Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S61 MkII review with audio demos 

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Thanks for sharing!

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Grazie di cuore, Alessandro!

You're very welcome!

I appreciate that!

Thanks! I have a video where I explain the way I play it, if you're interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IA2wAiwOlYI.html

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Glad you like it!

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Thanks a lot!

Thank you! Cheers!

?? I have no idea what "Succession" soundtrack is.

😳 DJX? Taking it back to the turn-of-Century! I Love it; props! 👏🏼🎹🤜🤛

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@@SynthManiaDotCom Does it have a built in audio interface or, is one still needed for general recording?

It's very good

cheap build? S61 Mk2 or the cheaper A61?

I would add Tiago Mallen, pretty cool Brazilian keyboard player.

@@Ninnuam999 Thank you for the recommendation

Check out Matt Johnson (of Jamiroquai), Mike Pensini, and Moot Booxle, to name just a few.

It's good quality, Fatar action.

Improv.

S61

Grazie di cuore, come dici, l'Arturia ha piu' controlli, percio' dipende se usi il drum-programming tipo MPC, le drawbars stile Hammond, e pomelli synth - che sono presenti sull'Arturia ma non sulla NI. Se vuoi usare tanta programmazione di batteria e organo / synth, probabilmente l'Arturia ha la meglio su quel fronte. Se usi suoni gia' programmati sulla DAW, tutte e due le tastiere vanno benissimo e hanno simili prestazioni MIDI. Se usi la libreria Kontakt parecchio, e' veramente facile usarla senza mouse, dalla S61.

@@SynthManiaDotCom dunque diciamo che come suoni ( se non compro la komplete) avrei la libreria di logic e magari analog lab v ..anche qui non so come qualità tra arturia e kontakt quale siano i suoni migliori. Per me è tutto un mondo nuovo, non so se sia meglio fare la batteria sui pad( stile mpc o maschine mk3) o sulla tastiera come ho visto fare a te..Dicono che la komplete è più da studio e la arturia da live. Mi è difficile capire quale sia la piu "semplice" come approccio per uno come me che inizia l'avventura della produzione per comporre brani, beats, su cui poi registrarci sopra i sax . Quella che attacchi al mac, accendi logic e ti dà il modo piu veloce di trovare, impostare, caricare e registrare i suoni delle varie librerie. Grazie per il prezioso aiuto!

Derek, thanks! 1. The keyboard is high quality Fatar. Very good touch response 2. Yes, it has aftertouch and it works well 3. I use both PCs and Macs, in this video I used a self-built Intel i9-based PC I built a couple of years ago - SSD, 64GB RAM, water-cooled, high-level video card, overall high specs (about 3K build) 4. That depends on which audio interface you use but these days even a cheap 100 bucks interface has low latency - I use several, typically get 3-5ms, you can't basically tell any latency playing from the keyboard via USB - its' instantaneous.

@@SynthManiaDotCom My apologies for the slow response. 😳 Thank you for your detailed answers to my questions. Much appreciated! 😊

@@derekbaker3279 Very welcome

Hi, Cindy, the S61 comes with Komplete Select library - which is a smaller soundset but you can upgrade to the full library (which I used in this demo) if you want - or you can also use any other software sounds. www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/bundles/komplete-13-select/compare/

@@SynthManiaDotCom Is your version in the demo Komplete13 or the ones even more upgraded?

The version I used in this demo was Komplete 12

@@SynthManiaDotCom ok thankyou so much Paolo!!!

Very welcome!

Yes

Did you contact NI Support? I'm sure they can help you.

I'd recommend the 88 version if you want to learn to play a piano - which has 88 keys

Which is why I’ve stayed away from virtual instruments, which are subject to the whims of operating system developers. HW synths will work for decades as long as nothing breaks that can’t be replaced.

@@MuzixMaker For synth sounds yes, for realistic instruments/samples I prefer software

@@LB-pp7pu as long as you accept that someday you won’t be able to use your SW.

it does or did work with windows 7, I bought Komplete 12 ultimate collectors edition last year, had windows 7 at the time, and everything i tried, worked. although i bought primarily for the pianos. I cant speak for komplete 13, as don't have it.

Yeah, I can't imagine any of these soft synth controllers being anything but landfill in 20 years. I can see it being great in a professional studio setting, but not something for the average user.

Thank you, yes, you can make any style of music with this keyboard (has arpeggiator, controls for DAW etc.) but keep in mind this is only a MIDI controller keyboard - it does not have any sounds built in. You have to connect it to a computer, and use software plugins to generate the sounds. If you have Kontakt or any other Native Instruments library, it is designed to work especially well with those plugins, but you can use it with any other DAW and plugins as well. So if you're on a budget keep in mind that there are no sounds in this keyboard, and that you will have to purchase the sounds separately on the computer.

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Haha. Why