User's Manual

Guide Mode
In Guide mode, the notes are mapped to the keyboard in the same way as in Mapped mode, how-
ever notes outside of the selected scale remain active. The mapping only affects the representa-
tion of the scale by means of the Light Guide.
Easy Mode
In Easy mode, the notes of the selected scale are mapped to the keyboard so that any scale can
be played using the white keys of the keyboard only. The black keys are inactive and pressing
them will not trigger any other notes.
Selecting the 12-step Chromatic scale in KEY MODE Easy maps the keys in the
same way as in the Mapped mode.
The Root Note is always mapped to the middle C key (commonly called C3). If the selected scale
consists of seven notes, it matches the seven white keys of a single octave on the keyboard. In
this case, the Root Note coincides with the key C across all octaves of the keyboard. If instead the
selected scale consists of more or less than seven notes, it does not match the seven white keys
of a single octave on the keyboard and the Root Note is shifted throughout adjacent octaves ac-
cordingly.
The Light Guide highlights all white keys of the keyboard. The Root Note is indicated by a brighter
lit LED.
For two examples of the Easy mode mappings in Major and Minor, see below.
Scale Type Mapping in Key Mode: Easy
White Keys C3 D3 E3 F3 G3 A3 B3
Major
Corresponding Mapping R 2 3 4 5 6 7
Example with Root Note: C C D E F G A B
Minor
Corresponding Mapping R 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7
Example with Root Note: C C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭
16.8. Setting the CHORD Parameters
16.8.1. CHORD Mode
The first CHORD parameter is Mode. On the keyboard, it is mapped to Knob 5 of the Control sec-
tion in Scale Edit mode. Use it to generate chords from single notes, either from the KOM-
PLETE KONTROL keyboard or from incoming MIDI notes from the host.
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