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.

A-Series Key Features:

• Smart, streamlined keyboard controller for all your virtual instruments and effects
• Affordable entry point into the NI world
• Best-in-class, semi-weighted custom NI keybed
• Informative OLED display for at-a-glance navigation
• 8 touch-sensitive control knobs
• Ergonomic pitch and mod wheels
• 4-directional push encoder for one-handed sound browsing and project navigation
• Tag-based preset browsing via the KOMPLETE KONTROL Software: Find sounds quickly and hear instant previews
• 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
• 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
• Full VSTi and VST FX support
• Deep integration with MASCHINE software
• Intuitive control over Logic Pro X, Ableton Live, and GarageBand at launch. (Cubase and Nuendo integration coming soon after initial release)
• TRS pedal input, assignable to sustain or expression
• USB 2.0 bus powered
• Can be used / assigned as a MIDI controller
• Includes a comprehensive collection of KOMPLETE Instruments and
• Effects, KOMPLETE KONTROL Software, and MASCHINE ESSENTIALS (full
• MASCHINE software plus 1.6 GB MASCHINE Factory Selection)

A-Series Tech Spec

• Windows 10 (latest Service Pack), Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU,2GB RAM
• macOS 10.12, 10.13 (latest update), Intel Core i5, 4 GB RAM
• USB 2.0 or higher (cable included)
• Graphics card which supports OpenGL 2.1 or higher
• Internet connection (for software download and activation only)