Awesome thread, glad I stumbled on it. Have been using Kontakt 5 Player, but am now thinking about saving up for the full version!  This tutorial really explains the power in routing the Kontakt multi instruments audio back to Sonar for further track processing.  Followed the instructions using the Player version and all seems to work there as well!

Glad it helped you.  I LOVE Kontakt.  It is rock steady, and amazingly capable, with zillions of really good libraries available to run within it.
 
Bob Bone

Great thread everyone! 
Thanks Mr. Bone! 

Super stuff in this thread .. thank y'all.
 
In general .. and with latest versions of Kontakt and with 64 bit systems / Sonar and with Windows 10 .. is it more efficient memory wise to load one instance of kontakt with multiple instruments, each instrument assigned to separate midi/audio track combinations OR to add a separate instance of Kontakt for each instrument?
 
 

Wow. A 2-1/2 year running thread that's only 1-1/2 pages long.

aidanodr
Super stuff in this thread .. thank y'all.
 
In general .. and with latest versions of Kontakt and with 64 bit systems / Sonar and with Windows 10 .. is it more efficient memory wise to load one instance of kontakt with multiple instruments, each instrument assigned to separate midi/audio track combinations OR to add a separate instance of Kontakt for each instrument?
 

Just a guess here, but I would expect the total of samples used, plus some memory for each instance of Kontakt, would equal the total memory required.  Each extra instance of Kontakt is sure to require some additional memory, so if memory use is an issue for you, it would make sense to use as few instances as possible.  The total sample sizes used should be the same either way.

soens
Wow. A 2-1/2 year running thread that's only 1-1/2 pages long.

....but nearly 10,000 views - a credit to Bob and the detailed info shared. KUDOs!