Hello all,

I just recieved Kontakt 2 in the mail today.  My technical ";lingo"; is virutally non-existant.  I am currently installing Kontakt 2 and I am coming to the question of which options I would like to have installed:

Kontakt 2 Standalone application
Kontakt 2 VST Plugin
Kontakt 2 DXi Plugin
Kontakt 2 RTAS Plugin

I do not know what a VST, DXi, or RTAS plugins are.  I want to use Kontakt in conjunction w/ Sibelius and VDL2.  Which boxes do I need to check, and could some answer or point me in the right direction about what the plugins are and how a non-technical savy person could learn more about it.  Thanks

Jeremy

Hi Jeremy,

[b]Standalone Application[/b] - The standalone application should be installed and you can communicate between Sib and the standalone via virtual midi cable.

[b]VST Plugin[/b] - should be installed if you want to host an instance of Kontakt 2 in a program capable of hosting VST instruments like Finale 2007 or several others. I think Sib may not be capable of loading VST instruments so you may need to go down the standalone / virtual midi cable route. However if you like, you can use other software programs to host virtual instruments like V-Stack.

[b]DXi Plugin[/b] - should be installed if you want to host an instance of Kontakt 2 in DXi format programs like Cakewalk Sonar.

[b]RTAS Plugin[/b] - should be installed if you want to host an instance of Kontakt 2 in Pro Tools.

I personally would only install the Standalone & VST plugin if my HD capacity was limited. If I was not too concerned with HD capacity, I would install all plugins.

Thanks so much man!  I'm excited to get this running and get to playing with it. 

FYI, did the library take forever and a day to load?  Thanks

Also, don't forget if you're feeling ";lingo challenged"; that your VDL User Guide has a Glossary in the back of it that briefly explains these terms, among others that will probably be helpful for you to know along the way.

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Also, don't forget if you're feeling ";lingo challenged"; that your VDL User Guide has a Glossary in the back of it that briefly explains these terms, among others that will probably be helpful for you to know along the way.
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And, Fletch, you will be tested over these terms at a later date, so get your flash cards ready and start studying!

As long as I can use the cards on the test.  :)