This keyboard will work out of the box immediately with all of your favorite DAW’s for instant gratification. Native Instruments has some of the most popular VST’s and you get access to these with the A49.Įverything is pre-mapped and ready to go with all of the major DAW’s. The synth packs and Maschine essentials that you get with the product are worth it alone in my opinion. The big win, in my opinion, is that you still get all the same software that you get with the Kontrol S series. There are a lot of MIDI controllers that don’t have to screens, so to me, it’s not really the end of the world to have a smaller screen. When you click, “browse” to find synthesizer sounds, you will immediately see your screen start to change as you browse through options. Now, it’s nothing close to the “S” series here, but I feel like this was a great spot to cut costs for Native Instruments.

It’s located at the top left of the keyboard and it is an LCD display. Includes a comprehensive collection of KOMPLETE Instruments and Effects, KOMPLETE KONTROL Software, and MASCHINE ESSENTIALS (full MASCHINE software plus 1.The screen is tiny, but I actually kind of like it.Can be used / assigned as a MIDI controller.TRS pedal input, assignable to sustain or expression.Cubase and Nuendo integration coming soon after initial release Intuitive control over Logic Pro X, Ableton Live, and GarageBand at launch.Deep integration with MASCHINE software.Pre-mapped control of KOMPLETE Instruments and Effects plus hundreds of Native Kontrol Standard (NKS) plug-ins from leading manufacturers via the KOMPLETE KONTROL Software.Smart Play: Stay in key with over 100 scales and modes, play chord progressions and arpeggios with single keys, or map any scale to white keys only.Tag-based preset browsing via the KOMPLETE KONTROL Software: Find sounds quickly and hear instant previews.4-directional push encoder for one-handed sound browsing and project navigation.Informative OLED display for at-a-glance navigation.

Best-in-class, semi-weighted custom NI keybed.Affordable entry point into the NI world.Smart, streamlined keyboard controller for all your virtual instruments and effects.

Komplete a49