User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Disclaimer
- Contact
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to KOMPLETE KONTROL
- New Features in KOMPLETE KONTROL 1.9.2
- The KOMPLETE KONTROL Workflow
- Setting up KOMPLETE KONTROL
- Software Overview
- Keyboard Overview
- Global Controls and Preferences
- MIDI Communication
- Host Integration
- Browsing the Library
- Browser Basics
- Opening the Browser
- Overview of the Browser on the Keyboard
- Choosing Between Factory Content and User Content
- Loading an Instrument with its default Preset File
- Filtering Preset Files by Bank
- Resetting the Instrument Selection
- Types and Modes Filters
- Working with Favorites
- Performing a Text Search
- Displaying Preset File Information
- Auditioning your Preset Files
- Managing the Library
- Controlling Instrument Parameters
- Playing and Editing Scales and Chords
- Playing and Editing the Arpeggiator
- Playing Arpeggiator Sequences
- Using a Sustain Pedal to Control the Arpeggiator
- Using Arpeggiator Snapshots on the Keyboard
- Editing the Arpeggiator
- Setting the Main Parameters
- Setting the Rhythm Parameters
- Setting the Other Parameters
- Setting the Advanced Parameters
- Setting the Range Parameters
- Setting the Hold Parameter
- Troubleshooting
- Index
belonging to some scale, you are certain to stay “in key” within that scale. Important to note
though, is that scales are not made up by absolute note values, but rather consist of relative
changes in pitch—or steps along the scale. For example, the major scale consists of
“whole step–whole step–half step–whole step–whole step–whole step–half step,” which means
that you can transpose the scale up and down a keyboard; choose any root note you want and
play the scale from there.
Chords
Polyphonic Instruments let you play multiple notes simultaneously—in other words chords. As
an example, let’s see how to build up a chord by selecting individual notes from a scale and
playing them simultaneously. In this case, we’ll use the C major scale. As we saw above in sec-
tion 6.2.1, the major scale starts with two whole steps, followed by a half step, and then three
more whole steps until it ends with another half step. We can use this knowledge to play a C
major chord by pressing the root note C, then pressing another key two whole steps above C
(the E note) and then yet another key a half step and a whole step further up the keyboard (the
G note) all simultaneously. This C major chord corresponds to a root note (C), a third (E) and a
fifth (G), which is the note interval of a major triad. By playing a triad chord you have just
learned the concept of musical harmony, where notes are stacked together into chords and
played simultaneously.
Arpeggiator sequences
In above section you read about the combination of notes and playing them together as chords.
You can also play them like diachronic note sequences, quite like playing the harp—or arpeg-
giator sequence. If chords have to do with adding harmony to a note, then arpeggiator sequen-
ces add time and rhythm. Instead of playing a chord consisting of three notes simultaneously,
you can play the same three notes as a sequence in a given order (e.g. top-down) and at a cer-
tain rate (e.g. 1/16 notes). This is also a way for monophonic Instruments to play “chords.”
13.2 Playing a Scale
To select and play a scale on the KOMPLETE KONTROL keyboard, follow these instructions:
1. Press Edit (SHIFT + SCALE) to map the displays and knobs of the Control section to the
Scale engine parameters.
Playing and Editing Scales and Chords
Playing a Scale
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