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Komplete Kontrol A61





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Take control of your virtual instruments and effects with Native Instruments' Komplete Kontrol A61 keyboard controller. The Komplete Kontrol A61's informative OLED display gives you intuitive, at-a-glance navigation, while its best-in-class, custom semi-weighted NI keybed, eight touch-sensitive control knobs, and ergonomic pitch and mod wheels give you a powerful platform for expressive performances. An affordable entry point into the NI world, the Komplete Kontrol A61 provides pre-mapped control over Komplete, plus hundreds of Native Kontrol Standard (NKS) plug-ins from top manufacturers via Komplete Kontrol Software. Keyboardists at Sweetwater are excited about the Native Instruments' Komplete Kontrol A61. We're sure you will be, too!





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Designed for tight integration with Komplete





Using the Komplete Kontrol A61's informative OLED display, you can you call up any NI instrument in your collection and select individual presets. Once you've loaded your sound, Komplete Kontrol A61's touch-sensitive control knobs let you dial in and tweak your tone on the fly.





You'll love playing this responsive keyboard





You'll love the feel of the Komplete Kontrol A61's semi-weighted custom Native Instruments keybed. Simply put, it feels great, offering enough resistance so that you can really lay into the keys while recovering fast enough for synth-style repeats. Whether you're playing drums, a piano patch, or a synth lead, these keys won't let you down.





Includes bundled software


MONARK - iconic mono synthesizer


REAKTOR PRISM - polyphonic synthesizer


SCARBEE MARK I - electric piano


KOMPLETE Kontrol software


MASCHINE Essentials


KOMPLETE 14 Start


Ableton Live 10 Lite


$25 E-voucher to be used at the Native Instruments web store


Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol A61 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


Quad-directional push encoder for one-handed sound browsing and project navigation


Tag-based preset browsing via the Komplete Kontrol Software lets you find sounds quickly and hear instant previews


Smart Play lets you 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 top manufacturers via Komplete Kontrol Software


Full VST and VSTi FX support


Deep integration with Maschine software


TRS pedal input, assignable to sustain or expression


USB 2.0 bus powered; MIDI over USB


DAW control over Logic Pro X, Ableton Live, GarageBand, Cubase, and Nuendo


Includes Komplete Kontrol Software and Maschine Essentials (full Maschine software plus 1.6GB Maschine factory selection)