Komplete Kontrol S-Series Keyboards: Hands-On Overview

[BrandonCharles]

This thing almost plays itself! Incredible innovations guys!!!

[solutionsagent]

I knew I could count on DJTT to be the first to give us info on the new S-Series controllers. :)

[MartIn-bnyy]

The lights showing which notes are in scale is an awesome idea ! I wanna buy it just for that ! Also, going through all the NI library by type of sound is very good too.

[DJRX]

I am so glad I came across this video! I have been doing a great deal of research on finding a midi keyboard, and knowing this is NI, I'm pretty much set. Thank you so much for putting this video up, I have finally found my answer. Now I just need to save a butt ton of money again like I did when I got the Maschine way back when.

[RheyneMusic]

Awesome. Nice to know Fatar was involved, too.

[pesto]

and.. 4+ years later.. I just order a "used" but like new S61 for $200! Works great and you can't beat the price!!

[strugglebuggietv]

i love reading the comments...
the elitists hate it, the newbies cant afford it, and everyone else thinks its awesome...

[DDaniels]

My prayers r anwsered!! Love it!! Now i just want to see the maschine intergration

[swajmahal]

SO AWESOME!!! Been waiting for NI to make a midi keyboard for its own plugins! Ill be buying!

[ChrisPhoenixBMR]

Sold.

I was most worried about the pitch/mod strips. But they look FANTASTIC.

I am selling off my Novation SL mkii... downgrading it to Zero SL mkii, and will be buying one of these.

[PrimiusLovin]

It has some interesting features (the lighting system, the touch pitch/mod wheel, and the arpeggiator mode) but it also lacks a lot of features found in almost any midi keyboard in that price range (sliders and drum pads are the most obvious):

For someone who needs a 2nd keyboard and/or uses Kontakt  this could be a nice option, but for those who are looking for their main midi keyboard Kontrol might not be the best option out there.
I ended up buying an SL MKII after thoroughly checking various other options

[TheFujac]

present to myself this year for sure!!!

[ithinkmynameismooe]

For anyone who was interested the track at the beginning is, Horizon (feat. Nilu) (Original Mix) - Singularity 

[FaumauNZ]

I want every peice of technology in this video!

[OxygenBeats]

i hope they come out with an 88 key version too

[supravista]

If you need a controller for sound design, the one is the best you concurrently get.

While the Akai Advance can work as a sound design machine, is shining point is the instrument/patch menu functionality. But if you're wanting a controller for sound design, it lags a little bit by only having 4 banks of parameter mapped knobs, and you can't name those banks, such as naming one osc, filter, etc. This makes it all but impossible to organize the many parameters of a synth.

The Kontrol, on the other hand, lets you make many pages of mapped parameters, and name those pages to organize them.

That simple difference makes all the difference for sound designers.

[tussaladd]

This is fucking INSANE AWSOME! I have spent years in learning scales and those sus, dim and whatever. BUT, Im producing as well, so the time it takes to learn how to play the keyboard by scale, on all different keys and not just C Major or A minor, just takes too much focus and time. I want to make beats and not fuck around with pitch and keys and whatnot. I know the freakin theory, I just dont have time to become a virtuoso. Sampling, synth tweaking, beatmaking, timestretching, mixing and all those things needs my attention, not which fucking key to play if I want a sus4 chord. MAN, this is the SHIT!!! 

[XaserII]

Starting at 499€ for the 25-keys! Nevermind that the most expensive 25-key controller available today costs about 200 less..

[bigboyvit]

I used to love and browse New controllers and but i just listed the top controller of all time at affordable price the Yamaha MX49, the Yamaha guys Killed it this Keyboard is so beautiful it integrates with any DAW it got over 1000 sounds you can detune them and make your own its actually a synth but it changed my life.Thank you Yamaha.

[metalwrath]

I think I'm sold on the S49 & Komplete Elements