L Hall Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 (edited) I've created a keyswitch macro which sends program changes to Bank Instruments in Kontakt 2. You can just pull programs into the Bank and start switching away. Much faster than creating keyswitches within Kontakt! Caveats: 1) you must make sure that Kontakt is set to "omni" 2) you won't have the fader in the arrange page. Perhaps someone can figure out a better way to insert it into an Audio Instrument. This is set up for 8 programs for keys C0 thru G0. But once you figure out how it works, you can easily adjust it for more channels or different keys. Kontakt Keyswitcher fixed.LSO Edited January 9, 2007 by L Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Hall Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 Okay, here's the problem with this template. I have a filter in it that prevents the "note off" from returning the program back to default. This works fine until you record a track. Although the "note off" isn't recorded into the track, Logic seems to assume a "note off" at the end of the duration of the note. Thus when the keyswitch note ends, the program changes back to "01" until the next keyswitch is hit. I really hope someone will take a look at this and see if they can figure out how to get around this. Much thanks, Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Hall Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 Okay, I think I have this working now. Because logic inserts a meta of the "note off", I included a meta filter. The result of this is that you can't use slot one in Kontakt's instrument bank. Not really a big deal. The great thing is that you can shuffle your patches around quickly until you have everything set up the way you want and then save the instrument bank. I hope someone will try this out and let me know what they think. L Hall Kontakt Keyswitcher fixed.LSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieH Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 I've downloaded and tried this out quickly. It seems to work as stated. Thanks for setting it up. I'll let you know how it does in practice. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Hall Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 I've downloaded and tried this out quickly. It seems to work as stated. Thanks for setting it up.I'll let you know how it does in practice. J Cool Jamie. Let me know if you have any questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Hall Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 Here is the latest version of my keyswitcher for K2. You'll find two versions here: One is for C0- B0 and the other is for C5-B5 (good for arcos and the like). Leave slot #1 in your instrument bank empty. C0 and C5 will switch you to slot #2. LH-K2 Kyswtch-low-high.LSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene-g Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Is there I file that can be downloaded to see your solution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 You need to login to see the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene-g Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Got the file. Thanks, David! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmhuud Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Hi, Is this using Kontakt2 as stand alone? --t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Hall Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 no, it's for use within Logic and Kontakt 2 as a plugin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Hi Mr Hall I just want to say thanks very much for this macro really great work. happy holidays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Hall Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 Just saw this Topaz - hadn't been here in a while. You're very welcome. Glad it's coming in useful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versamina Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 L.Hall-This Macro is a lifesaver-well done & thanks-I've been headscratching trying to get LASS in Kontakt3.5 to conform to my Keyswitching and cc templates and this sorted everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Hall Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 You are most welcome. I'm thrilled that people are still finding this and finding it usefull! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaumepardalito Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Hi! This is what I really need to work with my LASS Library, but, sorry, I can't make it work. I can't understand the setup in a new project in Logic 9. Please, can you help me? Thank's a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Hall Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 Hi, Well I'm still using Logic 8, but I assume the setup will be similar. 1) In the Environment mixer view, cable the macro to an audio instrument. Name the macro an appropriate name like: Violin II KY ( I always add KY to denote that it's the keyswitch macro). 2) In Kontakt, open an instrument bank and load in the patches you want. Don't put any patches in the first slot. For the Kontakt midi channel, select "omni". 3) In the arrange page, shift/click on a track and assign it to your macro (Violin II KY). You won't see the fader in the inspector anymore. 4) Still in the arrange page, before playing notes, select some other track and then come back to the macro track and select it. Now you should hear your patch playing. The keyswitch notes are C0- G0. Hope that helps. I've been using it for LASS lately. The nice thing with LASS is that I find I don't need to load as many patches in as I did with my previous library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaumepardalito Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Thank's! It works for me. Thank you for your time. I'll be testing hardly this setup with LASS. It's hard working to make it sound well with my VI Special Edition. Jaume G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Hall Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 Great! Glad you got it working. Happy writing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erigor Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Hello! It works wonderful, but the only way I can think of to import the keyswitcher to a new logic project, is to copy it from your project into my new one. Is there a way to save this macro in Logic, in the prefernces for instance, so you can call it up when you open a new project? (I,m using logic 9 on imac dualcore, 4gig ram and kontakt 3) Kind regards Göran Ericsson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Hall Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 Hmm, I wouldn't think you could save it in preferences, but maybe David has some thoughts. I just have a bunch of them saved in each of my templates and cable them as needed. I suspect copy/paste is probably the easiest way to get started, though. Glad it's working for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lscmusic Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Thanks for your work. It is Great! I have two questions. Since I have to set midi port to omni, It's not possible to have more than one bank per one kontakt instance.. Right? I like to have a keyswitch from c-2 (using second keyboard) So I did unpack macro and change note. but key input was not working since I unpack macro. So I have to make physical input to connect to monitor? and should I have to make a new macro to pack it again after edit? I'm new to logic.. so please understand if my question was stupid. also my poor english...^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lscmusic Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Double post... sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Hall Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 HI LCS, Yes, you can only have one bank per instance of Kontakt. As for the other question, it's a bit hard for me to answer right now because I'm out on the road away from my gear. But I do remember that if you unpack the macro, you have to be very carefully about re-cabling everything as it first was after you make any changes. It's a bit hard for me to remember all the details because it's been a long time ago that I created this. But just be very detailed in restoring everything and hopefully you'll be alright. Perhaps someone else who has been using this with immediate access can help as well. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogoandrei Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Great great great! I am using this like nothing else in this world. Congratulations! I have a question... how can I edit the macro itself? I would like to adapt it to a diferent range, say C4-B4. Is it possible? I tried for some hours in the environment but could not get the hang of it... THX! ---- Hey, never mind... I found out you can unpack the macro! =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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