KSP Scripting (Kontakt) :: Custom UI :: Switchable, Dynamic Wallpaper via set_skin_offset()

this tutorial is based on the Wallpaper and the Dynamic Wallpaper (via label element) tutorial. Actually once the initial wallpaper is set we can’t change it anymore but we can move the wallpaper image vertically via set_skin_offset(). So if we create a wallpaper sprite which is as double as high as our ui_size (in this case 2 x 608px) we can put 2 wallpapers into this one image file like shown on the left. The visible area is only from 0 pixel to 608 pixel.

We can now set a button for example which moves the background skin 608 pixel vertically to put the second wallpaper into the visible area. This short demo video shows how it works:

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Kontakt Scripting (KSP) :: How to install Sublime 3, setting it up for the first time & compiling your code

You get Sublime 3 from https://www.sublimetext.com/3

Note: you can use it without any restrictions but you still need to buy a license. It’s really worth it!

Thx to Nils Liberg and nojanath who created a KSP plugin for Sublime Text with many new possibilities like macros, for statements, functions and many more, using Sublime is almost essential when it comes to complex scripts since it simplifies things a lot (like structuring our code and saving lots of code-lines). It also helps us to better reveal some errors. There are also new practices & features, like a different (easier) coding with less required code. Read more »

Kontakt Scripting (KSP) :: watchdog timer – change knob or slider labels on mouse events (on click, on release) [dynamic labels]

In this tutorial we will learn how to dynamically change labels and display the knob’s current value for the time the knob gets moved. After releasing the knob the default label shows up again after a certain delay. See video

Also see these more conveniant solutions, using less code


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Kontakt Scripting (KSP) :: Custom UI :: Complex User Interface with multiple Screens/Menus inside one Script Tab

In this Complex User Interface tutorial we will build a fully functional UI with multiple Screens: main screen, FX screen and about screen. Whereas the FX screen holds a sub menu for two different FX: a LoPass filter and a LoFi FX.

In this article we only create the GUI with a functional Navigation, the FX Knobs are not working! Refer to the engine par article to make them work.

You can skip this article:

  • If you are already working on Sublime and more advanced. Just move to working with macros
  • If you are on Kontakt 6. Also check out the ui_panel article which simplyfies a lot now.

Better not skip this

  • If you are new to kontakt scripting because this article still helps to better understande the other articles.

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