You can even audition sounds as you scroll through them using the chunky browse encoder. The big rotary knob acts as a four-way switch as well, letting you navigate your Session View project up, down, left and right. For example if you want to produce a tune in A minor, it removes all the black keys and makes them unplayable until you change the scale. It also ships with , which is soft synth and samples suite made by Native Instruments that includes the popular Massive and Monark synthesisers. Continuing the development from sampler to sampling platform, Kontakt has evolved into the host for an encyclopedic range of sampled instruments from countless instrument builders. Maybe you haven't realized that Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol keyboards are highly capable controllers for live use.
I bought mine last year and I was so excited and happy but that lasted only for a few months now a barely use it and mostly to play the keys. Although the 25-key version of the keyboard will not be getting the Mk3 treatment, we expect to see an 88-key, fully weighted version introduced next year. Since we teach production in Ableton Live, this review will focus on using the Komplete Kontrol S49 Mk2 using Live 10. You navigate using the section to the right and this has Browse, Preset, arrow and other keys as well as a jog dial. Yeah Mario is right, it does add something, but only for certain users. The idea of course is that you can do many things without reference to the computer. You can even get in deep and adjust the arpeggiator settings, changing its behaviour, rhythm and sequence.
It all comes together to empower your performance and bring your mix to life. Conclusion The Komplete Kontrol S49 Mk2 is an awesome Midi keyboard. Each successive Komplete generation offers artists a jolt of inspiration, and the biggest update ever, Komplete 12, is no exception. The fully-weighted, hammer-action Fatar keybed gives an authentic piano-feel, whilst the hi-res color screens and Light Guide provide at-a-glance visual guidance. Yeah, although I always run the standalones every time I add a new library anyway so never really stood out as an issue.
Another really neat new feature is the addition of Previews. You can do so much more from the device itself, with better visual feedback and much deeper levels of integration front and centre of its workflow. The new S88 will be available on the 27th September for £799. Once this is set up you can hear the sounds instantly as you move through your presets using the knob and buttons on your controller. Yeah, they seem fixed but I've never thought of it as a problem for me as they're categorised by type and stack four across so there's not a great deal of scrolling to do depending on how many libraries you have of course.
Light Guide, touch sensitive controls and touch strips. With 4 channels of software control, 16 multi-color drum pads, and color-customizable dual-zone platters, Mixtrack Quad integrates seamlessly with your laptop, placing a fully interactive mixing experience at your fingertips. Minor, but annoying just the same. I need a keybed with a quiet, smooth action, wide enough to assign many zones without having to transpose octaves constantly. The 8 knobs let you drill down into the categories quite quickly. Native Instruments have today announced a major overhaul to both their Maschine and Komplete Kontrol S products, adding some attractive new features and drawing hardware and software even closer together. This is really annoying actually.
With the latest generation of Komplete Kontrol S-Series keyboards, music-making becomes a more intuitive, hands-on experience. Hammer action keys are just a requirement for some players. For those using Kontakt mainly as a host for instruments, version 6 expands the on-board library with three new instruments: Analog Dreams invokes legendary synth sounds, Ethereal Earth combines sampled traditional instruments with digital synthesis, and Hybrid Keys provides a modern digital twist on classic keyboard instruments. In the new version of the software this extends to compatible third-party instruments as well. Both Maschine Mk3 and Komplete Kontrol Mk3 keyboards can now also be bus powered, making mobile production and performance even easier. This works with the original and new Komplete Kontrol keyboards.
I tend to play the melody or whatever on one hand and move through the presets with the other sometimes changing what I'm playing to suit the new sound. Massive X will be available from February 2019. But things get better still. You can also turn it clockwise or anti-clockwise to scrub through your track in Arrangement View. Like the top-of-the-range Maschine Studio, both the Maschine Mk3 and the new Komplete Kontrol keyboards feature a pair of high-resolution, full-colour screens that let you browse sounds, edit parameters and, in the case of the Maschine, slice samples without having to turn back to the computer screen. I use an S61 keyboard in Reaper.
Komplete Kontrol S88 The new Komplete Kontrol S88 builds upon the acclaimed playability of its predecessor, adding more immersive visual feedback and deeper control for expanded creative possibilities. The keyboard has Scale and Arpeggiator functions that extend the playability of the device, especially during live performances. With Mixtrack Quad, mixing is an instinctual experience, with the entire control surface, turntables, and pads illuminated and providing real-time visual feedback. But I will be sad to let the 88 go for sure and probably would eventually buy an 88 mk2 if they make it. Let me demonstrate how to create a simple live setup using the Light Guide and the Controller Editor to layer multiple instruments across the keys.
I have the 88 and now the 61 mk2. Cons: No sustain pedal supplied as standard. Hammer action is okay, as long as it allows you to play fast and the keys don't produce stupidly loud thump noises resonating through the case. The most arresting of these is the addition of a pair of high-res colour screens whose functions switch to reflect your choice of operation. The instruments debut the Kontakt Play Series — a range of sonically rich sample libraries that combine powerful sound design with simple playability.
Here you can move between tracks, record enable the template of sounds you have up and running, or move the Transport playback bar by scrolling. 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. Works like it should in Cubase 9. The touch strip still makes an appearance but is now horizontally oriented beneath the wheels. I don't want change your opinion maybe you will like it in the end. It gets the proper modulation and pitch wheels and the single expression strip.