Kontakt Multi Script for simple keyswitching

[Thomas Mavian]

I beleive this is one of the great uses I have of AI, in my case Googles Gemini.

I recently found an instrument called Wildmother's Dulcimer on Pianobook. A beautiful instrument. Crammed it into my newly created VEPro 8 template and was a bit sad that I needed two tracks in Cubase to get both the Hammered and the Tremolo patch.

Asked Gemini for a simple keyswitch script and after a few trial and errors I now have four.

It loads as a KSP Multi script. All incoming MIDI channels to Kontakt can be used but the instruments need to be setup as recieving from MIDI Channel 1, 2 (and 3 if you want the "x3" version).

From your DAW of choice setup a keyswitch on C-2 with different velocities.

For the "x2" scripts it's simply 0-63 for MIDI channel 1 and 64-127 for MIDI channel 2.

For the "x3" scripts it's 0-42 for MIDI channel 1, 43-85 for MIDI channel 2 and 86-127 is MIDI channel 3.

Both versions have a "Seamless" variant which when a keyswitch comes it doesn't kill the note, it keeps ringing until it is released even if new notes are coming in to the switched instrument.

Works like a charm.

Link to the scripts: Simple Keyswitch KSP Script

Enjoy...

[My name is Nobody]

Without taking away from your joy & effort, Orangtree samples still has it’s multscript for keyswitching online as well

https://www.orangetreesamples.com/blog/ ... ultiscript

[Thomas Mavian]

Awesome! Didn't know about that one. No worries, my joy still lasts. Have been trying to do a few new versions as well but this one sure has an edge.

Thanks!

[tack]

There's also FlexRouter, something I route some years back which still works in Kontakt:

https://github.com/jtackaberry/flexrouter

It's quite sophisticated though, so probably not for the faint of heart.

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[Thomas Mavian]

Another one, nice. Will check it out.

And to further diminish my joy I also found out that the Wildmother's Dulcimer exists in a version 2 which has the tremolo patch controlled by the sustain pedal.