 different Kontakt tracks in the track window I have to connect them to the right instrument channel AND in the inspection window connect the right instrument to the right output so that when I have packed them in a folder I can show/hide the channels even in the mixer window. Can all this be automated? Of course I can make a template for this, but sometimes you have to make changes. I understand that it's two different software, but it would be heaven if Kontakt created individual (duplicated) tracks in S1 (or any DAW) for each instrument you load into a Kontakt set, and with the right corresponding connections. Hope my question(s) wasn't too vaguely formulated. And again... thanks for all the tips & tricks you provide on your channel. You're my number one go-to-guy when it comes to Studio One.

[@860anthony]

I can't even get kontakt to show up in studio 5. You got me beat.

[@csgproductions9300]

Thank you Marcus, this was VERY helpful. My next question would be.. Have you made a video regarding bouncing these multiple Kontakt tracks down to audio in S1? I have not found an efficient way to do it yet. If I just choose Transform to audio it will create a new track for each track times the number of total instruments. For instance, if I have 4 instruments in one Kontakt session, I will get 4x4 or 16 new tracks. Although only 1 of them, for each track has the actual audio, the other 12 would be blank. weird. OR if I turn OFF all tracks but 1 in the mix Instrument panel, I will indeed only get 1 new audio track when I transform BUT all the other tracks in that session have has their names removed on the mix channels. There has to be a better way. THANKS!

[@jokejoke448]

Excellent video! Do you happen to know how to rename the Soundcard/Host output channels? Somehow I got them defaulted to certain names, but now I want to change them and have no idea where they are located for me to rename them. Instead of Kt. st. 1 (1) It will say Kit. Kick Sum (1), Kit. Kick Sum (2), etc. How can I reset/rename these? Thanks!

[@jakedavis4828]

What i wanna know is how I would take the bass and snare from the Mixwave Mario Duplantier drumkit in substitution of the GGD Invasion bass and snare like Misha Monsoor does with his Frankenkit in kontakt

[@blindianajones]

Im a newbie to all this. I have Studio One 5 and am about to dive into the Kontakt 6 world. Is what you are showing here what I would want to do in order for the daw and Kontakt to work? Then I can use whatever I want in Kontakt as an instrument in a Studio One track?

[@ThePerthGroup]

Thanks Marcus. I've finally got it sorted out. One question: What are you doing to save Kontakt before reopening it after setting up the outputs? Your mouse moves so far I can't catch it.

[@addd21323]

Now how do you do the part where those get sent to a track?

[@keithholden9667]

How do we remove the unasigned channels because if you press activate all all the unasigned channels load into the mixer..

[@patrickgoethals3235]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@kissthissonline]

Why do you have the AU instruments disabled, I was told they were better and more stable for Mac over vst instruments?

[@christopato]

how did you do the last save before closing (7.34)? Your mouse cursor was just over a grey border not a button? Sorry, noob here

[@kissthissonline]

Why do you need 16 outputs, are you using 16 different instruments at once?

[@muratsaatchi]

Very useful for Multis

[@muratsaatchi]

It is also very useful for instruments such as Wavesfactory - VQ Drum.