KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboard

Berlin, September 2, 2014 – Native Instruments today announced the

KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboards. The keyboards represent a hallmark

in the history of Native Instruments, providing advanced innovations in

hardware/software integration and uniting the KOMPLETE Instrument

portfolio under one purpose-built keyboard controller and software

interface. KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboards are available in a choice

of 25, 49 or 61 keys and come equipped with premium Fatar keybeds for a

luxurious playing experience. They will be available online and at

retailers worldwide October 1, 2014.



Daniel Haver, CEO of Native Instruments, comments: “In the last two

decades our software instruments have shaped and defined diverse musical

styles and genres. The KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboards finally bring

our original vision to life, and elevate the experience of sounds to a

whole new level. Only now the diversity of all KOMPLETE instruments and

sounds becomes truly accessible in a single instrument, in ways that no

controller or keyboard ever did before.”



The KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboards signal a new era of control for

the KOMPLETE Instrument portfolio. The all-new KOMPLETE Browser™ unifies

the powerful instruments in KOMPLETE, delivering tag-based access to all

KOMPLETE Instrument presets from one plug-in interface. Instead of

browsing by instrument, users can now search by sound, opening the

breadth of the KOMPLETE Instrument range faster and easier than ever before.



Native Map™ technology automatically maps all key parameters for each

KOMPLETE Instrument to the touch-sensitive controller knobs – all

clearly visible on the keyboards’ Clear View™ display. Each instrument

was carefully mapped by NI sound designers to arrange the most relevant

parameters on pages laid out on the keyboard’s display. The need for

complicated mapping is eliminated, bringing producers closer to the act

of creating music and allowing them to stay in the creative flow.



A first-of-its-kind Light Guide™ shows key switches, zones, and more on

multi-color LEDs positioned just above the keys. For example, key

switches for KONTAKT Instruments such as ACTION STRIKES are illuminated

in one color, while keys used for performance are lit with another. This

puts the instrument’s layout on the keyboard at a glance without having

to look at the software. The lights also provide performance feedback –

scales, chords, and arpeggios light up across the keyboard as they are

played.



KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboards also deliver Smart Play™ features to

accelerate workflow and stimulate new ideas. Chord mode lets producers

play complex chords with single keys. Chord Set mode provides

ready-to-play progressions that can inspire and augment original

compositions or add new flavor to remixes. The integrated scale mapping

features deliver fast access to new melodic possibilities – notes of the

currently selected scale light up on the Light Guide. Many widely-used

musical scales can also be mapped to the white keys. ‘Wrong’ notes can

be automatically re-mapped so melodies are always in tune. The

arpeggiator works seamlessly with every KOMPLETE Instrument. And the

eight controller knobs manage parameters such as direction, rate,

rhythm, patterns, and variations.



Furthermore, two touch-sensitive Touch Kontrols™ tap into a new paradigm

in software instrument control. They can mimic the behavior of pitch and

mod wheels, and physical objects like springs and bouncing balls for

interesting modulation curves – far beyond the capabilities of

conventional mod wheels. Keyboard functionality such as key splits and

Touch Kontrol behavior also function when using the keyboards as a

standard MIDI controller, opening these control innovations to

instruments outside the KOMPLETE universe.



KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboards were designed to integrate

seamlessly with the 10th generation of NI’s acclaimed instruments and

effects suites, released October 1st, 2014. Registered users of KOMPLETE

9 and KOMPLETE 9 ULTIMATE will receive a free download for the KOMPLETE

KONTROL software, giving them the same functionality on KOMPLETE KONTROL

S-Series keyboards as KOMPLETE 10 and KOMPLETE 10 ULTIMATE users.



KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboards are available online and in

retailers October 1, 2014. Preorder is also available.



KOMPLETE KONTROL S25 is available for $499 / 499 €. KOMPLETE KONTROL S49

is available for $599 / 599 €. KOMPLETE KONTROL S61 is available for

$699 / 699 €.



Additional information on the new KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series is available at:

www.the-komplete-instrument.com