NATIVE INSTRUMENTS Komplete Kontrol A49
£149
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Is it really over four years since I reviewed the Komplete Kontrol S-Series Mk1 keyboards? This was a revolutionary series of controllers that really did start to blur the lines between hardware and software. They work with NI’s plug-ins and third-party ones, acting as an interface that automatically maps its controls to the software’s most important attributes. Yes, that’s been done before – but never this way. With excellent screens and controls, the S-Series almost seems to suck the software from your computer and place it in the hardware, making you turn less towards your computer screen and more to what you’re actually playing; you’re less technician, more musician.
However, four years is a long time in the world of control – an area that’s been hotting up. I’ve since looked at the Akai Advance series which did its own successful take on giving you
