Installing the KOMPLETE KONTROL Instrument Racks
KOMPLETE KONTROL is loaded into Ableton Live in the form of an Instrument Rack. In order
to make the required Instrument Rack available in Ableton Live’s browser, it needs to be added
to your Ableton Live User Library:
1.
Navigate to the following folder:
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Native Instru-
ments/Host Integration/Ableton Live/
2.
Copy the
Komplete Kontrol VST.adg
file to the clipboard.
3.
Paste the file you have copied to the clipboard into your Ableton Live Instrument Rack
folder. By default this folder is located here:
Macintosh HD/Users/*Username*/Music/
Ableton/User Library/Presets/Instruments/Instrument Rack/
Configuring Ableton Live for KOMPLETE KONTROL
Once the MIDI Remote Script and the Instrument Rack file are installed in the correct loca-
tion, you need to add KOMPLETE KONTROL as a control surface in Ableton Live's preferences.
1.
Start Ableton Live.
2.
Open Ableton Live’s
Preferences
and go to the
MIDI
/
Sync
tab.
3.
Assign a free
Control Surface
slot to KOMPLETE KONTROL by selecting
Komplete Kontrol
MK2
from the drop-down menu.
4.
Leave both the
Input
and the
Output
for the
Komplete Kontrol
control surface set to
None.
Loading KOMPLETE KONTROL in Ableton Live
The KOMPLETE KONTROL stand-alone application must be opened once before using
the plug-in within your DAW for the first time, and after installing new Instruments.
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To load KOMPLETE KONTROL in Ableton Live, drag the KOMPLETE KONTROL Instru-
ment Rack from the browser to an empty MIDI track. You can find it here in the Ableton
Live browser:
Instruments/Instrument Rack/Komplete Kontrol VST.adg
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You are now ready to use KOMPLETE KONTROL within Ableton Live.
Setting up KOMPLETE KONTROL
Setting up Host Integration
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