User's Manual
Table Of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- 1. Disclaimer
- 2. Welcome to KOMPLETE KONTROL
- 3. The KOMPLETE KONTROL Workflow
- 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
- 17.1. Playing Arpeggiator Sequences
- 17.2. Using a Sustain Pedal to Control the Arpeggiator
- 17.3. Using Arpeggiator Snapshots on the Keyboard
- 17.4. Editing the Arpeggiator
- 17.5. MAIN Parameters
- 17.6. RHYTHM Parameters
- 17.7. OTHER Parameters
- 17.8. ADVANCED Parameters
- 17.9. RANGE Parameters
- 17.10. HOLD Parameter
- 18. Envelopes
16.6.1. SCALE Root Note
The first SCALE parameter is Root Note. On the keyboard, it is mapped to Knob 1 of the Control
section in Scale Edit mode. Setting the root note of a scale means deciding what key the scale will
begin with. The following notes of the scale depend on which scale pattern you select with the
SCALEType parameter (see below). You can transpose any scale pattern up or down by selecting
a different Root Note.
The Light Guide indicates the selected Root Note via fully lit LEDs, while other ac-
tive keys are half-lit.
The Root Note setting includes the following values:
• C , C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B
16.6.2. SCALE Bank and Type
The second and third SCALE parameters from the left are Bank and Type. On the keyboard, they
are mapped to Knob 2 and Knob 3 of the Control section in Scale Edit mode. Use them to decide
the scale pattern according to which the notes will be mapped onto the keys of the KOM-
PLETE KONTROL keyboard. Each Bank consists of 15 thematically related scales, which can be
selected by using the Type control.
For example, using the default Root Note value C combined with the default TypeMajor from the
default BankMain, you get the scale C major, which spans over one octave and contains the notes
C, D, E, F, G, A, and B (followed by C again). If instead you select G as your Root Note, the G
major scale contains the notes G, A, B, C, D, E, and F# (followed by G again). You will notice that
the distance between each note follows the same pattern of “whole step–whole step–half step–
whole step–whole step–whole step–half step,” which is the pattern of the Major scale.
If you are triggering an Instrument via an incoming MIDI pattern from the host, the notes of the
MIDI pattern will be mapped onto the closest keys belonging to the selected Type. This means
that, for example (with Root Note set to C) a MIDI pattern consisting of the notes C-D-D# will be
played back as such if Type is set to Chromatic (named CHROM on the keyboard) from
BankMain, but instead as C-D-E if Type is set to Major.
The Light Guide indicates the active keys in the selected Type via lit LEDs, while in-
active keys are unlit.
The following scales are available:
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