How to link Komplete Kontrol with an external MIDI controller

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Overview

This is yosi from Chillout with Beats.

Recently, earnestlyMASSIVEI'm touching various things, but on TwitterMASSIVEI saw a tweet that changing the preset of is troublesome, so I will write an article.

fundamentallyNative Instruments TheNKS extensionWe advocate a preset management method calledMachineKomplete KontrolYou can use it from.

What is Komplete Kontrol?I will paste the official video for those who say.

Maschine is charged, butKomplete KontrolIf you link with another company's keyboard once with MIDI Learn for free, you can switch presets and operate parameters fairly smoothly from a MIDI keyboard or the like.

But the best thing isMachine,Komplete KontrolThe operation with the keyboard of is the best.

It feels like you're using a hard synth.

I will write another article about this area.

How to link Komplete Kontrol with an external MIDI controller

Enable MIDI devices

Komplete KontrolStart.

Open "Preferences" from "Edit" in the menu.

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Click "Input" from "MIDI" to enable your MIDI device.

In the example below, the Axiom AIR Mini left over at home is enabled.

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From "▼", click "View"-> "Midi Learn".

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Knob assignment

It's easy, but I'll explain it briefly.

Click the knob and move the knob or slider of the MIDI device you want to assign.

I prepared a video.

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Button assignment

This is also easy.

Just click "Buttons" to assign them.

If there aren't many buttons, the order of priority is "PRESETS"-> "PLUG-INS"-> "PLUG-IN PAGES". (I think the most used is changing presets)

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For the time being, I also prepared a video.

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Summary

It's easy to assign, and I think the effect is quite high.

Being able to change presets without using the mouse is really stress-free.

However, only Instruments that support NKS can be operated from the browser, but there are also methods that users support and Instruments that the 3rd party supports.

I have written the following article, so please check it if you are interested.

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