How can I assign a slider to a pitch bend?

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I have in Kontakt, the pitch bend wheel controlling the pitch of a sound (the amount of bend range can be set, in my case -12 and +12).

I like to change the pitch gradually from -12 to +12 and vice versa, but the pitch bend wheel is not so comfortable as it has a dead spot in the middle. And in Kontakt, I cannot change the assigned controller.

What I would like is to make a slider or expression wheel widget, and connect it as if it is a pitch bend wheel. I cannot connect it to the Kontakt function directly as the pitch bend wheel is the ony selectable setting (and two others which seem also not appropriate for that task).

Is this possible (and how) ?

(I don’t want to assign the slider to the same CC as the pitch bend wheel, as in other songs I want to have it behave differently).

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Several ways to do this

  1. You could send CC messages from your controller and map them to pitch bend messages using the MIDI Filter plugin - define the min/max range via the Kontakt instrument

  2. If you’re using Kontakt, then you can get really cute by adding a new host automation parameter tied to the Tune function in Kontakt. Then map a slider in GP to that Tune host automation parameter and set the scaling in GP to control the min/max range

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  3. Use a scriptlet to convert a user defined parameter (in the scriptlet) to pitchbend messages that you can then send into Kontakt

I use #2 above myself

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Thanks again for such fast and good answer.

I will also use two and should have known myself to use this way …
But as beginner it’s sometimes hard ‘where’ to find the solution, in Gig Performer or in Kontakt (or another VST).

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My objective is to control the “Tune” function in a Kontakt instrument with a GP widget in order to quickly and precisely transpose in semitone or octave increments. My problem, after connecting the widget via a host parameter in Kontakt, seems to be in the difference in resolution between GP and the plugin.

The paired widget display in GP shows a return with up to 6 places to the right of the decimal point when adjusting the Tune knob in Kontakt. When creating a stepped value output map with the “Curve Designer” it seems that all values are rounded to 3 places to the right. The result when sending to Kontakt, depending upon the number of increments chosen, can be out of tune transpositions.

The best I have been able to do so far is to create one widget map with four steps which gives the transpositions -36, -12, +12, +36 semitones, plus second widget to reset to zero.

Is there a way to accomplish this please; would this be a candidate for a script instead?

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Curious. If you are trying to transpose by semitone intervals, why not just use midi transpose

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Yes, as an exercise in using scaling and the curve designer really. There are other ways to transpose, as you mentioned, which I already use, but in a specific case it would be convenient to have the widget mapped directly to the plugin. I was wondering if someone could confirm whether I am understanding this or not.