New interaction revealed between Sonar and Kontakt5

I've not found this to be true using Sonar and Kontakt 4, but it's always a good idea to begin every sequence (and every MIDI track) with default controller values, I mean YOUR default values for that piece. 
 
For example, when working with Kontakt's Requiem Pro library, every track will start with:
 
Controller 7                   127
Controller 11                 127
Controller 13                  1 (this is for vocal articulations)
Controller 18                  0  (attack time)
Controller 19                  85 (release time)
 
When working with VSL Orchestral Cube the following controllers are placed in every MIDI track:
Controller 11                  127
Controller 18                   0  (attack time)
Controller 19                   85 (release time)
Controller 22                   horizontal cell
Controller 33                   vertical cell
Controller 44                   crescendo/decrescendo (which sample is called up for those samples that have built in dynamics)
Controller 55                    humanize (introduces slight pitch variations on attack of notes)
 
In your case add whatever controllers you need so that when you open the file and play the sequence you're not leaving anything to chance. 
 
Jerry
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