Kontakt VST parameter control

[Accorman]

Hi,

I've searched hi and low on the forum for help in controlling VST parameters in general but for Native Instrument's Kontakt I am hitting a brick wall.

My basic problem is a known one.... How to control a VST parameter from a controller (Korg nanoKONTROL2 in my case). An example would be to control the attack of the ADSR envelope from the controller.

Straight out of the box I understand that this is not possible without a work around. You cannot simply "learn" the CC of the control within a VST (works like a charm in Reaper but not Reason it appears).

I have tried embedding Kontakt in a Combinator but when I look at the modulation routing for the 4 knobs, the drop-down shows only a list of groups and parameter numbers in the form eg. Group 1 -> #33.

How can I possibly map such data to one of the 4 knobs or buttons of the Combinator? Perhaps I should approach this in a totally different way. Would appreciate your experience.

Thanks and take care.

[ljekio]

Assign "host automation" but not midi.

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[Accorman]

Great thanks. That works.
Is the Combinator the only way to get midi CC to VSTs in Reason?
How About adding a CV generator and somehow controlling parameters of the VST that way?

[jam-s]

You don't need to wrap it in a combinator, as the VST placeholder device in the rack also has got assignable CV inputs (click "CV programmer"to show them) and can have automation lanes in the corresponding sequencer track.

[ljekio]

VST wrapper in Reason have 8 CV sockets for modulation and much more parameters for host automation.