Keyboard Controller with 88 Fully Weighted Hammer-Action Keys, Deep Software Integration, and Polyphonic Aftertouch

A Smart Keyboard Controller to Bring Virtual Instruments to Life:

- Kontrol is an advanced MIDI keyboard controller. Stay in the flow with an intuitive connection to instruments, effects, and your DAW, plus immersive navigation on a high-res screen.

Features:

- Unparalleled software integration with next-generation NKS technology for a direct and immersive connection to NI and partner instruments, effects, and sounds

- 88 fully weighted hammer-action keys in an industry-leading Fatar keybed

- The Kontrol S88 comes with polyphonic aftertouch as standard and is the first widely available hammer-action polyphonic aftertouch keyboard controller

- High-resolution full-color display screen for intuitive browsing, tweaking, and mixing

- Light Guide: RGB lights above each key highlight drum cells, key switches, chords, scales, and more

- Smart Play: See scales and modes on the Light Guide, play chord progressions and arpeggios with single keys, or map any scale to white keys only

- Anodized aluminum knobs and pitch and modulation wheels

Specifications:

What’s included?

- USB-C cable *

- Komplete Kontrol and Komplete 14 Select software, plus a load of instruments and effects

- Setup guide and documentation as downloads

* Kontrol comes with a USB-C cable. It is bus-powered meaning the USB cable draws power directly from your computer, so there’s no need for an additional power supply. If your computer does not have a USB-C port, you can use your own USB adapter and power supply. Use the adapter to connect the provided USB-C cable from the keyboard’s HOST port to your computer’s USB-A port. Then connect a USB-C power supply (5 V, 7.5 W or higher, 1.5 A or higher) to the keyboard’s USB-C power supply port.

Inputs and Outputs

- Bus-powered USB-C

- USB MIDI

- USB-C port

- 4 x assignable TRS pedal inputs including a default sustain and default expression

- MIDI in and out

DAW Integration

- Ableton Live

- Bitwig

- Cubase

- Digital Performer

- FL Studio – Coming soon

- Logic Pro

- Pro Tools – Support coming in late 2023

- Studio One

Compatible Plug-In Formats

- macOS (64-bit only): Stand-alone, VST, VST3, AU, AAX

- Windows (64-bit only): Stand-alone, VST, VST3, AAX

System Requirements **

- MIDI 2.0 (Requires MacOS 13.5 or higher)

- MIDI 1.0 (With MacOS 12 or higher)

- Intel Core i5, Apple M1 (And equivalent or higher)

- macOS 13 (Ventura) or higher

- Windows 10 or 11 (Latest service pack) or higher

- 8 GB RAM

** An internet connection and a graphics card that supports OpenGL 2.1 or higher Direct 3D 11.1 (feature level 11_0) or higher are required to download and activate this product and associated content. Once installed and activated, the product can be used offline.

Hardware

- A high-resolution 1280 x 480 color screen with glass surface

- CNC-machined, bead-blasted and anodized aluminum, 8 x encoder caps, 1 x 4D encoder cap, 2 x wheels (Pitch and mod)

- RGB illuminated pitch and mod wheels

- New button-islands that form a continuous dustproof control surface and are grouped by function

Unit

- Dimensions (H x W x D): 120 mm x 1353 mm x 347 mm

- Weight: 13.5 kg