NKS Development Discussion

Wolinger · 2022-01-19T05:31:41+00:00

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Maschine mk3, S-series midi keyboard and Komplete audio interface lying on a wooden table

Kymeia says in Oct 27, 2015 - "Since there are a number of plugin devs not on board with NKS support (yet) I thought it would be useful to share mappings for their plugins to enable controlling them in KK until (hopefully) they release official NKS ones (with presets too)."

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jakx92

This sounds cool, but setting it up seems beyond my understanding.

jakx92

Nevermind. Settup was actually super easy. The sounds being in the NKS files was just throwing me off. This is super cool.

Rikk Show

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/115507#Comment_115507

I discovered a mistake in the TX16W/Cyclone NKS config file and the NKS now has the latest revision with TAGGING.

Link is the same: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ngsz052tb1mgbzg0cmqx1/Yamaha-TX16W-NKS-234-floppies-Cyclone-VST2.zip?rlkey=td01cfdet3tehbqrqfk8acn47&dl=0

Rikk Show

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/115505#Comment_115505

Also, changing the Cyclone graphics is pretty easy if you want this look. The png file IS part of the download.

Kymeia

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/115523#Comment_115523

Nice work, thanks

Onj

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/115499#Comment_115499

Hi there. This is very cool indeed, great work.

I just have a couple of questions.

1. Should the knobs on Komplete do anything when this plugin is loaded? If so, they don't for me.

2. If a preset says something like 'SD026 YE Combi-Set 3' does the word 'Combi' mean there is more than one sound in the patch? I only hear one, though it sounds like it's doubled up for stereo effect.

3. I also found some presets that say 'Sounds' in, as if there's more than one preset in the file. If so, is there a way you browse to something that contains more than one sound?

Thanks for any help.

Rikk Show

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/115559#Comment_115559

Cyclon has NO mappable parameters i KK. You can assign Midi CC to filters etc in the OS. It is described in the manual.

The manual also explains loading new external disks, edit and loop wav's, map a wav to a Voice, a Voices to a Performance, and how to change preset, etc. Some disks have 30 presets on them. Manual is in the folders you downloaded. The sampler is very fully featured.

Rikk Show

By the way JesterMgee gave some good insight to how to control a plugin with no automatable parameters in another thread. I copied it below:

"JesterMgee Member Posts: 2,284 Expert

February 26

You will not be able to control a parameter in an instrument from KK if it does not offer "Host Automation", so in Kontakt if you right-click and there is no "enable host automation" option then that parameter is not able to be controlled via a DAW at all.

Some controls do offer a MIDI input to control them but may not offer Host Automation control. When the keyboard is in "NKS Mode" it only works using Host Automation, you would need to switch it to MIDI mode to use an assigned MIDI CC"

jggorman

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/115734#Comment_115734

There probably is a host within host plugin with MIDI CC capability (like maybe MIDI Lab). Too complicated for me though, I just like the fun sounds. 🤔

Onj

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/115732#Comment_115732

Nope, not that easy in my case.

This plugin outside of Komplete is utterly useless, does not appear to a screen-reader so I cannot load anything other than the presets you've very kindly made available.

If it's not already in the NKS mapping, too bad basically.

Sonic Charge do not use Juice 6.1 (or higher) for their GUI's which would enable some screen-reader support, so that's that. I'll just stick to the presets you've made and hopefully one day, will get to hear something that someone else makes with what's on-offer.

Thanks.

Sunborn

Arturia MiniFreak V - MiniFreak 2.0 Bank, NKS Presets

Presets only (no previews) for the new bank MiniFreak 2.0 (included in new plugin version 2.0). For some reason i couldn't found official NKS presets for them.

Based on the template by @Christos Adamos (here is his full pack, in case you need it).

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/seonqqw0aub3pz7yr147y/MiniFreak-2.0-Bank-NKS-Presets.zip?rlkey=g187kdsi204voycsu7whplbn4&dl=0

jakx92

I never would have noticed there were presets missing. The preset brouser is accessible with a screen reader, but I usually don't use it.

Sunborn

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/115885#Comment_115885

if you are talking about the Minifreak bank, then no, the presets are all there. What is missing is the NKS for this new bank (64 presets), they only have the Factory bank (257 presets).

jakx92

Right. And I'm saying I usually load presets through the NKS, so I wouldn't have noticed.

Onj

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/115499#Comment_115499

This afternoon I sat down for two hours and using only sounds from the TX16W you made available, created a sort of 90's throwback.

Imagine some kind of racing game with funky menu music perhaps. 90's Jungle/Drum and Bass.

Had fun with it.

Uses some external plugins from Waves, Eventide and Native Instruments as well.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ulb6n2actosvlucyzog4o/Take-It-To-The-Skies.mp3?rlkey=7bpxp1taopgz7bzwi6sk0rl1m&dl=0

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