Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol A61 Keyboard Controller

The Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol A61 keyboard controller is part of the latest Native Instruments A-Series range of controllers designed for advanced integration with your NI software and digital audio workstation. The included Komplete Kontrol software when used with the keyboard, allows you to use the powerful Smart Play functions.

This feature is an excellent tool for helping you, as a producer, composer, and musician, gain a greater understanding of music theory. With over 100 different scales and modes on offer, you can select and edit, and generate musically complex harmonies, chords progressions, and melodies all from a few keys on the controller. Also, the A-Series allows for even more advanced integration with Maschine software. You also get a selection of Native Instruments software including; The Gentleman, Monark, Scarbee Mark 1 and Maschine Essentials.

A61's ergonomic design of the pitch and modulation wheels makes for a smooth playing experience. Couple that with the simple OLED display screen, and you have a capable unit that is guaranteed to enhance the user experience. The A61 keyboard comes with a 4-directional encoder that will enable you to navigate the included Komplete Kontrol software. What this intuitive software allows is for you to browse your NI plugins and effects, to be able to to make use of the smart play functions. If you find an awesome preset that you want to play in a particular scale then you can thanks to the software.

Native instruments have changed the game with the new NKS-standard, which many 3rd party plugin providers are utilising so that their software is fully integrated within NI hardware such as Maschine and Komplete Kontrol A-Series and S-Series controllers. You can now use VSTs from providers such as Spitfire Audio, Waves, Heaviocity, Arturia, etc. right from your controller. No other product on the market offers that level of integration and to such a high standard.