And for keyboard novices, Easy Mode maps the white keys to whichever scale you like, so you’ll never hit a wrong note.

Monophonic synthesizer capturing every sonic nuance of the king of analog monosynths in spectacular detail – the holy grail of analog modeling. This unparalleled direct connection means no interruptions to your workflow with not just NI instruments but thousands of partner sounds, instruments, and effects. Choose from 49 or 61 semi-weighted keys, or 88 fully weighted hammer-action keys, all with polyphonic aftertouch as standard.

coveted analog synthesizers and keyboards, lovingly sampled from the original instruments for thick, creamy, analog sound. The whole of the upper surface is redesigned too, with a broader collection of buttons and rotaries which hint heavily at the extended functionality NI hopes to provide through Komplete Kontrol; not just of supported software libraries, but over your host DAW too. years of soul sound – buttery keys, live guitar, bass plucks, dusky horns, vintage synths, and more inspired by the evolution of soul music.

The Aftertouch feature provides added realism when playing, delivering a nuanced sound for added performance value. Register your KOMPLETE KONTROL hardware to download KOMPLETE 11 SELECT for free – the essential collection of instruments and effects, including MASSIVE, MONARK, and THE GENTLEMAN. This function means you can never go out of key or hit a wrong note and is a fantastic feature for those who are new to music theory as well as producers and live performers who need an easy way to play without ruining the melodic harmony. This premium-grade keybed reacts like a traditional piano, with its semi-weighted keys providing a natural touch and feel.Alongside the transport controls you’ll find on the left-hand side, the four-way push encoder comes into its own here. 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. Komplete Kontrol S61mk2 still has the famous light guide RGB LEDs on the keys to highlight scales, key switches, drum cells and more.

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. Activate chord mode to create a progression by playing single keys, then switch on the arpeggiator and turn it into an expressive musical performance. Over the years, its libraries and instrument collections have expanded to cover so many musical genres that musicians, producers and composers of all styles and descriptions have been seduced.These features allow you to get super expressive while you’re playing and results in more natural sounding performances as well as being able to modulate your sounds with precision. Contained in the same section as the scale mode is the chord and arpeggiator, as the names suggest, you have a very well featured chord mode which allows you to assign a wide array of chord to a single key at one time, great again for those who don't know their chops, or wan tto put something down quickly. 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. Whilst it hasn’t been updated since the original version of Komplete Kontrol, it’s still worth drawing attention to the aftertouch-enabled Fatar keyboard, which is pleasingly musical to play. Additional controls give you access to transport buttons of the selected DAW software as well as scenes and patterns in MASCHINE.