This article explains the bus section and routing. Manual routing as well as dynamic routing via ksp drop down menu and button (premium).

Content

1. bus section explained

2. kontakt routing map

3. manual routing

4. static routing via ksp

5. real dynamic routing via ksp  premium

1. Bus section explained

The bus section offers 16 additional channels with 8 FX slots each and an amp section with separate volume & pan controls.
So we can consider the bus section as 16-Channel Mixer with 8 FX slots each channel.

However unfortunately we can not modulate these FX with LFO or EG etc. This is only possible with the group FX.

But we can route each group individually to one of the 16 buses. So we can use up to 8 new FX slots from each of the buses.

We can route the signal either manually or via KSP. Of course also dynamically. By default the group output signal is routed directly to the instrument insert FX, bypassing the Bus section.

Each Bus’s output signal is routed to the instrument insert FX by default. It can also be be routed to the “physical” Outputs bypassing the instrument insert FX.

2. Routing Map

Basically we can route the group signal either to buses, to the instrument insert FX or directly to the “physical” instrument outputs of Kontakt.

Also see channel selectors and routing below

3. MANUAL ROUTING

1. within a group select output.
   
2. select one of the buess or select one of the instrument outputs
   
3. select the related bus, the group has been routed to and add some FX or change the volume / pan
   

3. Routing via KSP

set_engine_par(parameter, value, group, slot, generic)

// to route the output signal of groups:
set_engine_par($ENGINE_PAR_OUTPUT_CHANNEL, <channel_selector>, <group>, -1, -1)

// to route the output signal of buses:
set_engine_par($ENGINE_PAR_OUTPUT_CHANNEL, <channel_selector>, -1, -1, $NI_BUS_OFFSET + [0-15])

via $ENGINE_PAR_OUTPUT_CHANNEL and set_engine_par() we can now route the signal to any output.
Thereby we can route it dynamically on specific events like on init, on note, on control, on async etc.

Parameter

here goes $ENGINE_PAR_OUTPUT_CHANNEL

Value

here goes the channel selector

Group

here goes the group index we want to address. The first group = 0. The second group = 1 and so on

Slot

in this case a slot is not needed. So we set it to -1

Generic

To rout the output signal of groups we set generic to  -1.

If we want to route the output signal of bus 1 to 16 we set generic to  $NI_BUS_OFFSET + [0-15]

KSP – GROUP OUTPUT ROUTING

on init
  set_engine_par($ENGINE_PAR_OUTPUT_CHANNEL, -1, 0, -1, -1)
end on

on init
  set_engine_par($ENGINE_PAR_OUTPUT_CHANNEL, $NI_BUS_OFFSET + 0, 0, -1, -1)
end on

on init
  set_engine_par($ENGINE_PAR_OUTPUT_CHANNEL, $NI_BUS_OFFSET + 8, 2, -1, -1 )
end on

on init
  set_engine_par($ENGINE_PAR_OUTPUT_CHANNEL, 0, 0, -1, -1 )
end on

on init
  set_engine_par($ENGINE_PAR_OUTPUT_CHANNEL, 0, 1, -1, -1 )
end on

KSP – BUS OUTPUT ROUTING

on init
  set_engine_par($ENGINE_PAR_OUTPUT_CHANNEL, 0, -1, -1, $NI_BUS_OFFSET + 0 )
end on

on init
  set_engine_par($ENGINE_PAR_OUTPUT_CHANNEL, -1, -1, -1, $NI_BUS_OFFSET + 4)
end on

Example: dynamic bus routing via routing menu & button

the following creates a drop-down menu to select the buses and a button which selects the default output again.

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