Essential parameters like envelope controls and filter cutoffs are instantly displayed on the OLED display as you touch the corresponding knob. Need some serious low end? Use the encoders and OLED display to select SYNTH > BASS > SUB BASS, then listen through the presets and load up the right one for your track.Īll of your KOMPLETE and NKS instruments and effects are pre-mapped to the KOMPLETE KONTROL hardware by the people who know them best – the instrument designers themselves. What’s more, you can hear a preview of each sound as you browse, without loading individual instruments. With KOMPLETE KONTROL, however, all of your KOMPLETE and NKS presets are intuitively tagged and organised, so finding the right one is fast and easy. With hundreds of presets to choose from, finding the right sound can be a chore. Complete with four premium instruments plus MASCHINE Essentials, A-Series keyboards come with everything you need to bring your ideas to life. Find the right sound, make it your own, perform, and capture the results – all from a responsive, semi-weighted keyboard. In sum, for this price it's an affordable piano that can do almost all that I need, so I'm happy with it and I hope it lasts so many years.Music-making is at its best when it’s fast, fun, and physical. I think this type of units can have more controls, as it has two big empty frames on each side, but it happens the same with the S series. No aftertouch, which in 2019 should be a standard in this kind of hardware. The little screen is useful but it should be at least bigger or similar to the layout of the S series MK1.

The clicking sound from the buttons is really loud, really. It's quite heavy and bulky, so you need a lot of space for it. Also, I need no mapping at all, I love plug and play things without messing around with configuration files and so on :) I can control some basic features from Studio One which is what I was looking for. Another good point are all transportation buttons that it has, useful for DAW and also for the Komplete Kontrol plugin. It reminds me the feeling of a real piano, it's no so plasticky and looks like a premium unit.

The good point are the keys and seamless integration with all Komplete products I have. I bought this piano after comparing all 61 keys midi controllers, and this seems to be the one with the best integration in Studio One.

Komplete a61