Old 08-20-2016, 04:06 PM   #1
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I use an old Ensoniq ESQ-1as a midi controller with Reaper. It has 61 keys but no function to shift the position of middle C up or down by octaves. As a result with many instruments, in Kontakt for example, the upper and lower 88 key keyboard functions are unavailable. Is there any way to make this work through software, perhaps as a setting in Kontakt? Thanks.
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Old 08-21-2016, 01:35 AM   #2
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I use an old Ensoniq ESQ-1as a midi controller with Reaper. It has 61 keys but no function to shift the position of middle C up or down by octaves. As a result with many instruments, in Kontakt for example, the upper and lower 88 key keyboard functions are unavailable. Is there any way to make this work through software, perhaps as a setting in Kontakt?
You could for instance:

(o) use MIDI Tranpose in Kontakt's Instrument Options
(o) Or use a MIDI-Transpose plugin like JS: MIDI Transpose or JS: MIDI Router/Tranpose
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Old 08-22-2016, 05:19 AM   #3
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You could for instance:

(o) use MIDI Tranpose in Kontakt's Instrument Options
(o) Or use a MIDI-Transpose plugin like JS: MIDI Transpose or JS: MIDI Router/Tranpose
Yeah, that doesn't really work. I can transpose by an octave but I still can't access switches out of range of the 61 keys. I can only reach them via the Kontakt virtual keyboard. I need to shift middle C on the hardware keyboard to C2.
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Old 08-22-2016, 06:21 AM   #4
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Hi,
Have you tried using reacontrolmidi as an input effect?
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Old 08-24-2016, 02:17 PM   #5
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Thanks! That did it. I was transposing within Kontakt and that didn't work.
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