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But don't bother asking what I did step by step in Kontakt. It was New Years Eve, and I was already several beers deep when I started experimenting... ?

The part that I don't yet understand is why the channel assignment names in Cakewalk don't appear to match up with those in the Kontakt GUI, although the instruments are assigned to the first 8 stereo pairs on either one. For example, in Cakewalk the names of the first 8 stereo pairs are still in order of the initial insert instance of Kontakt with the master stereo pair, followed by the 4 aux pairs, and then 3 of the unassigned pairs 1, 3, and 5. But for the re-assigned outputs in the Kontakt GUI the instruments are now on 1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, and 15/16. With the Aux channels at the end, and unused. Apparently the channels in Cakewalk will not get updated when you make changes in Kontakt, but the signals end up in the same order on the first 8 pairs. So bottom line the sounds appear in the right order in the Cakewalk mixer. This is either weird, or possibly I have no idea what I'm doing, LOL! But it works!

And here's the Cakewalk mixer view. Maybe some more useful clues shown here in the channel assignments...

@MisterGreenI'm not a regular user of multis in Kontakt, but your question inspired me to experiment a bit. In Cakewalk, try inserting the Kontakt VST soft synth as shown in the graphic. This will initially result in the Cakewalk mixer with a Kontakt stereo master, followed by the 4 stereo aux channels, followed by the rest of the channels as "unassigned" from Kontakt. The next step is dependent entirely on how you re-configure the Kontakt outputs. I would recommend reading the Kontakt 6 manual, section 16, "The outputs section", to reconfigure the Kontakt instruments to the available unassigned stereo channels as needed. You may need to experiment with this, but I finally got 8 instruments in Kontakt routing to the first 8 stereo channel strips in Cakewalk. It's probably a good idea to save this config as a template if you succeed. It all seems a bit convoluted. Good luck!

Yep, that's the same thing @InstrEdjust reported. It seems they ended the sale early in the UK, prior to the official PreSonus end at 11:59 PM CST. PreSonus still has the offer direct for $104.97, so not as tempting... I understand that you are well situated with Cubase now. But $79 was very close to no-brainer territory! ? Happy New Year!

That's weird, because I tested it in the cart right before that last post, and it was $99 base price. Sorry it didn't work out when you tried! Maybe PreSonus pulled their sale early for UK? Happy New Year as well!

Happy New Year!!! ?

My wallet is safe, at last! ?

Full disclosure: MusicTech is owned by BandLab Technologies (scroll to the bottom of the web page). Am I the only one that noticed that? Especially since Cakewalk received a "Highly commended" mention.

Yup, state sales taxes for online purchases are real for most in the US now.

https://www.bestservice.com/studio_one_5_professional_upgrades.html Only 8 hours left... upgrade for $79.

If you get it before 11:59 PM CST tonight, Dec 31st, you can get the current PreSonus S1 5 Pro upgrade sale price at BestService for $99. Still not a bad deal. https://www.bestservice.com/studio_one_5_professional_upgrades.html Then enter the Promo Code HNY2021, and get voucher for additional -$20 off. Total = $79. 50% off would be $74.98, so that's pretty damn close! ?

The hearts show up here in CbB.

The Yangqin is very cool! Hammer dulcimer! ?

And then there are these adds to the 5.1 update... What’s New in Studio One 5.1: https://blog.presonus.com/index.php/2020/10/20/whats-new-studio-one-5-1/

Well, there is this new aux channel feature that makes it easier to integrate external hardware instruments with the DAW... drag n drop...

So it's actually a $20 per year IKM subscription to maintain perpetual access to your sounds. Unless you buy an external USB hard drive and archive them all. So it's a at least a couple of years to break even if you buy an extra drive...

So if I get them before this Friday, they won't count against my 2021 resolutions? ?

I don't need Repro, or Zebra, or Diva... I don't need Repro, or Zebra, or Diva... I don't need Repro, or Zebra, or Diva...

FYI, the technique above also works with the tab in the Ample Guitar M II Lite. ?

I think that the Ample Bass P Lite II is a great sounding bass. Sounds a lot like my real Fender P Bass. But it's always in tune, and never needs a string change! ? That is why I went ahead and bought another Ample Bass a couple of years ago when they had a sale. The full version of Ample basses offer a cool MIDI riffer module, in addition to the tab player. I chose the Ample Metal Ray5, an emulation of the Stingray 5. It originally only came with a "picked" sample set, so it was rather aggressive sounding. Which is good when you need it. But last year Ample released a free "fingered" sample set for Metal Ray5, so the bass is now a bit more versatile 5-string.

They actually end up in the Product Manager folder that you defined...