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1. Native instruments komplete kontrol keyboard s61 pro#
2. Native instruments komplete kontrol keyboard s61 license#

It’s tightly integrated with Ableton, I only need 49 keys, and I don’t need the mountain of instruments/effects that I got with the NI KK product. Since I use mostly Ableton Live as a DAW, I think the ideal 61 key keyboard would be the Novation 49SL MkIII 49-key Keyboard Controller. Since I got Ableton Live and their Push2 controller, I spend most of my composition, mixing and mastering time on the Push2. I’ve thought about selling all of my NI KK stuff. The S61 is a nice keyboard and MIDI controller, but having NI/KK stuff in the mix of tools is all too much to manage. I’ve literally been on a quest to stop using my Komplete Kontrol instruments and just use the Ableton Suite of instruments and audio effects, with the Push2 and Novation Launchkey 37 MIDI Controllers as MIDI Controllers. The Ableton Instruments and audio effects sound great, and are much faster to “bring up” when inspiration strikes. These have kinda replaced my large collection of in Native Instruments/Komplete Kontrol instruments and audio effects that come with the S61 MK2. I have Ableton Suite 11 and it comes with a lot of great instruments and audio effects. I don’t think that’s a powerful integration story. So the S61 is really only good for NI/KK instruments and audio effects. Products like Arturia Pigments and u-he Hive2 ARE NKS compatible, but the integration is less than perfect. It feels exhausting working in Cubase vs Ableton Live.įor the S61, you can only browse instruments that are NKS compatible and Cubase GA5 and Halion SE are NOT NKS compatible.

Native instruments komplete kontrol keyboard s61 pro#

I actually just upgraded to Cubase 12 Pro just to see if I’d get re-interested in using Cubase again, but I don’t think I will.

Native instruments komplete kontrol keyboard s61 license#

I know this is a Cubase forum, but I started with Cubase in 2000 and maintain a license since the upgrades are not too expensive and I sometimes think I might go back to using Cubase. For DAWs, I use both Ableton Live and Cubase.

Any other thoughts about this keyboard/controller? It really isn’t much more money than other keyboards and seems to have a lot more integration.įor MIDI Controllers, I have the NI KK S61 as well as an Ableton Push2 and a Novation Launchke圓7.Does this save much time or is mostly hype?.When browsing Steinberg VSTi presets, do they sound, as they do with NI presets?.How well does this work for the Steinberg plug-ins shipped with Cubase? But they can supposedly support other popular VSTis. I guess the deepest integration is with the NI plug-ins. The S61 has two screens that serve many purposes, one of which is to browse through instruments and presets.I think it is time I understand Maschine better, because that appears to have deeper integration than most of the other products. I know there are a handful of MIDI controllers in the $400-700 range that could be a step up for me. However, now that I have upgraded both Dorico and Cubase, I am thinking about replacing that MIDI synth with something that can integrate better with the DAW. I use Cubase mainly for editing live recordings. I use the MIDI keyboard mainly for composing in Dorico and don’t do much MIDI work on Cubase. It works fine, but the display has been broken for years, and it doesn’t really have any other controls that would interact with the DAW.

I have been using an old Yamaha synth as my MIDI keyboard. If you liked the NI stuff, it looked great, but I always wondered if it made much sense for a person who wasn’t really devoted to the NI plug-ins. I guess I was put off because they seemed to have their own closed ecosystem. I have been aware of Native Instruments and Maschine for years but never really looked very seriously.