is native instruments komplete kontrol s61

This is a 10/10 a must have midi controller for anyone to accelerate wokflows and concentrate much more in the creative process.Image credit: Native Instruments Our verdict on the Komplete Kontrol S 4.7 Probably the only 'downside' is that it does not have semi weighted hammer type piano keys, but for me it's not a dealbreaker, or you can wait that NI releases the 88key piano version of the m2.

There are a lot of plugins that are NKS compliant right now like the Waves Bundles and many other developers are starting to implement this standard so that is a huge plus. It has native integration with some DAWs and i specially bought this for Cubase 9.5 Pro wich integrates perfectly.Īlso you can preview most of the sounds in a browser mode before loading them, this is very convenient since a lot of libraries are way too big and take several minutes to load like the spirfire ones, for this to work you need to download a 'preview' library that is 7gb in size so make a little extra space in your hard disk.

It is velocity sensitive and has aftertouch fratar keys. The touchstrip is a nice physical addition and you can map it to any midi cc you want, there are 2 pedal inputs and you decide the behaviour they will have (momentary o switch), they are not predefined as 'sustain' or 'expression' like probably all other keyboard controllers have. The lightguides on the keys are a plus too, you have to remember that to fully get out everything from this keyboard you have to use the software Komplete Kontrol, wich is kind of a wrapper for Kontakt and a lot of VST instruments and efx plugins that conform with the Native Kontrol Standard wich automaps al l parameters inside komplete kontrol for fast tweaking, but you can use it without Komplete Kontrol and map everything yourself in MIDI Mode like any other Midi Controller out there. This keyboard controller by Native Instruments has one of the best features a midi controller can have, onboard color screens so you dont need to be using the mouse and staring at the pc screen (most of the time at least), you can even eliminate the use of those if you combine it with a MIDI controller software on an iPad, the feedback on the screens along with the easy and hands on navigation buttons and knobs really is an improvement and speeds up production and composing workflows. One of the best modern MIDI Controllers out there

Is native instruments komplete kontrol s61