Kontakt Player User Guide

Table Of Content
1 Welcome to KONTAKT PLAYER!...........................................................................................6
1.1 About this Getting Started Guide...............................................................................6
1.2 System Requirements..............................................................................................6
1.2.1 PC Requirements.............................................................................. 7
1.2.2 Mac Requirements............................................................................. 7
2 Setup................................................................................................................................8
2.1 Using KONTAKT PLAYER as a Stand-alone Application...............................................8
2.1.1 Audio Configuration........................................................................... 9
2.1.2 Latency Optimization........................................................................10
2.1.3 MIDI Configuration...........................................................................11
2.2 Using KONTAKT PLAYER as a Plug-in...................................................................... 12
3 User Interface.................................................................................................................14
3.1 Main Control Panel................................................................................................15
3.2 The Rack...............................................................................................................16
3.3 Browser................................................................................................................16
3.3.1 Files Tab.........................................................................................17
3.3.2 Libraries Tab....................................................................................18
3.4 Info Pane..............................................................................................................20
3.5 On-Screen Keyboard..............................................................................................20
4 Basic Operation...............................................................................................................22
4.1 Loading and Playing Instruments............................................................................22
4.1.1 Loading an Instrument Using the Libraries Tab.................................... 23
4.1.2 Playing the Instrument..................................................................... 25
4.1.3 Combining Instruments into Multis..................................................... 25
KONTAKT PLAYER Getting Started – IV