Kenton Control Freak SE Librarian
Midi Quest for Macintosh and Windows
Sound Quest's
Midi Quest multi-instrument editor/librarian gives you the tools to get the most from your Kenton Control Freak SE.
Midi Quest includes all of the standard features you would expect to
find in a Control Freak SE Librarian along with unique capabilities found
nowhere else.
MIDI Quest Pro, Midi Quest and Midi Quest Essentials allows you to manage the following SysEx from the Control Freak SE: Program Bank and Program.
Below is a small sampling of Midi Quest features.
Click here for more detail on
Midi Quest and the differences between the versions.
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| Intuitive multi-patch
drag and drop interface to copy, paste, or swap
patches within the current bank or with other banks |
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| 1-click audition
automatically transmits each selected patch to the
instrument to hear the selected sound |
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| Patch Name Export for
Cubase, Sonar and Cakewalk using patchscript and
ins files |
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| Patch Name Export
for Logic, Pro Tools, Performer, Reaper,
Jammer, ACID,
Music Creator, Powertracks and
others using midnam, ini, and custom patch name
format files |
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| Unlimited Undo
with undo history - back out of any editing changes |
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| 5 Patch Generator Tools
quickly and intelligently create entire banks of unique new sounds: Morph,
Mix, Mix All, Blend, and Gen 4 |
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| Open an
unlimited number of Banks |
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| Find patches
in large banks quickly by entering a partial name |
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| Rename
patches |
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| Unique
computer keyboard only bank organization |
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| Backup all
SysEx from the Control Freak SE, just in case... |
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| Restore all
SysEx to the
Control Freak SE |
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Automatic import of
SysEx stored in .syx and .mid files - a single file can
contain SysEx for one or multiple instruments |
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Imported SysEx is automatically displayed in the appropriate Midi Quest editor |
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| Active Receive
- when enabled, any SysEx bulk dump manually transmitted
from an instrument is automatically received into the
appropriate editor |
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| Import and
export Midi Quest Sets as VST2 standard .fxb
files |
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| MIDI Monitor
displays all MIDI input and output by MIDI port |
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| Autosense
automatically configures communication for most MIDI
hardware |
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| Studio Integration |
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DAW Integration for the Control Freak SE |
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Create Logic environment files containing
the Control Freak SE patch names |
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Create Cubase, Cubasis, and Nuendo
patchscript files with Control Freak SE patch names |
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Create SONAR, Music Creator, and Cakewalk
compatible .ins files with Control Freak SE
patch names |
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Create Pro Tools, Performer
and Ardour
compatible midnam xml files with patch names |
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Create Logic compatible environment files
for bank names |
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Create Reaper compatible .rea bank name
files |
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Create Jammer compatible .dev bank name
files |
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Create ACID compatible bank name xml files |
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VST3 compatible Windows and Mac plug-ins
that integrate the Control Freak SE into any sequencer supporting
Steinberg's VST3 standard (over 20 hosts including Cubase, Nuendo,
Studio One, and Sonar, etc) |
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AU compatible Mac plug-in that integrates
the Control Freak SE into any sequencer supporting the Apple AU
plug-in standard (Logic, Studio One, Live, Performer, etc) |
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AAX compatible Windows and Mac plug-ins that
integrate the Control Freak SE into Pro Tools |
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VST 2.4 compatible Windows and Mac plug-ins
that integrate the Control Freak SE into any sequencer supporting
Steinberg's VST2.4 standard (Cubase, Nuendo, Studio
One, Live, Performer, Sonar, Renoise, etc) |
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Supported Operating Systems and Hardware |
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Windows support: Windows 10,
Windows 11 |
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MacOS: 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10.15, 10.14, 10.13, 10.12 |
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Sound Quest has been creating SysEx editor/librarian software for
over 35 years. It has also
developed and/or licensed software to the top three synthesizer
manufacturers as well major hardware manufacturers including:
Korg, Yamaha, Roland,
Alesis, Akai, Line 6,
M-Audio, and TC-Electronic.
Midi Quest is the only professional multi-instrument
editor/librarian that supports MIDI hardware from both a single
instrument and an integrated studio perspective.
Midi Quest is the only editor/librarian ever to receive a
10
out of 10 rating from Electronic Musician.
The Kenton Control Freak SE Librarian is available in:
Midi Quest Pro ($479US)
Midi Quest ($349US)
Midi Quest Essentials ($249US)
More information on Midi Quest
Compare Midi Quest versions
Midi Quest Instrument Support List
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