Multi-Out VSTi Question

Hi, I'm a new user giving Reaper 3 a first look, and I'm liking the look of it! One question though: For a multi out VSTi (in this case Kontakt3 with 4 instruments loaded, each with it's own midi channel feeding to it's own stereo out) is it possible to have a combined channel for each Kontakt part which both sends midi to and receives the audio from that part? The user guide gives two methods for doing this, but one gives one midi channel feeding to multiple outputs and the other gives multiple midi channels feeding to a single output. I have tried using Reaper's automatic Multi-out setup then adding the midi send from the track to the master Kontakt track, but whilst the midi is getting through, this seems to stop the audio routing from working! Thanks in advance for any help :)

Welcome to Reaperland, PaulSpectre. Yes, you can have those combined MIDI/audio tracks for multichannel instruments. You have to check "allow feedback routing" in the project settings for this. DarkStar made a very good tutorial thread about the various ways to go about routing instruments. Wait a sec... it's here: . Post 7 deals with your question, but you might want to read about the other methods, too :)

Excellent - thanks for the quick response. Pity the method described disables PDC though as this may be a problem, It shouldn't really be necessary to disable PDC when only midi (no audio) is being routed back on itself should it?