Korg nanoKONTROL Studio

Bereicherung für den Workflow

Ich habe mir vor über einem Jahr den NanoKontrol Studio bestellt und arbeite seitdem damit. Die Bedienelemente lassen sich individuell anpassen und funktionieren einwandfrei. Alles in allem ein gutes Produkt, hält was es verspricht!

Very handy to use with korg gadget

Love using this with korg gadget and an ipad.

I also use the nanoKEY studio as well.

Great for that use!

Game changer

No more hunting for the mouse pointer! Set up markets, arm the channel and hit record. Works great with Logic and Reaper.

Lots of control despite the small size

Korg nanoKONTROL has all the controls (perhaps even more than) I need. I use it with my iPad Pro over bluetooth with zero problems. Next I'll try grabbing a WIDI and use it with my Digitakt.

Small, good portable controller

Ultra portable all-plastic controller. Fits in my coat pocket (I have big pockets) Faders are ok, not bad but not great either, fluency could be better. Pots are decent. Touch pads are nice and responsive.

Great integration in REAPER, you can get some mapping packs at the forums to help you get started.

Downsides mostly the small fader size but that's what you get with going portable. If you want something that will be used as a fixed controller more often than it will be carried out of the house, go for something bigger and just bite the bullet in those odd events where you leave the house with it.

super useful for DAWs

absolutely love it we use it for mixing our broadcasts, only issue is when we use the mute button it doesn work for unmuting but could be a config issue with ableton. otherwise a 5 stars

not recommended as control surface

In Ableton Live there is no script template, so you need to write your own. With an adapted script fron the nanoKONTROL2 you can get it to work to some extend, but you won't be satisfied with only half the transport controls actually working. The official statement from KORG (Benelux) is, that the company can not provide a script for the nanoKONTROL Studio. Period. That's why I wouldn't recommend the KORG nanoKONTROL Studio.

Caution if using with Reaper

In principle, hardware is well made, although the cable could've been longer.

However, device seems not to be Reaper Friendly....

- the installation is not really as straight forward as one might hope for. At the end I finally got it to work, but I needed a good couple of hours to figure out everything. And even then it worked barely and non 100 % reliably. For example, after starting the Reaper, there was somewhat of a 50/50 chance that the nanoKONTROL would actually work. Also, not sure if it was a must, but it seemed not to be able to work without the KORG KONTROL Editor running in the background.

- after finally getting it to "work" I have experienced a couple of sudden crashes, that are tbh totally for Reaper. Then, on a few occasions, I had to restart the computer because the Reaper would freeze in NOT RESPONDING mode and wouldn't run. The issue was resolved when I "forgot" the nanoKONTROL Studio in the "MIDI devices" and deleted it from "Control Surfaces".

Final verdict

hardware good, buy a longer cable;

radom DAW + nanoKONTROL = maybe;

Reaper + nanoKONTROL = expect problems (Not Responding)

No Mac wireless support until April 2021 release

Find the comment "nanoKONTROL Studio Control Surface plug-in does not support wireless connection now. We are planning to support it by new system firmware in April." at >

I will return the product for now.

A nice device, but...

It is overall a very good device, a nice addition to my home studio.

Couple of things to keep in mind.

1. If you are using reaper - you need to set everything up by yourself. It doesn't have a default profile. You can find a reaper profile in the internet, but still, you'll probably need to set up most of stuff on your own. It will take time.

For Logic it does have a default profile, just FYI.

2. The wireless connection is not really stable. The biggest reason for me to buy this unit was wireless connection, but it loses connection very often and pretty randomly. Not sure if it is DAW, OS, or the unit problem. Wired connection works fine.