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
9.1. The Mapping System
Whatever you do on the keyboard, the MIDI Assignment editor translates it into a MIDI message
that is then sent to your computer via USB connection. This is what the MIDI Assignment editor is
all about: mapping human actions to MIDI events.
The MIDI Assignment editor’s mapping system is structured in a way that allows you to efficiently
organize your assignments. This makes the entire mapping process a lot easier and informs you
about what will happen whenever you actuate a control element on the keyboard. The next para-
graphs will introduce you to some basic concepts.
Assignable Controls Elements
Assignable control elements are knobs, keys, and pedal. All other controls and buttons are not as-
signable.
Assignments
An assignment defines which MIDI event is triggered by a particular control element. Available
MIDI event types are MIDI messages such as Control Change and Program Change. Every action
on a control element is translated into one MIDI event, the corresponding assignment defines the
rules of that translation.
Depending on the type of control element (knobs, keys, pedal), the available assignments differ.
For more information, refer to MIDI Message Types and Assignments.
Pages
You can have multiple assignments, organized within Pages. A Page contains eight knobs and
eight buttons, and corresponds to the hardware. One Page can be selected and loaded at a time.
You can have up to four Pages which can be directly selected in the MIDI Assignment editor and
from the keyboard.
When you select another Page, all assignments for the control elements in the Page area are up-
dated accordingly.
MIDI Templates
A MIDI template holds a mapping configuration for knobs and keys on the keyboard, including all
Pages that might exist. One MIDI template can be selected at a time. Switching between different
MIDI templates can be used, for example, to address different applications on your computer or
different MIDI instruments.
MIDI templates exist on your computer without KOMPLETE KONTROL running, and you can
switch between them using the Preset Up / Down buttons when the keyboard is in MIDI mode.
The configuration of the Pedal is saved globally and not per Template. This means
all settings made under PEDAL remain the same when switching between Tem-
plates.
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