Fix 2 Annoying Kontakt Problems (Virtual Orchestra)
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- čas přidán 4. 08. 2024
- Here are 2 free Kontakt scripts I made to fix transposition (without breaking keyswitches) and control a keyswitch with a MIDI CC controller instead. See them in action fixing a couple annoying things with Cinematic Studio Strings.
🔗 GET THESE 2 KONTAKT SCRIPTS
github.com/barndollarmusic/ko...
These scripts are useful for any Kontakt library that uses keyswitches (not just the Cinematic Studio series), and they work even with locked libraries.
⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:42 SCRIPT #1 - Transpose Range
02:01 Don’t Break Keyswitches
03:10 SETUP Instructions
04:51 Per-Channel Transposition
06:03 SCRIPT #2 - CC Split to Keyswitch
▶️ VIDEOS I MENTIONED
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• BOTH! Best Way to Mana...
If you’re following along with Cinematic Studio Strings and also want to remap your keyswitches down the bottom of the MIDI range, *Shift+Click* on an articulation tile or assignable switch and then press the MIDI note you want to reassign it to. - Hudba
CORRECTION UPDATE: For anyone who installed these scripts before 18 Jun 2024, the Transpose Range script was completely missing the Channels selection box! This is fixed now, so please re-save the updated version if you're missing that.
github.com/barndollarmusic/kontakt-tools/blob/main/transpose-range/README.md
THIS SCRIPT GIVES SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY!!!!
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dude you just solved the biggest problem I've had with Kontakt, thank you!
Awesome, glad this was useful!
Nice scripts. Thanks!
Sure thing, hope you find them useful too!
Fantastic video. Thank You. If i may would be really great if You could make som kind of simillar video about CSS Control Panel. How to configure it properly ect. Im new with CSS and still search some ideas to fix this latency problems. That would be incredible helpfull for many. Thank You in advance. Greetings
Thanks! I personally don't use any latency "fixes" other than negative track delays (for short articulations only), but I am planning a deeper dive into Cinematic Studio libraries sometime soon, so I'll probably talk about a few ways to approach that including other scripts.
@@barndollarmusic Thank you very much for your answer. The css series is also new to me. But seeing and hearing what results it still gives after so many years I decided to take Strings and solo strings. They are indeed fantastic. Unfortunately their biggest drawback is these latency problems (I work in cubase) I know that the CSS Control panel can help but unfortunately I don't really know how to configure it properly. I think that once I get over this problem , I will immediately pick up the rest of the CS series without hesitation.
Eric, your videos are outstanding and I love the music you've composed! Congratulations! I'm trying to install your "transpose range" script and I'm getting an error on the last line, "set_event_par($EVENT_ID, $EVENT_PAR_MIDI_BYTE_1, $new_key)". Any ideas what's going on there?
So sorry I somehow missed this, Peter -- I haven't hit that myself, wondering if you ever figured out what was happening? If you have more details like particular error messages or how you configured, when the error shows up, etc. I'm happy to try and help figure out. (I also have an email contact on my website, if that's easier than YT comments). And appreciate the kind words!
I attempted to use your transpose script in Reaper but ran into some problems probably because my template is different to the one you're using. I only have the Kontakt Player and my template uses a single instance of Kontakt containing every CSS instrument. Therefore when I apply your transpose script it affects every instrument, not only the one I want to apply it to. For example if I make the octave adjustment for say basses this appears above every other instrument. I think the problem originates from the fact that my Kontakt Player menu display lacks a channel selection box. Without this I'm unable to restrict a transpose instruction to an individual instrument. Is the channel selection box missing from the kps script? As a footnote I should mention that I've acted on your suggestion re. keyswitch location and purchased a Nektar Impact LX25+. It has really made a big dfference to my workflow.
Hi Andy, MIDI channel controls should all be there (within Kontakt Player and in both of the scripts). How do you control the instruments separately, 1st Violins on channel 1, 2nd Violins on channel 2, etc.? If yes, then that's the channel assignment piece in Kontakt Player. (If not or you don't see channel assignment there, click on the "i" button next to the camera to show channel controls for each instrument). Then if you have Basses on channel 5 for example, you would also select channel 5 within the Transpose Range script in the rightmost "Channel(s)" dropdown menu. Let me know if any of that doesn't work (and tell me a little more about how you have the instruments set up). Glad to hear the keyswitch workflow has been helpful!
In my Reaper project for CSS the channel selection box appears in your second script but not the first (Transform). Yes I have each instrument on a separate channel. The single instance Kontakt template I use is from the Reaper Blog, So I only have the instruments on separate channels, not the individual articulations (YET!). Somehow I need to be able to select the channel to which I need to apply your script so your channel box is what I need to make this work. Alternatively I could separate those instruments that demand octave adjustment and give them their own tracks and script. I can't see any selection option in the rightmost box. In fact only the word "empty" appears and when I click to find a dropdown option nothing appears. Related to the second script, am I right in assuming that the button of say Con Sordino won't physically move. It's only the effect/sound that will change?
@@andyhyner9467 Many months late, but I finally realized I had uploaded an older version of the script to GitHub that was completely missing the Channels dropdown! Sorry for the confusion. Corrected version is now on GitHub here: github.com/barndollarmusic/kontakt-tools/blob/main/transpose-range/README.md