Default Velocity Curve for Kontakt Instruments

Is there a way to save a velocity curve selection when using Kontakt instruments?

Every time I open a new instrument I have to go into the settings page of that instrument and change the velocity curve to S88Mk3. If I save the snapshot it does not save this setting. Is there a way to do save it, or change the default to that?

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Jeremy_NI

Well, @Eric73 you are doing everything right. I can reproduce that issue as well. After a restart of the application, recalling the preset calls it back but with default settings again. I'll try to see if this has been flagged already and/or if there are workarounds.

Jeremy_NI

@Eric73 Actually, it's not a bug but a feature for this Kontakt library from Galaxy Instrumets, to allow the velocity curve setting to be saved across the library, for every snapshot. Here is how to make it work, not only for Kontakt but for Komplete Kontrol as well.

Open Kontakt 8, load the Claire library

Make your velocity curve setting, Use the Save as feature, save it with the original name:

When asked if you want to replace the file, click Replace:

Now, any snapshot you open in Kontakt will load with your setting, same in Komplete Kontrol.

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Jeremy_NI

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/47080/default-velocity-curve-for-kontakt-instruments

Not sure to understand, sorry. In which instrumenrts specifically and in what settings page?

If you mean some of our Piano libraries, like here:

Such settings are per instrument's preset, so you need to change the setting and save it as a user preset. Unfortunately there is no general setting for all presets and libraries.

Eric73

Hi Jeremy, I think you got the question right. It is exactly this setting (although I don't have Claire, but I see something similar in Noire).

I am not sure I understand the subtleties of the different methods to save a preset. When I save a preset for Noire (for instance) using Komplete Kontrol, if I open the same preset again the Velocity curve is reset to "Linear". It does not seem to save my selection of "KONTROL S88" with the preset.

Am I maybe using a wrong method to save that preset? I am using the 3 dots at the top to open the file menu and "Save as". The preset appears on the keyboard as a User preset. I get the same behavior with other instruments, like the Gentleman, or Grandeur.

Jeremy_NI

Eric73

Thanks for looking into this! I will wait for a solution then. At least now I know it is not something that I was doing wrong.

Jeremy_NI

Well, I'm still awaiting feedback, still not sure where the issue lies, either the library itself or something in Komplete Kontrol. One solution would be to use Kontakt 8 instead of Komplete Kontrol for these piano libraries. In Kontakt you can save the presets and it will remember your velocity settings:

Eric73

How do you save the preset to make it show up like that (with the little keys icon)?

When I save using "File / Save" in the top menu I can only see the preset if I click on the user icon. When I see my preset it does not have the little keys beside it, just the name. When I load it I still do not get the velocity setting that I thought I had saved. Is there another way to save it? Should I save as a "multi" instead?

Jeremy_NI

@Eric73 It's in the Classic View (the old Kontakt browser)

It actually saves the whole library, not just the preset.

Jeremy_NI

FYI, the Kontakt team filed this as a bug under the reference KT-11063. Thanks for flagging this.

Jeremy_NI

Open Kontakt 8, load the Claire library

Make your velocity curve setting, Use the Save as feature, save it with the original name:

When asked if you want to replace the file, click Replace:

Now, any snapshot you open in Kontakt will load with your setting, same in Komplete Kontrol.

Eric73

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for getting to the bottom of this!

I just tried and this works well. It is in fact better than having it save on each snapshot.

Thanks again!

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