Software to use in live performances with kontakt

[Yorchmc]

Hi guys!

I'm diggin' into midi controllers, and I'd like to try playing live using my midi controller and my Mac.

So I tried Ableton live but it has so many things that I really don't need at all, and for what I want I find Ableton a very complex software, I need something simple. I play in a covers band so I need to switch sounds all the time and sometimes I even need to have a "scene" with layers of sounds or a splitted keyboard.

In a yamaha modx or a roland fantom to do this is a piece of cake, that's all I need.

But I also would like to be able to load kontakt within this software, it seems that Mainstage could be a possible solution for what I need, but I wanted to ask you if you know other possible options ?

Thanks in advance

 

[petes]

Look into Gig Performer. It's similar to Mainstage in that it is a DAW that is totally geared towards performance, and just performance. I have used it successfully myself for live performances, including with Native Instrument VSTs (including Kontakt) as well as Arturia VSTs. It has a small footprint, and can be used in simple and complex setups.

 

[leandrusi]

Hi guys!

I'm diggin' into midi controllers, and I'd like to try playing live using my midi controller and my Mac.

So I tried Ableton live but it has so many things that I really don't need at all, and for what I want I find Ableton a very complex software, I need something simple. I play in a covers band so I need to switch sounds all the time and sometimes I even need to have a "scene" with layers of sounds or a splitted keyboard.

In a yamaha modx or a roland fantom to do this is a piece of cake, that's all I need.

But I also would like to be able to load kontakt within this software, it seems that Mainstage could be a possible solution for what I need, but I wanted to ask you if you know other possible options ?

Thanks in advance

Ive been EXACTLY there, pal. Needed to split, layer and traspose some sounds to gig with a band. I learned to use BANKS on kontakt and to change from one sound/setup to another one by one with a button or faster with a knob.
Thats until I learned to use INSTRUMENT RACKS on Ableton, and thats it, you have everything and more there. Once I learned you can have kontakt AND reason AND Omnisphere and whatever vst you can get at the same time in Ableton, there was no going back for me. And then you go on to discover many other things like cool FXs and audio vsts you can apply to your sounds (all kinds of reverbs, delays and whatnot) and not to mention the ease of use of backing tracks, or random sound fx (idk, chimes, wind, synth risers, birds, sirens, voices, anything) you can trigger with buttons or even keys. Possibilities are endless! Just watch a tutorial on instrument rack and youre good to go with what you need. Have a succesfully set of gigs, man!

 

[Akcel]

You can trust Camelot Pro software too

 

[nakeyer]

I think the easiest way for quick triggering between sounds (in Kontakt or between vsts) is to set them to the different midi channels. Usually it needs two simple clicks on your midi controller - for example - Shift key and the key with midi channel number to change sound!