Activating the Scale Engine on the Keyboard
•
To switch on the Scale engine, press
SCALE
(
Edit
) in the Perform and Edit section on the
keyboard.
12.3. Selecting and Playing a Scale
To select and play a scale on the KOMPLETE KONTROL keyboard, follow these instructions:
1.
Press
SHIFT
+
SCALE
(
Edit
) to map the knobs of the Control section to the Scale engine
parameters.
2.
To select a scale, turn Knob 2 (
BANK
, by default set to
MAIN
) and Knob 3 (
TYPE
, by default
set to
MAJOR
) until you find a scale you like.
3.
To play the scale you selected, ensure that the
SCALE
(
Edit
) button is lit.
The keys on the keyboard are now mapped to the notes in the selected scale. Pressing any
unmapped key automatically activates the nearest mapped key so that only notes belonging
to the selected scales are being played back.
4.
To map the knobs to Instrument parameters again, press
PLUG-IN
. The Scale engine will
still be switched on.
If you selected Scale Type
CHROM
, all keys are mapped.
12.4. Playing Chords
You can play chords in the usual way by pressing any number of keys simultaneously (or send
multiple MIDI notes simultaneously from the host), but KOMPLETE KONTROL also lets you create
and play chords by using Smart Play.
To play multiple notes in a chord simultaneously, the loaded Instrument must be able
to handle polyphony.
To play a chord by only pressing a single key on the keyboard, follow these instructions:
1.
Press
SHIFT
+
SCALE
(
Edit
) to map the knobs of the Control section to the Scale engine
parameters.
2.
To activate Chord mode, set
MODE
to
HARM
by turning Knob 5 (by default set to
OFF
).
3.
Define the intervals of your chord with the
TYPE
parameter by turning Knob 6 (by default set
to
1-3-5
).
4.
To enable playing full chords, ensure that the
SCALE
(
Edit
) button is lit.
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