How to Script KEY SWITCHES for Your Kontakt Instrument!

[@AlanRigdon]

Please keep making Kontakt scripting videos. You’re like the only KZbinr that goes into detail. Also, would love more keyswitching videos. This method didn't work for my application because I have another script for round robins running making sure one group doesn't activate twice in a row. Also having trouble scripting multiple groups to play during a keyswitch.

[@StephenOConnellCmdShiftNew]

Ah yes, the old round robin hiccup that can happen. I often use the cycle round robin to make it a bit more predictable and then you can code the keyswitches more successfully. I'll add it to my list of videos to do! Thanks and I'm glad you are enjoying my videos!

[@herveorus7432]

many thanks for this video. I was not aware it was possiblle to program kontakt. Seems not that complex, just programing. please add more video like this. Thanks again

[@flyme-z7b]

I wish the maker of the library or NI would have a simple 'switch' to disable existing keyswitches. I like to create 'split keyboard patches' with piano on the left and cello on the right for working out my arrangements. The problem is that the keyswitches for the cello ('Tina Guo Cello Legato' in this case) get in the way as they are located within my chosen range for the piano. Can you offer any ideas for how I might solve this?

[@Masood-k8g]

Hello Stephen, thank you for your video. I would like to know how to create a library for mainstage 3? I have new virtual musical instruments and would like to add them to mainstage. They were in zip format and I unpacked them. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Masood

[@santoshgujar5237]

✨Thank you, Sir, 🙏✨

[@WinItReigns]

Can you do a video on using spitfire libraries, how you do multiple articulations, and what it looks like inside your session.😊

[@StephenOConnellCmdShiftNew]

Great idea, I'll add that to my list!

[@Metalpazallteway]

I wonder what would be a script for a hot key. In Chris Hein horns you can have a legato by default and then when you press a note down it will activate growls but when the key is not pressed it goes back to legato. I'd like to learn that script.

[@StephenOConnellCmdShiftNew]

Hmmm, off the top of my head it sounds like it would be an if function inside the on note callback. Something like if C1 is held down, activate this group. It would take a little bit to work out the details, but I think it would be using a conditional code format like that, I'd say. You could have the growls in their own group and then use the disallow_group and allow_group commands to activate it and deactivate it. You could also use the on release callback so that when the key is released it will deactivate the group. So maybe something like this (untested, might need tweaks): on note if ($EVENT_NOTE = 24) allow_group(0) end if end on on release if ($EVENT_NOTE = 24) dissallow_group(0) end if end on Would probably need to be factored a lot more in to your script's setup and the group index is dependant on how you have set up your groups, but something along these lines might help. Hope that helps.

[@MichalTomsik]

Video molto utile grazie, vorrei capire come faccio attivare con tasto (28) E0 tutti gruppi?

[@StephenOConnellCmdShiftNew]

Hey, great question. You should be able to follow the same principles and use the allow_group($ALL_GROUPS) when you use that key.

[@Maplefoxx-vl2ew]

I have a script someone gave me.. where is my user preset folder on my computer? can't find it. where do i copy their file to on my pc?

[@StephenOConnellCmdShiftNew]

Hey, I'm not too sure what you mean, if you have been given a script file (a .txt or .ksp) then you would need to copy the text into the script editor of the instrument in Kontakt. Otherwise, if you have been given a .nki file, you can store that anywhere on your computer, but to load it you can just drag it into an empty Kontakt window and it should load the instrument (provided you have all the other files like the samples folder).

[@Masood-k8g]

I use Kontakt 5

[@StephenOConnellCmdShiftNew]

Hey, from memory, I do think you can still use the same code to run this in Kontakt 5. Kontakt 5 just has different background settings and different effects, but otherwise most of the code is translatable.

[@MichalTomsik]

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