Vir2 Instruments Studio Kit Builder - Manual (Page 10)

STUDIO KIT BUILDER
STUDIO KIT BUILDER/
USING KONTAKT
HOW TO ACCESS THE STUDIO KIT BUILDER LIBRARY FROM KONTAKT
STUDIO KIT BUILDER ships as a Kontakt-powered library, and STUDIO KIT
BUILDER is opened from within Kontakt, which can be run either as a
standalone application, or as a plug-in hosted by any major sequencer on
either Macintosh or Windows platforms. All these versions are installed by
the Easy Install option of the installer.
Users who don’t own a sequencer, or would like to simply boot up and be
able to play STUDIO KIT BUILDER, can go to their Applications folder (Mac)
or Program Files folder (Windows) to launch Native Instruments > Kontakt.
Users who wish to use STUDIO KIT BUILDER for sequencing or recording, or
wish to play it multitimbrally, should use it in plug-in mode within a host
sequencer. Kontakt supports the VST, AudioUnit, and RTAS plug-in formats.
Any host sequencer that supports these plug-in formats properly will be
able to use Kontakt. Instructions vary slightly from sequencer to sequencer,
but the general procedure is to instantiate Kontakt as a virtual instrument
plug-in, then load an STUDIO KIT BUILDER instrument in Kontakt, then route
a MIDI track to Kontakt so it can be triggered and recorded.
The following instructions will help standalone and plug-in users get up and
running quickly with a basic track of STUDIO KIT BUILDER.
USING KONTAKT IN STANDALONE MODE
The standalone Kontakt application can be found in the Applications >
Kontakt 5 folder for Mac users, or Program Files > Native Instruments >
Kontakt 5 for Windows users.
After launching the Kontakt application for the first time, you will be
presented with a dialog box to set up your audio and MIDI settings. Settings
will vary for each user according to the specific setup, but the important
thing is to route the audio to a valid audio device, and to set the buffer
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