{"id":653,"date":"2013-12-14T09:40:54","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T09:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/?p=653"},"modified":"2015-09-27T15:11:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T14:11:57","slug":"scriptorium-multiscripts-keyboard-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/scriptorium-multiscripts-keyboard-split\/","title":{"rendered":"Scriptorium : Multiscripts & Key Split"},"content":{"rendered":"

The main, perhaps obvious, difference is that Multi scripts are loaded and saved with a Multi, whereas Instrument scripts are loaded and saved within an Instrument.\u00a0\u00a0 But this also means that they are able to do and access slightly different things.\u00a0\u00a0 An Instrument script has access to the synthesis engine within the Instrument itself, you can adjust filters and so on.\u00a0\u00a0 A Multi has none of that, because it lives on a higher level of the structure.\u00a0\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t really \u201cknow\u201d what Instruments are within it, and is only able to adjust incoming MIDI data itself.\u2028\u2028\u00a0 But this is useful for some functions that are not so convenient to do within an Instrument.<\/p>\n

It’s very important to remember that you cannot use a Multi script as an Instrument script, nor vice versa<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 They will each only work if in their proper location.\u00a0 Multi scripts have the same extension as Instrument scripts (.NKP) which sometimes adds to the confusion, so be sure you know what type of script you\u2019re dealing with before you try to install it.<\/p>\n

Multi scripts also need to be in a different directory than Instrument scripts, they live here:<\/p>\n

\/ Documents \/ Native Instruments \/ Kontakt 4 \/ presets \/ multiscripts \/<\/em><\/p>\n

Once you’ve downloaded a new Multiscript from somewhere, drop it into that folder and re-start Kontakt.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You then need to open the Multiscript window by clicking on the little \u201cpaper scroll\u201d icon at the top right of the Kontakt window.<\/p>\n

Then using the Preset menu on the far left, you can then choose Presets from the \u201cuser\u201d submenu, which will list everything you\u2019ve put in your \u201cmultiscripts\u201d folder.<\/p>\n

KEYBOARD SPLIT<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve had several emails requesting this function, so here\u2019s our version of a handy Multi script.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it\u2019s convenient to have one sound on the upper part of your keyboard and a completely different sound on the lower part.\u00a0\u00a0 Live players often need this kind of feature, and many controller keyboards have this functionality built in.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you don\u2019t have a controller keyboard that can do it, it can be a bit tedious to edit all your Instruments to the range you want, and also to transpose them how you need, etc.<\/p>\n

Multi scripting is ideal for this kind of job.\u00a0\u00a0 All the script does is check the incoming note, if it\u2019s above the split point it\u2019s routed to one MIDI channel, if it\u2019s below the split point it\u2019s routed to another.\u00a0 This means you can have two Instruments loaded in Kontakt, on different MIDI channels, and arrange these as you like on the keyboard.<\/p>\n

\"Keyboard_Split_Grab\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll notice in the screen grab that you can adjust the split point (default middle C).\u00a0 You can also shift the octave of the upper and lower sections of the keyboard, which is handy for getting each sound in the desired range.\u00a0 I\u2019ve layered a Broken Wurli lead type sound with a Novachord Pad in the above example, and for my purposes I wanted to play the Novachord an octave up from my left hand\u2019s input, so I set the left knob to +1.<\/p>\n

Controllers (Mod Wheel, Aftertouch, Pitch Bend, etc) are by definition \u201cchannel wide\u201d, so you can\u2019t route these based on an input pitch.\u00a0\u00a0 The last menu on the right allows you to choose one of three options for the controllers.\u00a0 They can be routed to the Upper or Lower Instrument, or both.<\/p>\n

If you save a multi, the settings of this script will be saved with the multi.\u00a0\u00a0 But remember that this script is not saved with the Instruments included in the multi at all.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve left this script unlocked, so curious users can have a look at how it works, and edit it if they like.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s conceivable, for example, to edit this script so that each individual note could be set to any output note and MIDI channel, thus allowing you to build large Multi drum kits from many Kontakt Instruments.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I may do that in a future example.<\/p>\n

DOWNLOAD THE SCRIPT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the first post in our KSP series that involves a Multi script, so I thought I\u2019d take the time here to explain briefly what a Multi script is and how it\u2019s different from the Instrument scripts we\u2019ve been dealing with so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[24,25,26,12,27,16],"class_list":["post-653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-script","tag-keyboard-split","tag-keysplit","tag-kontakt","tag-ksp","tag-multiscript","tag-script-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1824,"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions\/1824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soniccouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}