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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