Kontrol is a new platform from Native Instruments to make all of their sounds work with a dedicated controller. On the keyboard controller there is no volume control for the software- Native Instruments didn't think about anyone ever using the setup in a live setting (I got that info from tech support at Native Instruments). Because of the way I do my live rig, I'm currently using 6 audio outs - pre-tracked horns, BGVs, other keys- from Sonar to send to the FOH to mix based on the room, the volume of the drummer or other players. With the way Kontrol works, it shares the ASIO driver and lets me merge the outs from Kontrol to a pair of outs on my audio box. The frustrating problem is that the sounds in the Kontrol insturements (Kontact, Massive, etc.) are not the same levels. The solution Native Instruments gave was to go through my library of sounds and edit each file so that it is the volume I need it to be. Of course this sounds good on paper, but playing live is a totally different story.
The only 2 options I can see are:
1. use 2 interfaces so I can have hardware control over the Kontrol software
2. Scrap the idea of having Kontrol on stage.