KONTAKT Multichannel Track Template for REAPER - Free download

With this Kontakt Track Template you will have 16 tracks for recording MIDI which go into Kontakt on separate channels, and then 20 stereo audio outputs (16 normal outputs, 4 aux) to separate tracks in REAPER.
Watch the whole video to learn how to build this yourself, or grab the link below to download my prebuilt templates for Kontakt 5 and 6.

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[gr]

Man I don't know why did I lose my time with other tutorials to do this, you make it so easy, thank you so much.

[ChristianMoses]

I have been trying to do this for DAYS and none of the other tutorials have gotten me there. Thank you SO much.

[OrchestralMusicMidJourneyArt]

This is exactly how I set up my template as well with Kontakt. I don't make the Top folder like you did. After I get the initial 16 MIDI/Audio set-up, I copy/paste the whole set for each section i.e. Piano, Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Vocals, Choirs, Trailer Hits, etc.. After all those are loaded, I then save as a template. Of course in mine, I have Omnisphere set up, and 1 track for video if needed. I keep the VST folder for each section without the instruments, so it loads faster and keeps things flexible. If I have any unused Midi/Audio tracks for each section when done, I just hide them.


I've learned doing it this way as you have shown, you can't freeze the Midi track, but have to freeze the Audio track, while muting the Midi track.


I'm glad you made this video because I only found one just like it on YT. THX!!

[mossbackgeorgemusic]

This is so much better than the last video I watched. I was sort of regretting buying kontakt after I watched the other video. This has me excited again! Thank you!

[emigrabass]

The only video that actually worked for me! Thanx alot!!

[mikekohlgraf]

Awesome! New to Reaper and Kontakt. This tutorial is a life saver! Thank You!

[elmolewis]

Another great one. I remember doing this by hand a couple of years ago and it took hours to get right. Having this template will be a huge time saver. Thanks

[the_benja_men]

Thank you for making this! i have spent stupid amounts of time trying to do this exact thing in another DAW but never got it working this well! Loving reaper more every day thanks to users like you who hold everyone's hand through some of the first steps...

[markdaly]

I'd love to gift you all the hours I've spent trying to do what these templates do - thanks is barely enough

[TheSeaUponUs]

You have made my life so easy!! I HATE to setup a multi output drum track and I had to do it manually from scratch. THANK YOU <3

[ianhorahan]

I've been trying to do this for literally a year. thank you so much

[GennaroGiugliano]

Hi Jon many thanks for your tutorial and template Kontakt for reaper. Best regards from Naples (Italy)

[finnegansache]

Thank you! I'm just getting started out with MIDI and Kontakt and you saved my bacon!

[PianoManPaul]

Hell YES I enjoyed this, this is my very first day using REAPER and I love it - and this makes Kontakt integration easy!! I followed exactly what was done here right down to creating the track template, but I thought I'd download your supplied template as a "fish-net" since this is my first day and all -- after comparisons, I think I got it right! Thanks so much!!

[tonynicosiamusic]

Un grand merci pour tout ce que vous faites.Tony fromage Paris (France)

[alvaromedinagarcia]

This is great. Is there a way to have the same track to receive audio and send midi to Kontakt? (I've tried without success)

[thomascarvellmusic]

With Kontakt 5 the outputs within the Kontakt rack were assigned to 'Kt. St. 1' by default, meaning all sends from my MIDI tracks were going to one output. To fix this and make the MIDI inputs correspond with the audio outs (i.e. Kontakt 5 MIDI 3 to be sent to Kt. St. 3) I had to change the output of each instrument in the Kontakt rack (within Kontakt itself). To do this globally, open Kontakt, go to Outputs --> Presets / Batch Configuration --> Batch Functions --> Clear Output Section and Create one individual channel for each loaded instrument. Every time you load an instrument to the rack you'll have to do this. Took me a while to figure this out...

[dibi]

I've updated my kontakt from 6.6 to 6.7 because of new library, now when i load your template it loads the older version of it. How can I replace it

[blackcatcentralmusic]

Thank you!! This video saved me from hours of frustration. Got back on my project with minimal delay.

[Jimmy_Z]

This is exactly what I was looking for