Sending USB and 5-Pin MIDI Simultaneously from Komplete Kontrol S-Series Keyboards

In this article, we explain how to set your Komplete Kontrol S-Series keyboard to control an external MIDI device (e.g. hardware synthesizer or sound module) and also software instruments on your computer.

For this setup, you'll need a 5-pin MIDI cable, a direct USB connection to your computer, and a third-party MIDI routing app.

Important: This article links to third-party tools which are not related to Native Instruments. These have been tested but we can not fully guarantee their functionality on all computers.

Follow these steps for macOS or Windows to output MIDI from the Komplete Kontrol USB and 5-Pin MIDI ports simultaneously.

macOS

1. Open this page and download the latest version of "Midi Pipe". (If you are on an older macOS, download the matching version.)
2. Right-click the downloaded file MidiPipe.zip and select Open.
3. Open the unzipped folder, right-click the file MidiPipe and select Open.
   
4. If the following message appears, click Open:
   
5. In the list on the left, double-click on MIDI In and then on MIDI Out.
   
6. Under Pipes, click on MIDI In and select the Main Kontrol device listing from the MIDI Input menu.
   
7. Click the MIDI Out entry under Pipes and select the Ext Kontrol device from the MIDI Output menu.
   
8. On older Kontrol keyboards, please use:
   - For MIDI Input, select Komplete Kontrol S-Series Port 1.
   - For MIDI Output, select Komplete Kontrol S-Series Port 2.

You can now follow the chapter Komplete Kontrol Hardware Connections below.

Windows

Follow these steps to configure Komplete Kontrol with MIDI-OX on Windows.

1. Download and install MIDI OX.
2. Double click the MIDI OX app (midioxse.exe) to open it.
   

   Note: Click Yes to allow Windows User Account Control to run MIDI-OX if prompted.

3. Select Options > MIDI Devices in the menu bar.
4. Under MIDI Inputs, select Komplete Kontrol - 1.
5. Under MIDI Outputs, select Komplete Kontrol - EXT 1.
6. Click OK when finished.
   

Komplete Kontrol Hardware Connections

1. Verify that your Komplete Kontrol Keyboard is connected to the computer via USB.
   
2. Connect a 5-pin MIDI cable from the Komplete Kontrol Keyboard (MIDI Out) to your external MIDI device (MIDI In).
   

Your Komplete Kontrol S-Series keyboard will now control the external MIDI synthesizer and software instruments over the 5-Pin and USB MIDI Ports, respectively.