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
2. In the dialog, navigate to the desired folder on your computer and click OK (Choose on ma-
cOS).
All KOMPLETE KONTROL-compatible files found in the selected folder are added to your
user content in KOMPLETE KONTROL.
KOMPLETE  KONTROL-compatible  files  include  ens,  rkplr,  nrkt,  nksn,  nfm8,
nabs, nki, nmsv, nbkt, nis.
Furthermore,  the  attributes  (Instrument/Bank/Sub-Bank,  Type/Sub-Type/Characters  tags,  as  well
as properties) of all imported files will be retained.
By adding a folder to the user content of your KOMPLETE KONTROL Library, you make their files
available in the Browser’s Library pane for quick searching and loading.
Paths to folders added via the IMPORT button in the Browser’s Files pane will also
show  up  here.  The  only  difference  between  adding  folders  via  the  Add  button  in
Preferences panel described here, and via the IMPORT button in the Files pane of
the Browser is that the latter allows you to directly tag the files as they are imported.
Note that the selected folder cannot contain, or be contained within, a folder already listed in the
User or Factory pane. If KOMPLETE KONTROL detects such a folder as you press OK (Choose
on  macOS) in  the folder  selection  dialog, a  Duplicate  Location message  appears: Click  OK  to
return to the folder selection dialog and select another folder on your computer.
Removing Folders from the User Library
You can also remove any user folder from your library—except the default user content directory
Native Instruments User Content.
7.5.5. Preferences – Plug-ins Page
The Plug-ins page allows you to manage your VST plug-ins in KOMPLETE KONTROL.
At the top of the page, the Manager and Locations buttons allow you to switch between the Man-
ager pane and the Locations pane.
Manager Pane
The  Manager  Pane  allows  you  to  view  and  manage  all  VST  plug-ins  available  in  KOM-
PLETE  KONTROL.  By  default,  all  available  plug-ins  are  activated  for  use  in  KOMPLETE  KON-
TROL.
• To deactivate a plug-in for use in KOMPLETE KONTROL, click on the checkbox icon next to
its name so it is unchecked.
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