Komplete Kontrol Window Size

Roland Kirst
Roland Kirst Member Posts: 20 Member
edited 7:41AM in Komplete Kontrol

I see there are requests since many years to make KK window size bigger/resizable. Is there any progress? It's a shame, I can't see anything on this small window when I am playing an instrument. What's the latest news on this issue?

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  • Kymeia
    Kymeia NKS User Library Mod Posts: 5,662 mod
    edited 10:51AM

    The browser is resizable, the plugin view size is dictated by the size of the plugin, if that is resizable the window expands with the plugin

  • Roland Kirst
    Roland Kirst Member Posts: 20 Member
    edited 11:39AM

    I am talking about the plugin. Of course the window adjusts to the plugin. I want to enlarge the whole plugin. I have a large widescreen and the plugin is ultra small.
    A good example how it should be could be seen at ARTURIAs Analog Lab (or all the other ARTURIAs plug ins).
    You can resize the plugin and with that everything gets adjusted including the fonts, controls, etc..
    This is what I expect from a modern UI :-)

  • PoorFellow
    PoorFellow Moderator Posts: 6,696 mod
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/225673#Comment_225673

    I am talking about the plugin. Of course the window adjusts to the plugin. I want to enlarge the whole plugin. I have a large widescreen and the plugin is ultra small

    You should tell people what is your host when you refer to plugin Window size , in this case I suppose the question is : What is your DAW and DAW version ? And second question : What is your display resolution ? (though I wouldn't be surprised if this is turning into one of them HD display discussions)

  • Vocalpoint
    Vocalpoint Member Posts: 3,759 Expert
    edited 1:19PM

    "What is your display resolution ? (though I wouldn't be surprised if this is turning into one of them HD display discussions)"

    Good one @PoorFellow. Judging by this:

    "I have a large widescreen and the plugin is ultra small"

    Sounds like the OP is most likely running in 4K - and that is not something KKv3 is designed for.

    The OP will not like the suggested solution - but KKv3 will look just fine at 1920x1080.

    VP

  • Roland Kirst
    Roland Kirst Member Posts: 20 Member
    edited 1:28PM

    Yes, I do have a wide screen and I love it (resolution is 3440 x 1440).
    To be more precise - what I would like to have is, that I can resize the plugin instrument to whatever size I like (have a look at ARTURIA - they do that very well). And there are situations, where I am in front of the big screen with multiple windows open at the same time and a small plug in is exactly what I want. And then I play my large keyboard and I am away from the screen at least 1 meter or more and in this situation I maybe want to enlarge the plugin to the max.
    I do love NI libraries as well as Arturias V-collection and I would love to have similar UI options also for Komplete Kontrol :-)

  • PoorFellow
    PoorFellow Moderator Posts: 6,696 mod
    edited 2:28PM
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/225684#Comment_225684

    I am running a display resolution of 3440X1440 on this computer and the Komplete Kontrol 3.3.4 plugin opens just fine for me. So again : What is your DAW and DAW version ? And what is your Komplete Kontrol version ?

    If using K.K. 3.x then perhaps you ought to direct your query at your DAW maker ?

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  • Kymeia
    Kymeia NKS User Library Mod Posts: 5,662 mod
    edited 1:45PM
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/225673#Comment_225673

    So am I - the plugin window size is determined by the plugin loaded - As long as the plugin loaded is resizable then you enlarge the KK window by enlarging the plugin. So if you are loading one of the Arturia ones it can be as large as they are, if you are loading something not resizable you can't make it any bigger than the plugin (and there would be little point except for the browser which is freely resizable).

  • Roland Kirst
    Roland Kirst Member Posts: 20 Member

    OK - so it seems, that I am using a synth (plugin), that is not resizable (see my screenshot of Absynth).
    Thank you for pointing out, that it is not Komplete Kontrol (I have installed the latest version) but it depends on the PlugIn!

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  • Roland Kirst
    Roland Kirst Member Posts: 20 Member

    Since I have Komplete Ultimate I tried now quite a lot of different instruments/plugins - also some of the very latest developments. Unfortunately I could not find any, that is resizeable.

    So now I come to the point that I have to re-formulate my wish: I would like NI to delvelop their instruments / plugins to be resizeable!

  • Roland Kirst
    Roland Kirst Member Posts: 20 Member

    To make it explicit I have added a screenshot from a modern NI plugin (non resizable) and another screenshot from an Arturia plugin (free resiable) :-)

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  • Kymeia
    Kymeia NKS User Library Mod Posts: 5,662 mod

    Kontakt is also resizable although this works best with event libraries that use the newer Kontakt development tools - many older libraries don't look good zoomed

    Screenshot 2025-05-10 at 16.47.52.png

    Massive X is also resizable - as are many NI fx including Guitar Rig and the Mod pack and Raum. Older plugins like Absynth and FM8 are not, Massive recently got GUI resize too but the graphics look blurry when resized as the plugin itself is very old and the graphics resources are all bitmaps.

  • PoorFellow
    PoorFellow Moderator Posts: 6,696 mod
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/225700#Comment_225700

    Probably it is your Windows display settings Scaling that you have set to a low value

    Analog Dreams :

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    Absynth

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    To make it explicit I have added a screenshot from a modern NI plugin (non resizable) and another screenshot from an Arturia plugin (free resiable) :-)

    If you use Kontakt 8 , which supports Direct Connection with the S-Series MK3 keyboards then you can resize , in which case you only need Komplete Kontrol for plugins not for Kontakt libraries :

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    Augmented Strings inside Komplete Kontrol :

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