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
(2) Display: The two lines display provides you information about current context of, e.g., the
Browser, the parameter assigned to a knob in the Control section, and the settings of the Per-
form and Edit section.
(3) Preset buttons: The PRESET up / down buttons let you skip to the next or previous Preset
file of the loaded Product.
(4) Control section: The eight knobs dynamically adapt their assignment to the selected mode,
allowing for direct access to the available parameters. As the knobs are touch-sensitive, you
can tap them to see the current assignment in the display.
(5) Navigation and Mode buttons: Lets you browse your KOMPLETE KONTROL Library and navi-
gate in your DAW with the 4-D encoder, as well as switch between BROWSER and PLUG-IN
mode. For more information, refer to ↑5.3, Navigation and Mode Buttons.
(6) Keybed: Lets you play the loaded Instrument.
(7) Pitch and Modulation Wheels: The Pitch Wheel on the left lets you adjust the pitch of the
loaded Instrument. The Modulation Wheel on the right lets you adjust the default modulation
parameter of the loaded Instrument.
(8) Transpose buttons: Transpose the keybed up or down by an octave, or set the note velocity
for all keys to a fixed value of 127. When KOMPLETE KONTROL is used as plug-in in MA-
SCHINE, you can switch between playing a single sound chromatically, and playing a Group
across 16 keys. For more information, refer to ↑5.4, Transpose Buttons.
(8) Page Left (M) and Page Right (S) buttons: The Page Left (M) and Page Right (S) buttons let
you skip to the next parameter page and thus remap the knobs to another set of parameters.
Using SHIFT, these buttons let you instantly solo or mute any Sound or Group in supported
hosts. For more information, refer to ↑14, Host Integration.
(10) Transport section: Controls the transport of supported hosts when KOMPLETE KONTROL is
used as a plug-in. For more information, refer to ↑5.2, Transport Section.
Keyboard Overview
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