It would make more sense to include it only with the Kontrol S as the keyboard is next to useless without it and - at those prices - needs all the help it can get. So it's slightly confusing as to why Komplete Kontrol is being made available for free.

13?) where this single interface truly becomes the front-end of Komplete's gamut of power. It might be that you never open the full plug again and we can see a Komplete 11 (12?.

There's no spurious 'sound morphing' features, unwanted effects and mixer sections or buttons you don't understand (or use).Īnd the software feels clean and nimble enough for you to confidently have it between you and your NI plugs without any fear that it's slowing down your computer or dumbing down your synths. Locking the search to a particular plugin speeds things up further but rather rubbishes the 'one plug searches all' concept.Īll Komplete's sounds are accurately categorised and everything makes so much more sense than NI's R.I.P. It's simple, easy to understand and pretty fast, given that tapping through sounds requires your computer to load up each plug and sound to let you hear it. It's a standalone or plugin (appearing in your NI folder in your DAW's drop-down) and it works great. You can search for 'pad sounds' (for example) via search criteria and pull up a list of options regardless of the plug that makes them.

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