As of August 1st 2024, Kontrol S MK3 now supports the creation, editing, saving, browsing and loading of MIDI Templates directly on the device itself.
When connected to a computer, Kontrol S MK3 allows you to export/import those MIDI Templates to/from a computer.
All users are free to create, export and distribute these templates for the benefit of other users, who may wish to import them for their own use.
This thread is intended as a place users may upload templates of their own creation, and/or other users may search and download specific templates of interest to them (e.g. for a specific piece of hardware or software).
If it gets enough traction, we will transition it to an area such as the NKS user library.
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README
If you're uploading any MIDI Templates for download and use by others, please take the following steps:
- A Kontrol S MK3 MIDI Template must be compressed to .zip format prior to upload, as the .kmt extension is unsupported by this forum.
- A brief description of each template you upload should be included in your forum post, to help other users search and discover.
- After uploading a Template, please PM me (@Matthew_NI) with a link, and I'll update the directory to make things as clear and accessible as possible. This isn't scalable, but it's a way to start, and gauge interest before designing a more scalable solution.
If you're downloading any MIDI Templates for import and use on your Kontrol S MK3, please be advised of the following:
- These MIDI Templates are peer-to-peer, meaning that Native Instruments does not police, and is not to be held responsible for the quality or appropriateness of the content. In the unlikely event a MIDI Template contains any offensive language, please let us know.
- There may be multiple MIDI Templates for the same content, created by various users. If so, it is up to you to try each and decide which works for you.
What is a MIDI Template?
- A file that defines what sort of MIDI data the buttons, knobs, pedals, touch-strip, and wheels on your Kontrol S MK3 can send, and how it should be sent.
- This allows the user to have many custom MIDI devices mapped to their Kontrol S MK3 keyboard, such as:
- External hardware synths
- Non NKS (non Kontakt, non Komplete Kontrol) plug-ins
- NKS plug-ins you'd rather use with a custom MIDI configuration
- Digital Audio Workstations, that aren't already integrated with DAW Control, or ones that are but for which you'd rather use with a custom MIDI configuration.
- It also allows you to define default behaviours for what the buttons and knobs do when not in NKS mode, and what the pedals, touchstrip and wheels do always.
- To learn more about how to create and edit your own MIDI Templates, click here.
How do I export/import a MIDI Template from my Kontrol S MK3?
- Ensure the MIDI Templates on your computer are in .kmt format (if they are still in .zip format, unzip them).
- Navigate to the MIDI Template browser by pressing SHIFT + BROWSER.
- When Kontrol S MK3 is connected to a computer, buttons 6/7 above the screen are activated, and labelled Import/Export (see image below).
- To Import:
- Press Import
- A window will automatically pop up on your computer
- You may add, or drag/drop multiple MIDI Templates to this window
- Once your selection is complete, you are able to send them to your keyboard, where they will appear in the list
- To Export:
- Press Export
- Select the templates you wish to export from your keyboard
- Continue, and a window will automatically pop up on your computer
- In this window, you can create or define the folder location to which the templates will be exported.
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DIRECTORY
As MIDI Templates are added, they will be added to the following list for ease of discovery:
And a special bonus template for all Editors:
- Kontrol S MK3 Template Customization (by Cris Vogt)
- Template Link
- Covers both Special Characters, and a Guide to Text Editing
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