Native Instruments KOMPLETE KONTROL S61 MK2 - Master Keyboard

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We advise you to update to a currently supported browser (such as Chrome, Edge, or Firefox) to improve your security, speed, and overall experience. Great midi keyboard that I would highly recommend, the keys have a fantastic feel and weight to them that almost plays like a real piano, seamless workflow with the daw and Miles apart from my prior keyboard which was the panorama P6.

And the ultra-sensitive touch strip provides a fun, responsive alternative to plugging in a dedicated expression pedal. Perform expressively, browse and preview sounds, tweak parameters, sketch your ideas, then navigate and mix your project – all from one fully integrated centerpiece for studio and stage. The Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S61 is an intelligent MIDI keyboard controller that features 61 semi-weighted keys alongside light guide technology and is designed to make music production a stress-free experience.As Thomann seems to be clearing the mk2s out to make way for the already available mK3, it made sense to determine the limitations of this unit.

I am on a Mac, so every year there is an OS update, and sometimes these updates break things, and sometimes developers cease to release new versions to keep up with the OS changes. All essential parameters load instantly and are displayed across the two colour displays, intuitively divided into pages. Further, many of the parameters that are shown to be available for modification do not adjust when the knob is moved. After asking about this keyboard to some friends, I was told that NI is fairly abrupt in ceasing support for the software that controlls this keyboard.

The sound of an iconic 70s electric piano – beautifully sampled and perfectly preserved in all its analog brilliance. coveted analog synthesizers and keyboards, lovingly sampled from the original instruments for thick, creamy, analog sound. If you want to record those parameter changes into your DAW, hit the Auto(mation) button on the front panel and you can tweak on the fly. An incredibly well spec'd and well built MIDI controller keyboard, in it's own right, but it's super tight integration with the Native Instruments software library via the Komplete Kontrol application, is where it comes into life. Another new feature the unique rotary knob on the right-hand side, which acts as a sort of stick and combines a push encoder with a cursor mechanism.

That means you can see exactly what you’re adjusting in real time – whether it’s in kHz, dB, or BPM. This premium-grade keybed reacts like a traditional piano, with its semi-weighted keys providing a natural touch and feel.The company develops a wide variety of products: Software solutions such as Komplete, which hosts a huge range of virtual instruments that emulate both acoustic and electronic instruments in hi-fi quality, and Reaktor, which lets you create your own virtual instruments - through to hardware products such as beat-making and DJ controllers. Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol MK2, an evolution in the Komplete hardware keyboard controller series, loaded with a brand new display, improved plug in browser and improved pitch and mod wheels.

to use your DAWs built-in instruments (NI is massive et al but I like my Ableton's synths) the keyboard changes. Find sounds quickly with intuitive on-screen navigation, then adjust and play them thanks to intelligent auto-mapping that understands the parameters. When the Komplete Kontrol S61 comprehensive USB/MIDI keyboard came out, it had an extremely important feature that had never been seen before: LED lights above the keys that corresponded to a colour-coded system in the Kontakt software so you could keep track of where your key switches were at all times.If you’re working with the Maschine software, you’ll find driving this much more straightforward in terms of an arrangement, whilst the buttons above the display make jumping from one section of your Maschine arrangement easier still.