Native Instruments KONTAKT PLAYER Getting Started page 41

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If the level meters in the Instrument Header show no sign of activity when you press a
key, open the On-Screen Keyboard by clicking on the button labeled Keyb in the Main
Control panel. On it, you should see a range of keys with a blue tint; this is the active key
range of the Instrument. Make sure the notes you play are within that range.
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If you still don't hear anything despite the Instrument receiving your MIDI data, it might
be that this particular Instrument requires some other action in order to generate sound;
this may be the case with some specially scripted Instruments, or with Instruments that
offer some kind of expression control via continuous MIDI controllers. Refer to the docu-
mentation of your sample library or try out a different Instrument.
If the small icon next to the Midi Ch label doesn't light up when you press a key on your mas-
ter keyboard, the Instrument is not receiving your MIDI data. Here are some possible solutions:
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Check whether your master keyboard is turned on and the MIDI or USB cable that con-
nects it to the computer is correctly plugged in.
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Make sure the value displayed next to the Midi Ch label in the Instrument Header match-
es the port that your master keyboard is connected to, and the MIDI channel on which it
is sending data:
To be able to play an Instrument, its MIDI input port and channel have to be assigned correctly.
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The ports of your MIDI interface are designated with letters (starting with A), with each
port having 16 different channels. In a lot of cases, the correct channel will be A 1, which
is the default; however, it's entirely possible that your master keyboard is connected to a
different MIDI port or sending on a different channel. In that case, click on the value
displayed here and select the right port and channel from the drop-down menu that ap-
pears.
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If you're using KONTAKT in stand-alone mode, make sure that your MIDI hardware op-
tions are correctly set in the Options dialog. This process is described in section 2.1.3 of
this guide.
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If you're using KONTAKT as a plug-in within your sequencer or DAW application, make
sure that the sequencer is configured to forward incoming MIDI data to your KONTAKT
instance. For this, you may have to put the respective instrument track into "record" or
"monitor" mode. Refer to the documentation of your sequencer to find out how to set it
up for playing virtual instruments.
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