Is there a (qwerty) keyboard key you can press to select a patch to trial in Logic and other DAWs - the equivalent of pressing the 4-D encoder?
Hello,
only if you are already in the list you can go up/down with arrow keys.
if you have no kk keyboard select you see a "midi" on top right click it and you can midi learn to go through presets and stuff. I guess you are on mac so i don´t know how to translate a keystroke to midi but if you search for it i´m sure you´ll find something, i will also have a look if i have a bit more time tomorrow.
For anyone finding this thread and wanting to do the same, this may not be the optimal solution (I've only just got it working) but it may save you an hour or so of trial and error with Bome. Bome has a nice unlimited 20 minutes free trial, so it's probably worth trying - thanks to @Uwe303 for finding Bome, there may be some more affordable options out there (I'll add an update if I find any, please also post if you do) but it at least it proves @Uwe303 correct...
Install the Bome MIDI Translator Pro trial (https://www.bome.com/products/miditranslator) add a new preset, then add a translator:
Here's the full translator input to get the ']' key to give a CC 111:
The thing that slowed me down most was that it doesn't work out of the box with Project/Preset default ports, but if you select one (possibly after setting up in settings*), it seems to work fine. If you see the Midi Out light up in the Event Monitor you should be OK.
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You can then copy and edit to get the '[' key to give a CC 112:
And finally, as @Uwe303 suggested, you can easily set your Komplete plugin to learn MIDI CC 111 & 112 as the up/down presets which take you all the way into the presets without needing any further keys or clicks:
And for anyone using Logic like me, I've worked out a way to do this purely with Logic's built in capability. It sacrifices the Musical Typing keys that would otherwise set modulation to 43% and 77%, but you still have the 0%, 25%, 60% and 100% keys, which are probably enough for auditioning presets:
var cc121 = new ControlChange;
cc121.number = 121;
cc121.value = 127;
var cc122 = new ControlChange;
cc122.number = 122;
cc122.value = 127;
function HandleMIDI(event) {
if (event.value == 54 && event.number == 1) {
cc121.send();
} else if (event.value == 98 && event.number == 1) {
cc122.send();
} else {
event.send();
}
I wasn't aware that there was a missing 'Click-to-select' functionality with the Komplete Keyboards' jog wheel. If I'm in Browser mode, I can rotate my Komplete Kontrol M32's 4-D encoder to hear a single note of each patch, then I press the 4-D encoder to select it.
This thread's question was about doing things with a laptop keyboard - nothing to do with Komplete Keyboards other than trying to select patches without one plugged in. So if you have another issue it may make sense to open an new thread & link to it from here.
