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OPERATION MANUAL

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Page 5: ...at is included with AUDIO KONTROL 1 provides everything you need to start using your audio interface instantly TRAKTOR 3 LE is a fully featured digital DJ solution Plug your guitar or bass gui tar int...

Page 6: ...ion process Chapters 5 and 6 The second part illustrates different practical situations from the simplest setup to more complex configurations This learning by doing approach will familiarize you with...

Page 7: ...plifier headphones or speakers can produce sound levels capable of damaging your ears Do not use it for long periods of time at high volume levels If you experience any hearing problems or ringing in...

Page 8: ...rves the right to make changes to the specifications of software and hard ware at any time without notice or obligation to update existing units Nameplate location The nameplate is located on the bott...

Page 9: ...ge of how AUDIO KONTROL 1 works If you want to get started immediately turn to section 4 There the setup of your AUDIO KONTROL 1 hardware and software is described in detail 3 1 Hardware 3 1 1 Front P...

Page 10: ...routing the signal through the mic preamp The phone plug jack TRS mono balanced allows you to connect a variety of other line level audio devices mixer MIDI sound module etc Please note that dependin...

Page 11: ...ct a phone jack to Input 1 this knob will have no effect The level of your signal can be adjusted via the Line Knob 6 4 Input Jack Input 2 This analog audio input accepts phone plugs jack TRS mono bal...

Page 12: ...utput volume for each pair of Main Output Jacks on the rear panel 17 9 Monitor On Off Switch On This switch turns the direct monitoring bus on off The direct monitoring bus al lows you to listen direc...

Page 13: ...choose which output pair 1 2 or 3 4 from the Main Output Jacks 17 is sent to the headphone output 13 Headphone Output Jack This analog audio output accommodates a headphone jack jack TRS stereo Conne...

Page 14: ...computer and to send receive MIDI messages 16 USB2 Connector Use this connector to connect the AUDIO KONTROL 1 to your computer 17 Main Outputs Jacks 1 to 4 These analog audio outputs accept phone plu...

Page 15: ...he front and rear panel deal with audio and MIDI signals the AUDIO KONTROL 1 top panel is dedicated to the manual controls It provides you with a set of four Controllers which act like a remote contro...

Page 16: ...AUDIO KONTROL 1 16 The AUDIO KONTROL 1 Top Panel...

Page 17: ...In this case you should decrease the Input 2 level Output 1 2 indicates activity at the hardware s first audio output pair Main Output Jacks 1 2 17 Output 3 4 indicates activity at the hardware s sec...

Page 18: ...O KONTROL 1 driver handles different types of signals audio signals are routed to your computer s correspond ing audio driver ASIO Core Audio MIDI signals are routed to your music applications and int...

Page 19: ...Application then executes the software action correspond ing to this event for instance turning Winamp s volume up or down Each Button has a special mode called Modifier In this mode the Button plays...

Page 20: ...ull set of assignments for the four Controllers is called a Page The Mapping Application comes with many prepared Pages These Pages are meant for the most common uses of the Controllers with NATIVE IN...

Page 21: ...roper time This section quickly describes in a pictorial way some possible uses of AUDIO KONTROL 1 in various setups We give here only general guidelines the details to these situations can be found i...

Page 22: ...1 R LINE 1 L LINE 2 R LINE 2 L This setup shows you how to use AUDIO KONTROL 1 in a studio configuration This features All what is needed to record a voice i e a microphone is used with Input 1 and th...

Page 23: ...Switch set to Inst Line Mic Switch set to Mic DJ EXTERNAL MIXER LINE 1 R LINE 1 L LINE 2 R LINE 2 L This setup can be used with the included NATIVE INSTRUMENTS product TRAKTOR 3 LE It allows you to ex...

Page 24: ...use your hardware mixer for DJing with your computer this setup is for you All connections between your mixer and other gear headphones amplifica tion system are those of a standard DJ setup The only...

Page 25: ...GUITAR RIG 3 LE putting a selection of great guitar amps and guitar specific effects into your com puter This setup shows you how to play them from your electric guitar You can use a microphone at the...

Page 26: ...Controller at the proper time To start the installation insert the AUDIO KONTROL 1 CD into the optical drive Open the Windows Explorer the Finder on the Mac and double click the CD to see the files o...

Page 27: ...nstalled the Service Center as part of another product by NATIVE INSTRUMENTS a second installation is not necessary After you confirmed your selection of packages by going to the next page of the inst...

Page 28: ...Once the driver is instal led you can access the settings as follows Within the Mapping Application click on the Driver Button at the top right of the window From the Mac OS X operating system adjust...

Page 29: ...second MIDI input output pair The first MIDI pair can be used to access the hardware ports Activate them if you want to control your software with external MIDI gear e g a master keyboard or if you wa...

Page 30: ...NTROL 1 MIDI Out 1 respectively Click OK to close the Sounds and Audio Devices dialog 4 3 3 Using AUDIO KONTROL 1 as the default audio interface in Mac OS X To use AUDIO KONTROL 1 as your default audi...

Page 31: ...t use ASIO to connect to your audio interface For detailed explanations please refer to the respective operation manual 4 3 5 Configuring Logic with AUDIO KONTROL 1 Core Audio To configure Logic 7 Pro...

Page 32: ...or modern keyboards refer to the manual that came with your MIDI keyboard So much for the physical part In addition the Mapping Application should be running as it loads automatically when the system...

Page 33: ...n the KORE PLAYER installation folder on your computer s hard disk In the following we will use some terms that refer to certain elements and function alities available in KORE PLAYER If all these ter...

Page 34: ...arding KORE PLAYER s audio and MIDI connections will open In the Audio and MIDI Settings dialog click the MIDI Tab to select the MIDI Page and show the available MIDI devices and their respective stat...

Page 35: ...ers is organized into the so called Controller Pages A single Controller Page is a full set of assignments for the four Controllers in the four Layers If this sounds new to you we recommend you to rea...

Page 36: ...uttons 5 or 6 respectively To load the KORE PLAYER Controller Page for AUDIO KONTROL 1 do the fol lowing Bring the Mapping Application to the front in your operating system double click the applicatio...

Page 37: ...tton Now turn the AUDIO KONTROL 1 s Knob while you play some notes and listen how the sound changes as the Sound Variation Morph moves across the Sound Variation Grid Press the Right Button to move th...

Page 38: ...se than the Tempo Knob that you see on each Deck With the Left Button still held down the Middle and Right Buttons are the Play and Cue Buttons for Deck A respectively There s no need to grab the mous...

Page 39: ...to program your own Controller Pages in sections 6 2 and 6 3 and you can find all info about it in section 7 4 4 5 3 Controlling GUITAR RIG LE We will now move to another musical world the electric g...

Page 40: ...setup utilizing a computer and software has some serious advantages if compared to a guitar directly plugged into an amplifier it s really easy to take all your favorite amps and effects with you in a...

Page 41: ...coming signal level at this input If there is no signal present at this input the LED is off If there is an incoming signal at an acceptable level the LED lights green If the incoming signal level is...

Page 42: ...ical outputs used on the AUDIO KONTROL 1 s hardware in our case Outputs 1 and 2 The Audio is now ready to use You can turn all relevant levels up again but don t touch the Line Input Sensitivity Knob...

Page 43: ...udio and MIDI Settings from GUITAR RIG 3 LE s File menu Select the MIDI Tab and activate both input ports of AUDIO KONTROL 1 by clicking their Off labels If the labels already read On for both inputs...

Page 44: ...op Application Control Bar the first Button is labeled either Assign or Display If you see Display click on it to switch to the Display View If you see Assign then leave it as you are already where we...

Page 45: ...the window called the Information Area displays the assignments for that Controller As shown on the Mapping Application this Page is quite simple It implements only four controls corresponding to the...

Page 46: ...assume here that you are using Winamp on your PC or iTunes on your Mac Of course if you are using another audio player you can create one or several User Page s to control it from AUDIO KONTROL 1 s h...

Page 47: ...s via the Controller Knob and the three Buttons With no Button pressed The Controller Knob controls the volume The Left Button doesn t do anything see below The Middle Button is the Start Button The R...

Page 48: ...hese four quickstarts showed you the basics of AUDIO KONTROL 1 But the next section will explain some more complex situations in which AUDIO KONTROL 1 can considerably improve both efficiency and qual...

Page 49: ...ONTROL 1 s Remote Control and we will start here from that point If you feel unsure about anything don t hesitate to get back to the previous sections or to look in the Reference Section later in this...

Page 50: ...TROL 1 Please have a look into your microphone s documentation if you are not sure whether to use phantom power or not Using the incorrect setting might damage the microphone Don t forget to engage th...

Page 51: ...For other recording capable software please refer to their operation manu als The basic recording functions are generally quite similar in all of them We want to specify in the recording software that...

Page 52: ...will set up one mono track for the voice being recorded plus one or several other audio MIDI tracks for the playback material Your main project window should look more or less like this 6 1 3 Monitor...

Page 53: ...ecome problematic in some situations To enable the voice track monitoring you need to activate its Monitor button on the Mixer in the main project window or in the track s Inspector Note that Cubase L...

Page 54: ...will light up depending on your settings in the Mapping Application see below Engage the Monitor Mono Stereo Switch next to it so that you can hear the voice on both output channels In the Mapping Ap...

Page 55: ...ough your recording software you won t be able to apply any EQ or effects to it To activate ASIO Direct Monitoring open the Device Setup dialog in the Devices menu and use the Direct Monitoring checkb...

Page 56: ...will be singing Then do the following First turn the Mic Knob all the way down Turn it up slowly so that you see the green LED on the hardware s top panel comes on until the LED starts turning red At...

Page 57: ...6 2 Controlling a Sequencer Creating Assignments with Key Commands We will now look at two other cases in which AUDIO KONTROL 1 s Remote Control allows you to pilot your music software as you wish Th...

Page 58: ...he Left Button pressed The Controller Knob still controls the MIDI Continuous Controller 1 The Middle Button now controls the Cycle On Off commands shortcut on the numeric keypad The Right Button sets...

Page 59: ...he particular assignment for the corresponding Controller Controller Knob Left Middle or Right Button Let s start by clicking on the Main tab on the left Not surprisingly in the column labeled Left Bu...

Page 60: ...t key commands are handled slightly different on Windows XP and Mac OS X Refer to section 7 3 4 for more information Now click on the Left tab This tab shows you the mappings for the Controllers when...

Page 61: ...levant modifier keys here the Key text fields stay un changed but you see that the box Shift is now activated both in the left and right sections Check that the target is set correctly i e that the ap...

Page 62: ...tion offers several advantages You don t need to configure any MIDI controllers you don t necessarily have any either Your Remote Control is always next to your computer and its controls are right ben...

Page 63: ...igure its MIDI input ports Because we won t be repeating all the details every time we recommend that you read the previous Use Case and the former quickstarts to get used to the terminology Layers ta...

Page 64: ...ation by clicking the Assign Button in the window s top Application Control Bar if the Button is not visible don t worry you already are in the Assign View In the upper Selection Area you can see all...

Page 65: ...to increment decrement the value of the Control Change CC specified by the following Controller menu In our case the CC value is 24 corresponding to the Sound Variation Morph s horizontal left right m...

Page 66: ...y are defined You will notice that all Button assignments are in Trigger mode and moreover that only the Press state left part of the Definition Area is defined In other words press ing any Button doe...

Page 67: ...th the effects parameters To do this bring the Mapping Application to the front open the Page Select menu by clicking on it and select the Page MIDI Demo Page The mappings in this Page can be summariz...

Page 68: ...trol Bar The Middle Button already is in Modifier mode so we don t have to change it In the upper Selection Area click on the Middle Layer tab on the left Everything will take place in that Layer Now...

Page 69: ...nd a detailed description of all possible assignment parameters in the Reference section later in this manual For the moment the Controller Knob is assigned to CC 23 as shown by the Controller Number...

Page 70: ...how its as signment in the lower Definition Area The situation is quite similar with the former one but note that only the left part ie button s Press state is assigned This corresponds to our wish th...

Page 71: ...the step size for each press on the Left and Right Buttons by clicking on the Step Size at the bottom and selecting a smaller step size You can change the step value either by clicking on the two sma...

Page 72: ...e the Buttons assign ments thus simplifying the Page Let s try it as an exercise The Page should then look like this Knob Left Button Middle Button Right Button Main Layer Master Volume CC 7 Modifier...

Page 73: ...terfaces that other applications running on your system can use These inter faces like ASIO on Windows or Core Audio on OSX make it possible to use AUDIO KONTROL 1 from within another program e g a se...

Page 74: ...Mapping Application in the Application Control Bar via the Driver Button cf below 7 2 1 Driver Control Panel under Windows XP Presets Several Presets are included from minimal latency suitable for fa...

Page 75: ...dio buffer must be at least twice the USB latency Sample Rate Choose a sample rate that is compatible with your music applica tion Higher sample rates use more CPU load but have the potential to offer...

Page 76: ...and to be able to use it at maximum capacity it is necessary to explain the basic concepts of AUDIO KONTROL 1 s workflow concerning its remote controlling scheme Note that the remote control capacity...

Page 77: ...r Understands Them A hardware event is basically defined by two things the original hardware action for instance you turn the Controller Knob how it is understood by the Mapping Application for instan...

Page 78: ...ssing or releasing the Button does not create any event Instead the settings for all other Controllers are modified as long as the Button is held Obviously it cannot modify itself This is similar to a...

Page 79: ...e events and as many corresponding software events The picture below illustrates this concept of Layers Different configurations of modifiers Configuration with 0 modifiers upper left Each Controller...

Page 80: ...g pairs of hardware events the Controller Knob and the Right Button in our case If we press the Left Button we reach the Left Button Layer which contains other assignments for the three other Controll...

Page 81: ...s of possible hardware events in this configuration with all Buttons set to Modifier mode Example If this configuration with three Buttons as modifiers still seems strange to you look at this small ex...

Page 82: ...sage Key Commands simulate an action on the computer keyboard in the target appli cation commonly called a keyboard shortcut for that application Note that even if the target application is minimized...

Page 83: ...we ve just learned about the remote control signal flow The AUDIO KONTROL 1 hardware transmits your commands in the form of hard ware actions These hardware actions are transformed into hardware event...

Page 84: ...ribe it in the manual Learning by doing by manual reading is the key to success The Mapping Application offers two view modes the Display View and the Assign View Both share the Application Control Ba...

Page 85: ...lready existing or to Cancel and choose another name Delete Page This entry is inactive if a Factory Page is loaded If a User Page is loaded it brings up a warning dialog asking for confirmation with...

Page 86: ...INSTRUMENTS website 7 4 2 The Application Control Bar The Application Control Bar is always visible It contains the Mapping Application global commands like switching between both Views managing your...

Page 87: ...l available pages At the top there are the User Pages They are followed by the Factory Pages which are separated by a small line If there are no User Pages e g because you did not create save one yet...

Page 88: ...umber 7 4 3 The Display View The Display View allows you to see what the current assignations are for the four Controllers on your AUDIO KONTROL 1 top panel If the Display View is not active click on...

Page 89: ...uman interaction with a Controller induces a hardware action that is translated by the Driver into a hardware event itself transformed by the Mapping Application into a software event sent to the corr...

Page 90: ...al Layer Tabs The Controller Areas represent the four Controllers Controller Knob and Left Middle and Right Buttons Each of them displays the Hardware Event Mode of that Controller e g Toggle Rotate a...

Page 91: ...re Event Mode for the Controller It contains the entries Toggle Trigger and Modifier for the Buttons For the Controller Knob it is always set to Rotate and cannot be modified since it is the only mode...

Page 92: ...es that can be as signed to the Hardware Event chosen in the upper Selection Area These are Off The mapping for this Hardware Event is de activated Key Sends a Key Command that simulates an action on...

Page 93: ...tatus window active or not window displayed or not minimized or hidden etc does not interfere with this selection To the right of the Program menu a Browse Button brings up a file browser dialog box t...

Page 94: ...key release immediately af terwards the release is only generated when the knob stops moving Thus the key is held until the rotation ends Due to this structure the Continuous Switch can only be activa...

Page 95: ...entry in this menu the area below displays relevant dedicated elements The menu provides the following entries Note Sends a MIDI Note On message Two dropdown menus specify the message s pitch and velo...

Page 96: ...ies the message s Controller Number Three additional value fields specify the step size it can be negative and the minimum and maximum values that the controller can use higher or lower values are cut...

Page 97: ...decreased Previous Program It can be used to continuously step through a plug in s patches If you change the program number in the target application by another means with the mouse for example the in...

Page 98: ...that can then be played back directly from the hardware Clicking on the Learn switch activates the MIDI Learn mode The Mapping Application then listens to messages on the driver s MIDI stream allowing...

Page 99: ...ge along with the Mapping Application These products provide their own dedicated documentation that can be found within their respective installation directories You can also use the links placed with...

Page 100: ...hardware is connected to a USB 2 0 port on your computer Make sure you are connecting directly to a USB port on the computer and not through a USB hub Try another USB cable Disconnect any other USB de...

Page 101: ...find the helper applications Audio Statistics and Control Panel Make sure that the AUDIO KONTROL 1 is connected to the computer and open the Control Panel If all the drop down menus are grayed out i...

Page 102: ...nd If no device is found the Control Panel values will appear grayed out If the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS USB Audio Control Panel icon is missing here the driver is probably not installed at all If the drive...

Page 103: ...different cable if you are experiencing difficulties make sure to use a cable bearing the official USB logo 8 2 3 Using a powered USB 2 0 hub It is best to connect the AUDIO KONTROL 1 directly to a US...

Page 104: ...Start menu the application s folder on Mac OS X If this does not help i e the Mapping Application is running but you cannot use the remote functionality the problem might be caused by a non establish...

Page 105: ...supply of your notebook computer is not connected your setup may still be vulner able to ground noise from an external device with its own power supply The cause can also be any other device such as...

Page 106: ...e a ground lift switch on them this can be used to break the ground loop and eliminate the noise A DI box is especially recommended if your mixer has unbalanced inputs only 8 5 How to Use AUDIO KONTRO...

Page 107: ...OL 1 connected In case your Computer is unable to handle glitch free audio processing the tool will show you red latency bars and report this in the box on the bottom Run it with both settings AUDIO K...

Page 108: ...t you don t need while you are working with AUDIO KONTROL 1 Thus the computer does not need to handle superfluous devices Beside that laptops often are equipped with built in devices that disturb au d...

Page 109: ...disable devices that are indispensable for your laptop to work properly Here is a list of devices that you should not deactivate System timer Keyboard System CMOS real time clock Microsoft ACPI Compli...

Page 110: ...AUDIO KONTROL 1 110 9 Appendix 9 1 Technical Specifications and Block Diagram...

Page 111: ...anced Full Scale Level at maximum Gain 2 dBu Maximum Input Level 16 dBu SNR weighted 100 dB THD N 0 006 Frequency Response 20 20000 Hz 0 0 5 dB Mic Input Input Impedance 4 8 kOhms balanced Full Scale...

Page 112: ...eighted 100 dB THD N 0 006 Frequency Response 20 20000 Hz 0 0 5 dB Audio Outputs D A Channels 4 Sample Rate 44 1 48 96 192 kHz Bit Resolution 16 24 Bit Converter Cirrus Logic Line Outputs Output Imped...

Page 113: ...V rms 100 mW 100 Ohms SNR weighted 102 5 dB THD N 60 Ohms 0 006 Frequency Response 20 20000 Hz 0 0 5 dB Other Interfaces Interface to computer USB 2 bus powered MIDI 1 Input 1 Output Control Elements...

Page 114: ...Volume 0 127 8 Balance 0 127 9 Undefined 0 127 10 Pan 0 127 11 Expression Controller 0 127 12 Effect Control 1 0 127 13 Effect Control 2 0 127 14 Undefined 0 127 15 Undefined 0 127 16 General Purpose...

Page 115: ...l 5 Portamento Time 0 127 38 LSB for Control 6 Data Entry 0 127 39 LSB for Control 7 Channel Volume 0 127 40 LSB for Control 8 Balance 0 127 41 LSB for Control 9 Undefined 0 127 42 LSB for Control 10...

Page 116: ...0 127 60 LSB for Control 28 Undefined 0 127 61 LSB for Control 29 Undefined 0 127 62 LSB for Control 30 Undefined 0 127 63 LSB for Control 31 Undefined 0 127 64 Damper Pedal on off Sustain 63 off 64 o...

Page 117: ...0 127 82 General Purpose Controller 7 0 127 83 General Purpose Controller 8 0 127 84 Portamento Control 0 127 85 Undefined 86 Undefined 87 Undefined 88 Undefined 89 Undefined 90 Undefined 91 Effects 1...

Page 118: ...107 Undefined 108 Undefined 109 Undefined 110 Undefined 111 Undefined 112 Undefined 113 Undefined 114 Undefined 115 Undefined 116 Undefined 117 Undefined 118 Undefined 119 Undefined The Controller nu...

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