Why isn't there a keyboard showing in Komplete Kontrol? And what's with the mapping???

Robert McKean

Okay, hopefully I'm just dense. I'm using an A61 to play the Stradivari Cello in Komplete Kontrol. Is there a button to click that shows a keyboard at the bottom of the page (like in Kontakt 7) that shows me 1) which note I'm playing and 2) the color mappings for the keys???

And worse… it's annoying that on a 61 note keyboard, there's almost a one octave gap between the cello sounds and the 8 dynamics keys, 4 of which turn OFF the sounds. So if you hit one of the wrong 4 'None' keys, it turns off the sound. But to get the highest note you have to transpose by an octave. But THEN then C0 TURNS OFF the sound and you have to transpose AGAIN and hit the lowest 'C-1' to get the sounds back on. Sheesh.

And why are there 4 notes that turn off the sound??? If you had just one 'None' note, you could fit the entire mapping on a 61 note keyboard. Or why can't you make the black keys turn off the sound so you can save space on the keyboard? Or why can't the 'None' keys at least toggle? Seems that would be much more logical.

For a "premier" instrument, the mapping is crazy.

I'm hoping that someone tells me what I'm missing.

And finally, could anyone please let me know how I get this keyboard to show up in Komplete Kontrol? Sorry for ranting… I've spent all afternoon getting all of my libraries working in the latest Komplete Kontrol. Omnisphere, Korg Collection 5, and Shreddage were showing up before. Now they're not. So I'm feeling a little frustrated.

JesterMgee

In regards to the OSD keyboard that will only show within a plugin that has an OSD keyboard available. Kontakt does however when you load Kontakt within KK it is in "compact view" so you need to open the full view using this button:

That will only show for NI based plugins like Kontakt, Battery etc. Other instruments will show full screen but for an on screen keyboard they will need to have one as part of the instrument, KK doesn't have an OSD keyboard.

In regards to Omnisphere/Korg Collection, do you have NKS libraries installed for these such as these?

https://freelancesoundlabs.com/nks/omnisphere

https://freelancesoundlabs.com/nks/korgcollection

They will appear in your User library and if you are using the latest KK version as pictured above, seems this generates confusion that you still need to click the User library button to see them unless a custom entry was setup to make them appear in the factory browser. Otherwise would probably need to know how you had them showing in the browser before.

DunedinDragon

In KK you can get the OSD keyboard to display by selecting the Edit view with the Stradivari Cello along with the list of presets to the left of the screen.