Kontrol S-Series MK3 Play Assist | Native Instruments

Play Assist is now on-device on Kontrol S-Series keyboards. Learn how you can select a scale and know that you're playing all the right keys, set a chord mode and control your external MIDI compatible synths, or record the notes from any chord mode back into your DAW.
Kontrol S-Series MK3 is in stores now.

00:00 - Intro
00:30 - On-board control
05:26 - DAW integration
06:40 - Komplete Kontrol integration
08:40 - Outro

#NativeInstruments #KontrolMK3 #midikeyboard #musicproduction

Subscribe to our YouTube channel

Follow us on:

For more than 25 years, Native Instruments has been at the heart of musical innovation. We’ve created communities, pushed technological boundaries, and opened new creative horizons for amateurs and professionals alike. Today, driven by our mission to make music creation more inclusive and accessible, NI’s hardware, software, and services including Maschine, Traktor, and Komplete bundles, provide fully-integrated solutions for musicians, producers, and DJs of all genres and levels of experience.

[WaveBits]

Adding customizable chord sets would be a great feature for both Kontrol and Maschine. Incorporating the new Strum and Humanize functions from Kontakt 8 would also be a valuable addition.

[BuenoLaidley]

Finally these features are starting to roll out. Please add suport for Ableton Live devices where the parameter names come up on the screen and can be controled like on the Ableton Push

[KaitavSapreMusic]

Brilliant update. Probably the best MIDI keyboard out there in many ways. No unnecessary stuff, only what matters. Elegantly designed! Looking forward to the on-board ARP mode and more DAW (Logic Pro) integration. Thank you, NI.

[ssilva]

Thank you for finally adding this feature. I bought the Mk1, and upgraded to Mk2 when that came out, NOW I finally have a reason to upgrade to the MK3!!! Thank you for listening to your customers.

[dominusm]

you guys make the best updates that people have been asking for forever... and people STILL complain about what they dont have... it's a cruel world...

[AntonioTeoli]

Great tool. Even though I won’t use this feature since I’m an experienced musician, it would be nice to inform in the screen, which note each key is doing when transposed to a different scale. It is a good way to teach the young composers which note they are actually playing in these situations

[jamelzer]

Finally. For months I’ve been scratching my head wondering why I couldn’t do this out of the box!

[DirtyJokesFan]

I’m sure the Maschine MK3 community members, like myself, are eager to see how the MK3 keyboard will integrate with said hardware. All the updates so far are great developments steps for sure, though.

[petespeanuts]

It would be great to have the option to display a graphic representation of the scale / chord on the screen.
You could display the graphic in Learn mode or toggle the graphic on and off as an option.
Other manufacturers do this but NI could do it way better!
Super useful for Students etc.

[Ewoof]

Please add randomization to komplete kontrol. What's the point of having 10, 000 sounds if you only use the same sounds.

[scopeak]

Please integrate it with Ableton 12 scale mode!

[Qbit.Plicherss]

add more options to ARP, like skipping notes, random notes triggering, Strum....etc. this arp is good but very basic compare to the competition and there is a lot of potenial to be The BEST :)

[Yassinex]

Great addition. Can't wait for the ARP feature. +1 for addunf the ability to upload custom chord sets (like what we can do with templates) + Strum fonction features

[Skijumptoes]

Fantastic, this is the controller we wanted! Great news cant wait to try it!

[ASZ]

This was such a great update! Scale completely replaced Scaler 2 for me. When should we expect the Arp mode? That's gonna be such a game changer! 🔥

[Mrkevcd]

Great Update Thanks, In DAW mode it would be great if the buttons above the screen could select tracks as well as Solo & Mute

[ssilva]

Can't wait for the Arp to be added as well!

[martynwebb]

I second the customizable chord sets (which should be a minimum feature). As a bonus, you could look to introduce something akin to what the Reason Chord Sequencer is doing, which provides presets of chords, based on 'mood' and 'feel', but also styles and modal sets - basically chord structures from different keys and modes that work well together. This is important as staying in the same chord set (like minor) and having to adjust the knob to switch mode takes you out of the moment.

Theoryboard 'THY333' is also a stunner when it comes to chords; the bass clef hand is used for chords, whereas the treble clef hand is used for single notes, allowing you the ability to play chords and single note passages concurrently (mainly for film scoring and sketching ideas). Just some food for thought to take it to the next level.

Oh and the option to add a bass note to the chord would be amazing

[crayzmusic]

This was the one reason I wouldn't get mk3. I use the mapped version a lot it just helps the brain when playing

[neilingle]

For me, I like to try to play things properly. However, I can see the Play Assist features as useful in guiding you, and also great as an improvisation / sketching / ideas tool - put the keyboard into E Dorian, set a mode that stops you playing a non-diatonic note, and off you go! Then when you're more confident, turn the assistance off. As you can probably guess, I'm a better composer than player ;-)