The Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol A49 is the 4-octave version of the new affordable Komplete Kontrol series. As well as Native's own Komplete plug-in library,Komplete Kontrol also comes with auto-mapping for hundreds of NKS-compatible Plug-In manufacturers like Rob Papen, Spectrasonics, Arturia, plus many more. There are four steps involved to set up Live with your KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series MK2: 1. Installing the MIDI Remote Script

Providing full VSTi and VST FX support, you can use the keyboard with virtually any sound or VST. It is also deeply integrated with Maschine software, allowing you to control various parameters with ease. Are you looking for some great VST’s? Here are some awesome organ VSTs that you might enjoy! OverallControlling your NKS software is where the keyboard really comes into its own, though, and this is simply a matter of loading in an instance of the KK software and navigating via the hardware to a sound or effect that you want. You’ll have to load the KK software standalone first though, so it builds up a database of your compatible software and then it will run in your DAW. Komplete Kontrol A49 is fully compatible with a wide range of DAWs including Logic Pro X, Ableton Live and Garageband. More DAW support for Cubase and Nuendoto be added with future updates to the Komplete Kontrol software and hardware!

GarageBand is now set up for KOMPLETE KONTROL. Loading KOMPLETE KONTROL in GarageBand for the First Time Mac OS X 10.10.5 (Yosemite) or later: Verify if an installed plug-in is causing issues recognizing the hardware as explained in this article.

Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol A49 Overview

Go to the File / Folder tab of Live's Preferences and make sure the Use Audio Units and Use VST Plug-in System Folders options are activated. If these options were not activated, press the Rescan button after having set them to On. Smart Play: Over 100 mapped scales and modes, play chord progressions and arpeggios with single keys, or map any scale to white keys only Expand the entries Sound, video, and game controllers and Universal Serial Bus devices. If an exclamation mark appears next to your device entry (see picture), install the driver manually as explained below: Just like the S49, there are no drum pads on the A49. One thing I will mention here is that you can play beats directly from your keyboard, so you don’t absolutely need pads. I get some people love the pads, I feel like Native Instruments invested in DAW functionality, rather than adding tons of features. The Key-Bed

For customers in outlying areas of the country, the price of the Extended Warranty may be marginally higher, due to the potential for higher collection and redelivery transport costs. Scroll through the list of all installed extensions until you reach NIUSBAudio in the column Extension Name. In the example below, we want to look up the properties of the NIUSBAudio4DJ driver to determine the driver Version (v. 2.8.0 in this example).If you’re experiencing issues with Host Integration on an Apple Silicon-based Mac, please follow the steps in this article.