Control Templates
Owner’s Manual
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The KX provides 30 Control Templates which can be used for VSTi plug-in software. By selecting the desired
Control Template, you can automatically call up the appropriate function assignments for controlling the
currently selected VSTi with the CONTROL knobs.
When using Cubase, selecting an Instrument track or changing the VSTi assigned to the current track will
automatically change the Control Template for the VSTi on the KX, meaning that you don’t have select the
template manually.
On the other hand, if you are using a DAW other than Cubase, you will need to manually select the
appropriate Control Template on the KX.

Selecting a Control

Template

1.
Press the [CONTROL TEMPLATE] button.
The LED lamp lights and the Control Template
selection display appears.
In this state, you can select the Control
Template.
2.
Use the DATA [DEC] and [INC] buttons to
select the desired Control Template.
3.
Press the [EXIT] button to return to the Top
display which appears when turning the
power on.
Control Templates
NOTE
A special KX Editor (page 6), available as a free download from the Yamaha website, provides tools for
editing all KX Control Templates.
NOTE
If a different, unrelated display appears even
when you press the [CONTROL
TEMPLATE] button, press the [CONTROL
TEMPLATE] button again or press the
SELECT [▲] button once or twice to call up
the Control Template selection display.
Lights
NOTE
You can increase the value by 10 by
simultaneously holding down the [DEC]
button and pressing the [INC] button, or
decrease the value by 10 by simultaneously
holding down the [INC] button and pressing
the [DEC] button.