Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol A61 Controller Keyboard

Great product Having a blast using it especially with the plugin and software provided via code. Easy to setup and use . Good key bed and nice to the finger. Great midi keyboard

Keys feel good (synth style, definitely not weighted). Only complaint is lack of transpose buttons, but this is a limitation I'm glad of as it is improving the versatility of my playing

Excellent keyboard, good make. The only thing I would say is that the pressing and release of the keys can be a little noisy when playing, quite clunky sounding. Apart from that it's a great product.

Always wanted a newer keyboard and this was the one.

Superb, does exactly what it's meant to do. Solidly built.

If you're on a budget, this is your only option. The key bed is beautiful, a pleasure to play. I've had the Nektar P6, Akai, the Korg Trinity, and nothing compares. An absolute delight!

This keyboard is exactly what I need right now, as a temporary fix while I don't have my studio for a while. It's recognised in Ableton immediately and all the keys and controls work. However, despite what you may hear in some descriptions or videos, this is in no way a semi-weighted action, or even vaguely comparable to one. It's a set of very plastic keys with a sharp, spring-like response. I showed it to my wife, saying "Check out the keys!" and her response was "ew." In playing, some subtlety can be lost to the pressure required to get over the sharp spring return, and I suspect that there is only a sensor at the end of the key travel, so right now I'm dropping notes. That said, if you don't care about a realistic feel, the response is at least crisp, and manages not to feel cheap and spongy. The fast return will surely come in useful for production (a semi-weighted keyboard can slow you down). Also, I'm not a pianist by any stretch of the imagination, so YMMV. The buttons, digital knobs (with infinite travel), encoder and mod/pitch wheel also feel good, although the knobs and wheels have a kind of smooth inertia to them. It feels luxurious and expensive, but I question whether it will limit quick and fine adjustments. For me, the software integration side of things was a bonus, but I was actually excited at the idea of selecting from a palette of sounds from multiple synths and libraries. Unfortunately, it fell down here as well. The installation took a long time (I have a lot of plugins) and needed constant attention to get past some plugin dialogs. It also regularly completely hangs on one of my Arturia plugins. For anything that isn't Native Instruments or Kontakt-based, I get an error when I select a sound. The installer seems to have attempted to install the plugin metadata to a drive that doesn't exist, so I foresee a lot of time on forums and with support to get it fixed. So: unrealistic keys, flaky software, sluggish controllers. But, for this price I can actually forgive a lot of that. Just being able to have a keyboard around for the next couple of months is good enough for me. And being NI, I'm pretty sure that it would survive a nuclear apocalypse.

This keyboard looks nice and it comes with nice selection of software. Unfortunately it doesn't allow you to adjust velocity curve, which means that it becomes useless if you try to play using acoustic instruments samples or if you intend to play with any expressiveness at all. If you want that then you need to go for S versions, but for the price of S I would rather go for a proper synthesizer, which can also act as a Daw controller. Also the buttons are very noisy when pressed. I'm very unhappy and I'm going for a synth/workstation.

This is a fantastic piece of kit, and for the money (1800SEK) it's a no-brainer. It's really nice to use and feels great. I use it in tandem with my Maschine Mk3 and it's great to have the surface this keyboard offers. I just load up an instrument or sound on my Maschine, and can start playing on the A61 right away to get ideas out quickly. The fact that it has some great controls is a plus as the knobs for example allows you to adjust macros very easily. Nothing but good things to say about this honestly.

La utilizzo con Cubase e FL Studio... assolutamente perfetta. Viene riconosciuta subito dal sistema e permette di utilizzare tutti i VST senza alcun problema. Si alimente direttamente dalla porta USB e i controlli sono assegnabili. Robusta e ben costruita. Anche esteticamente rende l'idea di uno strumento professionale. Consigliata.

I like, but a want sustain pedal

I bought this as a gift for a musician friend. The recipient was delighted.

La calidad del teclado es bastante buena para el rango de precio: -Teclas de tamaño completo -Sensibilidad totalmente precisa 1-127 -Mecanismo un poco ruidoso Ruedas de pitch-bend y de modulación: -Muy cómodas al tacto y precisas gracias a que tienen cierta firmeza (no llegan a sentirse duras de forma negativa) -Buenos materiales con acabado tipo goma de buena calidad. Encoders: -Responden al tacto y tienen también cierta firmeza lo que los hace muy precisos. Pantalla: -Muy muy pequeña (se siente como uno de los puntos en los que se abarataron costos) -Brillante Botones: -Tal vez uno de los peores puntos. No son malos pero sí son ruidosos y tienen un click que se siente algo barato. -Retro-iluminados Carcasa: -Plástica pero de buena calidad y con cierto peso, aunque sigue siendo lo suficientemente ligera para transportar cómodamente. Empaque: -Muy bien empacado y protegido Compatibilidad: -SÓLO COMPATIBLE CON WINDOWS 10!!! Integración con Kontak y Kontrol: -No hay nada mejor excepto por sus hermanos mayores de la serie S.