In practice, multitimbrality is a very powerful concept. Software instrument channel strips in MainStage are 16-part multitimbral. This is typically achieved by sending the same control information (note on, note off, etc.) to different tone generators or oscillators via MIDI channels.
In electronic music, multitimbrality refers to a synthesizer’s ability to produce more than one sound or timbre at any given time. With that said I don’t recommend this method because as a programmer, one should always strive for resource optimization. In the example below, I’ve created two channel strips - one for piano (The Gentleman), and one for strings (NI String Ensemble).Ī setup like this is perfectly fine for small concerts with minimal usage of Kontakt libraries. In other words, each MainStage channel strip is dedicated to one specific Kontakt sound library. The simplest way to use Kontakt with MainStage is creating an individual instance for each sound. Multiprocessor support (AU - Plugin) should be disabled.
