Has Kontrol Mk3 just lost the "Tap Tempo" capability?

Brian Collins
Brian Collins Member Posts: 8 Newcomer
in Komplete Kontrol

I used to use the Shift/Metro option to tap out a tempo when starting a piece. But now in v1.9.4, that key combination seems to allow me to dial in a tempo numerically instead, rather than how I "feel" it. And that tempo appears to be purely local, with no connection to the DAW (Studio One) tempo.

Has the Tap Tempo capability been removed? Or has it moved somewhere else? And is tempo now broken for DAW use?

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  • timrae_NI
    timrae_NI Member Posts: 16 Member
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    You can still tap the tempo by continuing to press SHIFT+METRO button when the window shows up. It works exactly the same as it used to, you just need to close the window when you're done tapping. We're currently working on some improvements for tempo sync for the next update.

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  • Uwe303
    Uwe303 Moderator Posts: 4,536 mod

    Hello,

    this is cause of the new build in arpeggiator, native could have implemented it with send tempo from DAW over midi to the keyboard but they have not. If you select a track with kk loaded, tempo syncs to the DAW as far as I know. Maybe if you select a track with kk and set the keyboard to use kk arp it might still work but that's just I guess, I would have to try it.

  • timrae_NI
    timrae_NI Member Posts: 16 Member
    Answer ✓

    You can still tap the tempo by continuing to press SHIFT+METRO button when the window shows up. It works exactly the same as it used to, you just need to close the window when you're done tapping. We're currently working on some improvements for tempo sync for the next update.

  • Brian Collins
    Brian Collins Member Posts: 8 Newcomer

    Thank you. That worked.

    My mistake was that I was looking at the big tempo value on my Kontrol - not the (much smaller) value in the DAW. And as you point out, they are not synced in the current version.

  • Uwe303
    Uwe303 Moderator Posts: 4,536 mod
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/220541#Comment_220541

    They sync up if you just once select an instance of komplete kontrol.

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