Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol A61 [108/183] Selecting and playing a scale

10.3 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 de-

fault 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 belong-

ing 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.

10.4 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.

Smart Play – Playing and Editing Scales and Chords

Selecting and Playing a Scale

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