Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S61 MkII review with audio demos

[@AshtonCoolman]

I'm more amazed at your musical knowledge and ability to play so many different styles of music impromptu. Are you composing new music out of thin air or playing snippets of songs that you know ?! You're a musical genius.

[@samprock]

To qualify for Paolo's review the thing must be vintage! that's why it was storage quarantined :D

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

😄

[@arnoud500]

@@SynthManiaDotCom 3owwwwwwwewwww33

[@dosgos]

Awesome Demo Paolo. Never really understood how the Komplete Kontrol worked and how it integrates with your computer. This was well worth watching.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad it was helpful!

[@scottgourlay1473]

Thankyou... very informative 👏... I have the S49 and used your video to pickup a little more knowledge as I'm still learning about all Native Instruments has to offer with sounds, midi, etc..

[@Kemosabi.]

I've been eyeing up the S1 61 for a while now..great video, very helpful and informative .. 50% of deals at Native Instruments now!!!

[@macdaddybender]

I've had a Komplete Kontrol S49 MkII for a few years now. It's my go to keyboard for my everyday workflow and its neat size means I can keep it on my desk. I think these are great controllers and they work great with the NI software as you might expect. That was some seriously lovely playing too, especially the piano.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thanks for sharing!

[@MrFunktone]

This is a great demo, the best ive come across so far for this keyboard. I cant wait to get mine soo. Your playing is inspirational I would love to someday be able to play even close to how good you are. Time to get practicing. Thanks again 👍

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad you like it!

[@alessandromidiofficial4328]

grandissimo Paolo, e congratulazioni per questo tuo splendido canale !

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Grazie di cuore, Alessandro!

[@wizmos74]

Really great review Paolo but more amazing is your skill play this keyboard,hats off,greetings from Polonia

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thanks a lot!

[@G.GordonMidi]

your keyboard drumming is fantastic my man!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thanks! I have a video where I explain the way I play it, if you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3KVqHSfrLSfj6s

[@Pianet]

I'd really like to see paulo to a series on classic and influential vst synths. NI massive, Lennar Sylenth1, Uhe Zebra, Reason Subtractor, Rob Papen Albino, Camel Audio Alchemy, Cakewalk Z3ta...The influence these program have had on music is strangely overlooked.

[@Ninnuam999]

I'm running the free version of Komplete Kontrol software and still can't believe they released it with so many high quality sounds and features, I'm not a pro by any means but I've had a lot of fun playing around with it (I'm using a Yamaha DJX as a MIDI controller).

[@djCatScanRL]

😳 DJX? Taking it back to the turn-of-Century! I Love it; props! 👏🏼🎹🤜🤛

[@ichi4394]

bro did an entire movie soundtrack in this video

[@danm3570]

dude you're a very good keyboard player, I'm blown away every time I watch

[@williamlovitt]

Excellent demo and it was great to learn so much in such a short time. Thanks!

[@Tokiofritz]

That was a great review, better than most as we got a proper demo. Love this board (although a bit pricey), I do wish it had sliders to concentrate on levels, pots for VST parameters.

[@alexmiller9198]

Thumbs up just for the beautiful playing at 07:00. Thank you.

[@ynnebbenny]

I love your channel. Even though I can't play keyboard, I still always enjoy your great presentations. Well done !!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@chdugay]

Finally!!!! I was waiting for this for a long time!!! Thanks a lot :)

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

You're welcome!

[@ReginaldKSon]

Very well done. TY. What is your opinion on the keybed and action?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

It's very good

[@MattPicsET]

Sold me on the Disco Drums 💯🏆

[@korywesterhold]

Low key dropping that Succession soundtrack @ 12:53 😲👏👏👏

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

?? I have no idea what "Succession" soundtrack is.

[@NikArcher]

beside the amazing review, watching you play different instruments on it is also amazing :)

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

I appreciate that!

[@tonyail2089]

you're fantasticly doing this, thanks so much!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

You're very welcome!

[@sandrorocha7966]

Show Parabéns irmão!!!

[@bd594]

Hello, I went through the user guide and there is very little info regarding the light guide. Can the Komplete Kontrol be used as a standalone teaching keyboard? I want to send MIDI into the keyboard and have the LED's display the notes being played. Thanks

[@timweinheimer1]

I use the use the Arturia KeyLab 88 MK II with Analog Lab 5 similar.I am very happy with it.The Native Instrument controllers are very Nice a little more expensive.The Complete software is great as well.thanks for doing this demo Cio.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thanks for sharing!

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

You lucky to get that for review, looks good, I'm happy with My Akai keyboard at the moment but looks cool.

[@salthedrummer1]

Thank You...good playing too...what powerful tool..

[@jockojohn3294]

Really nice informative video.....and of course your playing ability over so many instruments and styles... :)

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you kindly!

[@LYVEWYRE12000]

Hello. Thanks for the video! Can you name and save projects from the controller itself?

[@RhythmHouseNZ]

Any good for live music?

[@benbas3156]

8:28 I have a question to the velocity curves. I have an S61 MK1, but it also has the same velocity curves. But next to the fact that there are velocity curves, I somehow do not get the full velocity spectrum from 1 to 127. Maybe I get 1, but just touching it a little harder directly jumps up to 30 or so. It is nearly impossible to get values from 2 - 20. Is this the same for the MKII? And how hard do you need to push (especially on the black keys) to get up to 127 if possible at all? On the MK1 especially the black keys already producing very loud stop noise before you get high velocity values.

[@mmhcreates]

Hi, I have Reaktor, but have never found this patch before 18:17. Can anyone help how to find it? It is a beautifully rich sound.

[@harrodsongs]

You play very well.

[@verdantscott9024]

How do you transpose keys?

[@luigicodeluppi8888]

Good morning I have a problem. I connected both kontrol komplete mkII and Maschine plus to the window pc with Maschine software via USB cable. Everything works except that by pressing the kontrol keys the selected sounds do not play while they play regularly by pressing the pads of plus machines. This is how the songs loaded on Maschine 2 sound. Did I get the connections wrong? Do I have to set something special? If so, can you tell me the detailed procedure? I tried to see the midi setting of maschine plus; but in controller mode the parameters are not editable. Can you help me? Thank you. Louis

[@javasquonk]

Very informative, thank you! However, I will mainly use this video as an instructional video to learn to play in different styles! :)

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad it was helpful!

[@racquelp]

Can anyone answer if it has internal memory or ram

[@zsoltsantaphotography9637]

brill review, whats the song from 9:16 ?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Improv.

[@5argetech56]

Hi Paolo, Question: Do you get to keep these instruments? This looks like the Bomb controller! Old School MIDI.. is a 100% Plus!

[@alanjones7040]

Quality patches... Really like them..

[@billbradleymusic]

What is the lock for?

[@venividi911]

Fantastic Your Demo 👍

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@onevoicediscoveries]

I can't get past the first screen. I'm sooo frustrated. I've had this for 4 months and haven't done squat and ditto with Mashinwe+, and I'd like to use them, but Maschine+ registration is a nightmare. And I can't get past screen 1 on the s61 mkii..

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Did you contact NI Support? I'm sure they can help you.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

19:44 That compersition and sound is almost identical to a track I made in 06 on Reason when I was experimenting because It was new software to Me at the time.

[@gabrieldonl2311]

would it be good at controlling external hardware modules as well ?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Yes

[@AdmirKurtovic]

Dear sir, first of.. great video! Do you have an online class to teach playing keys? :D

[@physicalrc_yt]

Hello, I have the KK s61 mk2 and I often use it with "The Gentleman", now I would have liked to know whether you can somehow adjust the playing strength or hardness. I know that you can adjust the softness and so on, but if you start from a normal piano then you can also determine the hardness by pressing the keys with different strengths. The question is whether you can adjust it somehow and if so, where?

[@paolofabbroni2707]

Ottimo 👍👍👍👍 video

[@JoseAngelMorente]

Paolo, Ujiie-san, and Claudio from Dr. Mix, the three best synth players on the whole Internet. I personally have stopped watching videos from the other channels.

[@Ninnuam999]

I would add Tiago Mallen, pretty cool Brazilian keyboard player.

[@JoseAngelMorente]

@@Ninnuam999 Thank you for the recommendation

[@st0rmchild]

Check out Matt Johnson (of Jamiroquai), Mike Pensini, and Moot Booxle, to name just a few.

[@huwwackman]

Great skillz

[@henrikgustav2294]

are all the sounds demoed included in the package ?

[@EuroDJ]

What keyboard better S61 or Korg DW8000? I mean keys feeling...

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

S61

[@albyboy4278]

Other people use the fency pancy drum pad keys for percursion Paolo; hold my piano keyboard 😂

[@bronco51256]

what 61 key midi board would you recommend for live gigging to control my Ketron sound module. don't need a lot of fancy stuff because most of it will be controlled via the module and foot pedals

[@astechigen]

Would you recommend it to learn to play a piano?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

I'd recommend the 88 version if you want to learn to play a piano - which has 88 keys

[@mainmajo]

Thank you! nfi 🎹❤️✅

[@JgHobley]

Sounds fantastic. Wouldn't sound that good if I player it!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad you like it!

[@JgHobley]

@@SynthManiaDotCom Does it have a built in audio interface or, is one still needed for general recording?

[@frequencyspectrum9931]

I used to own one, the only thing going for it is the nks feature. It really helps you to just get making stuff plus the led lights are pretty helpful. Build quality feels extremely cheap and not many mapping options either

[@Jason75913]

cheap build? S61 Mk2 or the cheaper A61?

[@cindydyli]

Hi Paolo, may I know does all these sounds come together with the S61, or do you purchase them additionally? Thanks a lot!!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Hi, Cindy, the S61 comes with Komplete Select library - which is a smaller soundset but you can upgrade to the full library (which I used in this demo) if you want - or you can also use any other software sounds. www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/bundles/komplete-13-select/compare/

[@cindydyli]

@@SynthManiaDotCom Is your version in the demo Komplete13 or the ones even more upgraded?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

The version I used in this demo was Komplete 12

[@cindydyli]

@@SynthManiaDotCom ok thankyou so much Paolo!!!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Very welcome!

[@JostSchwider]

👍 - _also_ for the KZbin algo!

[@derlio2086]

Hey Paolo, how does the action compare to your other synthesizers?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

It's good quality, Fatar action.

[@asmallvoice272]

Nice video. Celesta gives off Harry Potter vibes.

[@pauljordan6295]

Grandissimo video Paolo! Volevo chiedere un consiglio, sono davvero indeciso: sono un musicista pro ( sassofonista) e sto finalmente allestendo il mio homestudio. Premetto che come piano 88 tasti avrò una roland rd 88 e come daw Logic pro x. Riguardo alla tastiera midi che userò solo in studio e mai nei live ( non sono un pianista) non so se prendere questa komplete s61 la arturia keylab 61 mk2. Come gestione suoni ( libreria logic, artutia analog lab V e komplete NI) quale delle due può essere piu immediata e interfacciarsi meglio con la daw e riuscire a "leggere" piu librerie diverse ? Sembra che l arturia abbia più controlli, pad, fader mentre la Komplete una buon sistema di ricerca dei suoni . Però non so cosa fare..grazie per il consiglio se avrai tempo!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Grazie di cuore, come dici, l'Arturia ha piu' controlli, percio' dipende se usi il drum-programming tipo MPC, le drawbars stile Hammond, e pomelli synth - che sono presenti sull'Arturia ma non sulla NI. Se vuoi usare tanta programmazione di batteria e organo / synth, probabilmente l'Arturia ha la meglio su quel fronte. Se usi suoni gia' programmati sulla DAW, tutte e due le tastiere vanno benissimo e hanno simili prestazioni MIDI. Se usi la libreria Kontakt parecchio, e' veramente facile usarla senza mouse, dalla S61.

[@pauljordan6295]

@@SynthManiaDotCom dunque diciamo che come suoni ( se non compro la komplete) avrei la libreria di logic e magari analog lab v ..anche qui non so come qualità tra arturia e kontakt quale siano i suoni migliori. Per me è tutto un mondo nuovo, non so se sia meglio fare la batteria sui pad( stile mpc o maschine mk3) o sulla tastiera come ho visto fare a te..Dicono che la komplete è più da studio e la arturia da live. Mi è difficile capire quale sia la piu "semplice" come approccio per uno come me che inizia l'avventura della produzione per comporre brani, beats, su cui poi registrarci sopra i sax . Quella che attacchi al mac, accendi logic e ti dà il modo piu veloce di trovare, impostare, caricare e registrare i suoni delle varie librerie. Grazie per il prezioso aiuto!

[@warzeli1]

lines are top

[@godovscore]

thank you Paul!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

My pleasure!

[@dirface]

Thnx for this!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

You bet!

[@Axman66]

++ very cool video, not to technical++ coolest sounds++

[@terrellclane8715]

Cool video

[@LB-pp7pu]

I really wanted to buy it a couple of months ago but it seems that it doesn't work with Windows 7

[@MuzixMaker]

Which is why I’ve stayed away from virtual instruments, which are subject to the whims of operating system developers. HW synths will work for decades as long as nothing breaks that can’t be replaced.

[@LB-pp7pu]

@@MuzixMaker For synth sounds yes, for realistic instruments/samples I prefer software

[@MuzixMaker]

@@LB-pp7pu as long as you accept that someday you won’t be able to use your SW.

[@stevejames9261]

it does or did work with windows 7, I bought Komplete 12 ultimate collectors edition last year, had windows 7 at the time, and everything i tried, worked. although i bought primarily for the pianos. I cant speak for komplete 13, as don't have it.

[@ProSimex84]

Yeah, I can't imagine any of these soft synth controllers being anything but landfill in 20 years. I can see it being great in a professional studio setting, but not something for the average user.

[@joman66]

30 minutes of AWESOME

[@darkness1943]

WOW 👍🏼👍🏼

[@derekbaker3279]

Great demonstration of this versatile software & the midi keyboard Paolo! 👍👍 A few questions: 1. What was your opinion regarding the action/touch & build quality of the keyboard? 2, Does it have aftertouch & if it does, how well does the aftertouch work? 3. What computer did you use & what are its specifications? 3. How much lag/latency did you experience when using it? Thanks! 😎

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Derek, thanks! 1. The keyboard is high quality Fatar. Very good touch response 2. Yes, it has aftertouch and it works well 3. I use both PCs and Macs, in this video I used a self-built Intel i9-based PC I built a couple of years ago - SSD, 64GB RAM, water-cooled, high-level video card, overall high specs (about 3K build) 4. That depends on which audio interface you use but these days even a cheap 100 bucks interface has low latency - I use several, typically get 3-5ms, you can't basically tell any latency playing from the keyboard via USB - its' instantaneous.

[@derekbaker3279]

@@SynthManiaDotCom My apologies for the slow response. 😳 Thank you for your detailed answers to my questions. Much appreciated! 😊

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

@@derekbaker3279 Very welcome

[@andx4024]

2 displays - reduculus

[@albertocastillo7686]

Doing it 🤙

[@chrysler300mturkiyeselimgo5]

Hello there I follow you very fondly and I do not have a single day that I did not visit your page, I take you as an example for myself and I want to be like you, I am very amateur in this business, I do not have much money, the devices that I can enjoy this pleasure are very expensive in my country, I liked this review very much. Is it possible for an amateur with limited possibilities to make Italian disco music with this keyboard? I really like this device and it looks very easy to use. Can I produce the music you produce with this device? I would be grateful if you could help, and if this keyboard comes with a video of italo disco music, it will be very useful for people like me. thank you so much.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you, yes, you can make any style of music with this keyboard (has arpeggiator, controls for DAW etc.) but keep in mind this is only a MIDI controller keyboard - it does not have any sounds built in. You have to connect it to a computer, and use software plugins to generate the sounds. If you have Kontakt or any other Native Instruments library, it is designed to work especially well with those plugins, but you can use it with any other DAW and plugins as well. So if you're on a budget keep in mind that there are no sounds in this keyboard, and that you will have to purchase the sounds separately on the computer.

[@chrysler300mturkiyeselimgo5]

@@SynthManiaDotCom ❤

[@antskaljurand3091]

So much empty space on top maybe a few more sliders or controls.

[@sadarahurh8794]

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS is THE WORST VST COMPANY ON THE PLANET. Stay away from NI. Expect: NO SUPPORT, TONS OF BUGS, ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY, FULL IGNORANCE

[@djCatScanRL]

😳

[@circaxx85]

Haha. Why