Hi,
I'm having a problem I haven't found a solution yet when searching the forums etc. and cannot figure out how to fix my issue.
By the way, I think I used the wrong category as this is a Maschine 3.0/KontrolS61 issue, sorry, I cannot edit this any more.
So, maybe some kind member of this community or a clever person with NI can help:
I just bought a brand new Kontrol S61 Mk3. It is properly installed (I followed each step suggested in
https://www.native-instruments.com/de/specials/komplete/kontrol-setup/
), firmware is up to date and I just tried it with Maschine 3.0.0. It works ok, only that I cannot change the Key Mode to "Guided" when running it with "Play assist" (scale mode) feature and in Plug-In-Mode. The latter is necessary as in Keyboard-Mode (where "Guided" is accessible), the recorded midi in Maschine does not trigger any light guide when I play back the midi patterns which may be a second issue. So, I cannot see later which keys I hit what sucks for a beginner like me. The S61 is selected as MIDI controller in the Maschine 3.0.0 preferences.
A brief description of the scale features is given here https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/de/articles/21655851372189-Die-neue-Play-Assist-Funktion-des-Kontrol-S-Series-MK3-keyboards (however in German) and in the online manual. A limitation of this feature on purpose is not mentioned anywhere.
So, I'm stuck with "Mapped" mode under "Plug-In-Mode" in Maschine 3.0.0 - the default mode. This mode however only allows for all notes within a selected scale to be played. This means, you cannot play a C# (c sharp) for example within C-major. Strangely, all modes ("Learn", "Easy", "Mapped" and "Guide") are shown on the display of the S61, but turning the control knob to select one of them does not change anything. The knob itself works properly though, the selection just does not move. Within the Maschine software however, there is no way to select these features.
I think this is a very annoying bug. Can anybody here sketch a solution or has encountered similar problems? Under Maschine 2.x everything worked fine with my old Kontrol S-49 Mk.1 and I start to regret having updated both soft- and hardware.
It would also be ok if somebody knew a solution to use Keyboard-Mode when the light guide was triggered during MIDI-playback in Maschine as a workaround. Honestly, I'd prefer the Plug-In-Mode though.
I hope I described the problem properly. Don't hesitate to ask should something be left unclear.
Thanks for a hint and kind regards from Hamburg/Germany,
Glaskachelhenk