Stefan Podell
07-20-2005, 10:09 AM
I am by no means a Kontakt expert, but here's a pretty straightforward way to make a custom (Kustom?) keyswitch. Let's say we're going to make a new 18V C0-D0 keyswitch containing these patches:
F 18V Exp
F 18V Marc Long
F 18V Pizz
I don't know why I chose those. I just did... :p Choose your own! :)
Okay, here we go.
Load each of the instruments that are going in the keyswitch -- in this example, the three listed above.
Click on the Load/Save button at the top of the K2 window and choose "new instrument"
Click on the wrench icon for the first instrument. F 18V Exp in this case.
Click on "Group Editor"
Select all the groups. You can probably do this by just shift-clicking on the last group, since the first group is already selected.
Click on the Group Editor's "Edit" button and choose "copy select group(s)"
Click the wrench again to get back to the instrument list
Click the wrench for the new instrument
Click on "Group Editor"
Click on the Group Editor's "Edit" button and choose "paste group(s) with samples"
Make sure the "Edit All Groups" button (it should be dark red)
Select each of the groups you just pasted in. In this example, there are three new groups: "f 18v exp piano 'on'", 'f 18v exp forte 'on'", and "f 18v exp 'rel'". Selecting means clicking on the check-box to the left of each group.
Click on "Group Start Options" just below the list of groups. You should see "Group Starts" followed by a button that says "always".
Click on "always" and choose "start on key"
Edit the two fields to the right of "if key is between". In this case, C0 is already in both fields. Make sure to use a key that isn't in the range of the instrument.
Click the wrench again to get back to the instrument list (skip this step the last time).
Repeat steps 3 through 16 for each additional instrument you want to add. The groups you copy will be different each time, and the "start on key" values will be different (for example, C#0, D0, ...)
Again, make sure the "Edit All Groups" button is dark.
Select the "Group 1" group. It was the default group when you created the instrument.
Click on the Group Editor's "Edit" button and choose "delete selected group(s)"
Click on the wrench to get back to the instrument list
Click on "EMPTY INSTRUMENT" and change the name to something more useful.
Click on "Load/Save" and choose "save >" and select the new instrument from the list.
It's a lot of steps, but most of it is repeated. And once you do this a couple of times, it becomes easier. Or it might, at any rate.
I hope that helps!
- Stefan
F 18V Exp
F 18V Marc Long
F 18V Pizz
I don't know why I chose those. I just did... :p Choose your own! :)
Okay, here we go.
Load each of the instruments that are going in the keyswitch -- in this example, the three listed above.
Click on the Load/Save button at the top of the K2 window and choose "new instrument"
Click on the wrench icon for the first instrument. F 18V Exp in this case.
Click on "Group Editor"
Select all the groups. You can probably do this by just shift-clicking on the last group, since the first group is already selected.
Click on the Group Editor's "Edit" button and choose "copy select group(s)"
Click the wrench again to get back to the instrument list
Click the wrench for the new instrument
Click on "Group Editor"
Click on the Group Editor's "Edit" button and choose "paste group(s) with samples"
Make sure the "Edit All Groups" button (it should be dark red)
Select each of the groups you just pasted in. In this example, there are three new groups: "f 18v exp piano 'on'", 'f 18v exp forte 'on'", and "f 18v exp 'rel'". Selecting means clicking on the check-box to the left of each group.
Click on "Group Start Options" just below the list of groups. You should see "Group Starts" followed by a button that says "always".
Click on "always" and choose "start on key"
Edit the two fields to the right of "if key is between". In this case, C0 is already in both fields. Make sure to use a key that isn't in the range of the instrument.
Click the wrench again to get back to the instrument list (skip this step the last time).
Repeat steps 3 through 16 for each additional instrument you want to add. The groups you copy will be different each time, and the "start on key" values will be different (for example, C#0, D0, ...)
Again, make sure the "Edit All Groups" button is dark.
Select the "Group 1" group. It was the default group when you created the instrument.
Click on the Group Editor's "Edit" button and choose "delete selected group(s)"
Click on the wrench to get back to the instrument list
Click on "EMPTY INSTRUMENT" and change the name to something more useful.
Click on "Load/Save" and choose "save >" and select the new instrument from the list.
It's a lot of steps, but most of it is repeated. And once you do this a couple of times, it becomes easier. Or it might, at any rate.
I hope that helps!
- Stefan