

Using the control panel, producers can quickly and easily customize presets for specific use cases, such as a live performance. The S88 MkII offers a high-quality weighted keyboard and even tighter computer integration. You can use the KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboard as a stand-alone MIDI controller without USB-connection and connect your external MIDI equipment to the 5-pin MIDI ports on the KOMPLETE KONTROL S-SERIES’ rear panel. Customizing assignments is simple and intuitive – even across multiple pages – and any double assignments are recognized automatically. KOMPLETE KONTROL 1.5 also provides a new ‘Control Panel’ – a dedicated interface for customizing instrument parameter mappings to the eight control knobs on the hardware.

KOMPLETE KONTROL 1.5 also introduces VST compatibility allowing producers to play and control VST instruments on their S-Series keyboard. See below for the current list of NKS partners. All NKS partners have committed to releasing the NKS versions of their instruments as a free update to current owners. Notable partners currently finalizing their NKS-compatible instruments are Arturia, u-he, Output Audio, Heavyocity, and Spitfire Audio. Komplete Kontrol S88 combines the best-feeling hammer-action keybed around with vivid visual feedback and tight integration for your entire workflow: Browse. The NKS format has already been adopted and implemented by a number of leading instrument manufacturers, and the list of NKS plugins and supporters is growing rapidly.
