The Rack Instrument Edit Mode

Exit button: Reduces the Instrument and returns to the Multi Instrument view.

Displayed Group: Indicates the name of the Group whose parameters are currently being displayed by the Group level modules. When you click it, a drop-down menu that contains all Groups in your Instrument will appear. Choosing one of these Groups will select it for display and editing.

Edited Groups: Indicates whether parameter adjustments on the Group level will affect just one or multiple Groups. If it reads Group, any parameter changes will only affect the current Group; Multi indicates that multiple Groups are currently selected for editing, and All warns you that all Groups of your Instrument are currently selected for editing.

Edit All Groups button: Toggles the selection of all Groups for editing, with the same function as the Edit All Groups button in the upper left corner of the Group Editor.

Undo button: When you click the circled arrow of this button, your last action will be undone. As Kontakt keeps a log of your actions, you can revert more than one action to return to a specific point in your editing history. Clicking on the small down arrow icon at the right of this button will open your edit history in a dialog window; selecting an action will take you back to this point in your edit history. Note that the Undo and Redo facilities are only available when you’re working in Instrument Edit mode. To enable the Undo function, open the Handling tab in Global Options and select the Enableundo option.

Redo button: If you reverted one or more actions via the Undo button and change your mind, you can restore parts of your changes by clicking on the circled arrow of the Redo button. Note that you have to do this right after using the Undo function; if you perform any other actions after using Undo, your edit history cannot be restored. Just like the Undo button, the Redo button will open a history list dialog when you click the small down arrow at its right side.

Quick-Save: Saves your Instrument in its current state; if you haven’t saved it before, a Save dialog will appear, otherwise Kontakt will overwrite the last version right away. Use this button generously when you’re in the middle of complex editing tasks; this way, you can always revert to the last saved version if something goes wrong.

Previous / Next Instrument buttons: Switches the Instrument Edit view to the previous or next Instrument in your Multi.

Instrument Header: This is the same header that is displayed when the Rack is in Multi Instrument mode. You can switch back to the Multi Instrument mode by clicking on the wrench icon. For more information, refer to Instrument Header

Editor Buttons: These buttons toggle the display of various editor panels in the Instrument Edit view. The Mapping Editor and Wave Editor buttons have an arrow icon on their right sides; clicking on this when you’re running Kontakt in stand-alone mode will open the respective editor in a separate window. The leftmost button, labeled Instrument Options, is special and will be explained below.

Script Editor (visible if the Script Editor button is activated): In this editor, you can load Scripts, access their user interfaces, and edit their source code. For more information, refer to The Script Editor.

Group Editor (visible if the Group Editor button is activated): This is where you select, edit, and manage the Groups in your Instrument. For more information, refer to The Group Editor.

Mapping Editor (visible if the MappingEditor button is activated): This editor lets you add Samples to your Instrument, map them to the keyboard, assign them to velocity ranges, and manage the Zones in your Instrument. For more information, refer to The Mapping Editor.

Wave Editor (visible if the WaveEditor button is activated): This is where you work on the Sample level to create loops, define Slice markers for rhythmic Samples, create Zone Envelopes, and perform destructive audio editing operations. For more information, refer to The Wave Editor.

Source Module: This core module takes care of the Sample playback mode for the Group. For more information, refer to The Source Module.

Source Modulation Router: In this table, you can define modulation assignments, which change parameters of the source module over time in a variety of different ways.

Group InsertEffects: This chain consists of 8 slots, each of which can take up a signal processing module. Each Group has its own Insert Effects chain, which will operate polyphonically (i.e. on the signal of each voice that originates in this Group separately). For more information, refer to Group Insert Effects.

Signal Processor Controls (visible if the Edit button on the chain module above is activated): This panel contains the controls of a signal processing module in the Group Insert Effects chain. For more information, refer to Group Insert Effects.

Amplifier Module: This module will shape the volume, pan, and phase of the source signals in each Group. For more information, refer to The Amplifier Module.

Modulation Router (visible if the ChannelRouting button on the Amplifier panel is activated): This matrix allows you to configure the signal handover between the Group and Instrument signal flow level.

Instrument Bus Effects Chain: In this area you can apply different effect chains to up to 16 different buses. Buses can be used to apply effect chains to different collections of Groups. In the same way a Group processes a collection of Zones, a Bus will process a collection of Groups (however Bus level effects are not polyphonic and cannot have modulation assignments like Group level effects). For more information, refer to Bus Insert Effects.

Signal Processor Controls (visible if the Edit button on the chain module above is activated): This panel contains the controls of a signal processing module in the Instrument Bus Effects chain.

Instrument Insert Effects chain: This chain could be considered the master effects of the instrument, affecting all signals that pass through the instrument’s main output. For more information, refer to Instrument Insert Effects.

Signal Processor Controls (visible if the Edit button on the chain module above is activated): This panel contains the controls of a signal processing module in the Instrument Insert Effects chain.

Send Effects Slots: These slots take up signal processing modules which act as send effects; they can be fed individually with signals from various points of the signal flow. They are routed in parallel to each other and to the Insert Effects chain. For more information, refer to Instrument Send Effects.

Signal Processor Controls (visible if the Edit button on the Send Effects slots module above is activated): This panel contains the controls of a signal processing module in one of the Send Effects slots.

Modulation Sources: This section contains a panel for each modulation source that you have defined in the displayed Group. For more information, refer to Modulation Sources.