native instruments komplete kontrol a49 review

You’d think that £149 for a piece of hardware that controls a bunch of great software is a great price, and I certainly did, concluding that: “You get a full-sized keyboard, a bunch of high-quality plug-ins and a great conversation between the two of them. This Native Kontrol Standard is Native’s way of integrating its ever-cheapening hardware with it and third-party software, with hardware controls automatically assigning themselves to much-used software parameters, thus making the whole software-hardware thing very seamless.

The A49 I tested is streeting at just £149 and you get a full suite of NI software bundled in with it, plus the reassuring feeling that your keyboard will bring the best out of that software using the NKS standard. Native is on fire at the moment and seemingly intent on driving the entry price point to music production down to affordable levels.

It only seems like a couple of months since I reviewed the latest in Native Instruments’ Komplete Kontrol series of keyboards, that being the A-range.

Native instruments komplete kontrol a49 review