More instances or more channels?

[wunderpit]

Given my config (below), should I be using more instances of K4 & PLAY, or using 16 MIDI channels per instance of my VI's? Trying to get the best balance of performance possible! If there is a previous thread regarding this please advise. Thanks!

[cbergm7210]

From what I've been informed, PLAY does better opening a new instance for each instrument and Kontakt is better to load up instruments in one instance. Also, EW says to load PLAY instruments before Kontakt for better memory management.

[wunderpit]

Interesting info, thanks. How do you set up PLAY to load first?

[cbergm7210]

I host all my VI's in VE Pro. It loads things in order of how they are in the instance, so I move all the PLAY VI's to the beginning of the setup.