User's Manual
Table Of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- 1. Disclaimer
- 2. Welcome to KOMPLETE KONTROL
- 3. The KOMPLETE KONTROL Workflows
- 4. Setting up KOMPLETE KONTROL
- 5. Software Overview
- 6. Keyboard Overview
- 7. Global Controls and Preferences
- 8. MIDI Communication
- 9. Using the MIDI Assignment Editor
- 10. Host Integration
- 11. Browsing the Library
- 11.1. Browser Basics
- 11.2. Opening the Browser
- 11.3. Loading Preset Files
- 11.4. Choosing Between Factory Content and User Content
- 11.5. Filtering Preset Files by Product
- 11.6. Filtering Preset Files by Bank
- 11.7. Resetting the Product Selection
- 11.8. Types and Characters Tags
- 11.9. Working with Favorites
- 11.10. Performing a Text Search
- 11.11. Displaying Preset File Information
- 11.12. Auditioning your Preset Files
- 12. Working with Effects
- 13. Working with Loops and One-Shot Samples
- 14. Managing the Library
- 14.1. Saving Preset Files to the User Library
- 14.2. Deleting User Preset Files from the User Library
- 14.3. Editing the Tags and Properties of User Preset Files
- 14.4. Syncing Multiple Instances
- 14.5. Working with the Files Pane
- 14.6. Loading VST Plug-ins
- 14.7. Installing NKS Instruments
- 14.8. Importing KOMPLETE KONTROL-Compatible User Files
- 15. Controlling Instrument, Loop, One-shot and Effect Parameters
- 16. Smart Play – Playing and Editing Scales and Chords
- 17. Smart Play – Playing and Editing Arpeggiator Sequences
Playing Arpeggiator Sequences
1. Switch on the Arpeggiator by pressing the ARP (Edit) button on the keyboard.
2. Press a number of keys to start the Arpeggiator.
3. The Arpeggiator automatically plays back the notes corresponding to the pressed keys as a
sequence, rather than simultaneously.
Editing Arpeggiator Parameters
You can also edit the Arpeggiator parameters in the Control section for further tweaking of the se-
quence:
1. Press SHIFT + ARP (Edit) to map the knobs of the Control section to the Arpeggiator pa-
rameters.
2. To change the direction of the sequence to e.g., UP-DOWN, turn Knob 2 (TYPE, by default
set to UP).
3. To adjust the OCTAVES reach of the Arpeggiator, turn Knob 6 (by default set to 1) to e.g., 4.
The notes corresponding to any keys you press are played back as a sequence, up and then
down again over four octaves.
4. To map the knobs to Instrument parameters again, press PLUG-IN. The Arpeggiator will still
be switched on.
17.2. Editing the Arpeggiator
The Arpeggiator’s parameters give you many possibilities to shape your own note sequences.
• To edit the Arpeggiator parameters in the KOMPLETE KONTROL software, click on ARP in
the Perform panel so it is highlighted.
• To enable Arpeggiator Edit mode and map the Arpeggiator parameters to the keyboard’s
Control section, press SHIFT + ARP (Edit).
You can now edit the Arpeggiator parameters on the keyboard’s Control section. Note that
the Arpeggiator Edit mode consists of two pages.
Available Arpeggiator Parameters
• To switch between Arp and Note Repeat mode and change the playback direction of the ar-
peggiator sequence, use the MAIN parameters Mode and Type.
• To create interesting rhythms for the arpeggiator sequence, use the RHYTHM parameters
Rate, Sequence, and Swing.
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