Before the new trend of producer battles, there has always been the battle of the controllers. Not to be outdone by its competition, native instruments has announced two new upcoming products. Maschine MK3 and Komplete Kontrol Mk2.

The most obvious change is the addition of two new higher resolution full-color LED screens for sample slicing, note editing, mixing and browsing.

The pads are now larger and placed closer together similar to Beatmaker 3.

It has a four-directional push encoder for browsing. And a touch strip for performing effects, pitch-bending and strumming notes.

It includes a dedicated function buttons for pad mode, keyboard mode, step mode and chord mode.