User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Disclaimer
- Contact
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to KOMPLETE KONTROL
- The KOMPLETE KONTROL Workflows
- Setting up KOMPLETE KONTROL
- Software Overview
- Keyboard Overview
- Global Controls and Preferences
- Browsing the Library
- Browser Basics
- Opening the Browser
- Loading Preset Files
- Choosing Between Factory Content and User Content
- Filtering Preset Files by Product
- Filtering Preset Files by Bank
- Resetting the Product Selection
- Types and Modes Tag Filters
- Working with Favorites
- Performing a Text Search
- Displaying Preset File Information
- Auditioning your Preset Files
- Working with Effects
- Controlling Instrument and Effect Parameters
- Smart Play – Playing and Editing Scales and Chords
- Smart Play – Playing and Editing Arpeggiator Sequences
- Managing the Library
- MIDI Communication
- Host Integration
- Index
4.1 Header
The header is where you find general settings that affect KOMPLETE KONTROL globally. It al-
so lets you access additional user interface areas.
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The header.
(1) KOMPLETE KONTROL logo: Opens the About screen, which shows the version number of the
KOMPLETE KONTROL software.
(2) Browser button: Shows or hides the Browser. For more information, refer to ↑4.2, Browser.
(3) KOMPLETE KONTROL menu: Opens the KOMPLETE KONTROL menu, which contains a num-
ber of general functions and settings, including the Preferences.
(4) Preset display: Displays the name of the loaded Preset file or KONTAKT key switch. The ar-
row buttons on the right skip to the next Preset file in the Browser’s Results list.
(5) Perform panel button: Shows or hides the Perform panel, which gives you access to the pa-
rameters of the Scale engine and the Arpeggiator. The Perform panel button lights up blue
when the Scale engine and/or the Arpeggiator are enabled. For more information, refer to ↑4.3,
Perform Panel.
(6) Plug-in panel button: Shows or hides the Plug-in panel, which allows you to customize the
parameter mapping for the Control section on the keyboard for every Preset file. For more infor-
mation, refer to ↑4.4, Plug-in Panel.
(7) Plug-in chain panel button: Shows or hides the Plug-in chain panel and lights up white when
enabled. For more information, refer to ↑4.5, Plug-in Chain Panel.
(8) View button: Switches between Default view and Additional view of the loaded Instrument.
The View button only appears if the loaded Instrument contains an Additional view. The View
button is not available when an Effect is selected.
Software Overview
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