Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol M32 Reviews

Good desktop keyboard

A little bit chunky but still not too big, nice keys, knobs feel great, good for mapping up to softsynths and stuff. One knob has broken on me though, doesnt react properly. Nice and light, not flimsy

A great portable midi controller!

This works really well with the Komplete Kontrol software. It's quite light too. It has a good amount of keys. I might have preferred more physical mod wheels for modulation and pitch bend but I know that's probably one of the reasons why they are able to sell it for such a good price. Very happy with this purchase. Thanks.

Looks cool but the quality is....

It looks great on the pictures but maybe after I've played many hours on the Arturia Keystep this one looks and feels more like a toy. The buttons are pretty clicky, the keybeds are just plasticcy, annoying. I've expected more of a integration advantage with a Maschine software but the quality doesn't make up for it so I've sold it.

Perfect tool for a home studio

For a new home studio and someone who is starting in the world of music and bedroom music, it is totally amazing, is has a lot of good features and once you get to set it up with your DAW, it is really intuitive and friendly. Totally recommend it.

Amazing midi

I am using Komplete Kontrol M32 for my studio recording purpose. Its really amazing ,the best part is the keys are very handy to play individual notes such as playing drum notes really helpful. Over all I am very much satisfied.

Best in class

I’ve used quite a lot of mini-keyboards and this one in my opinion has the best keys in this price range. Other parts and knobs are nice and sturdy, top-notch manufacturing and quality control!

I use it in Reaper to record virtual instruments and partially as a DAW controller. In both cases it works flawlessly, no issues with drivers.

Feels cheap

It is cheap - you get what you pay for.

Loooving it!

It is lightweight yet does not move around when used on the table. Love the little keys, light to the touch but very satisfying when pressed upon. Very nice look and features.

A must have for Komplete Kontrol / MK3 Owners

The M32 increases your production and creativity with 300%. So nice that everything is preconfigured with NI Komplete Control.

Super!

Love it. The pitch bend and mod strips are too easy to touch by mistake. Otherwise this controller is perfect.

Overall good but quality of keys very disappointing

For a budget entry into the KKS world it's fine. But the quality of the keys is bad - like super-springy and noisy bad. Everything else in terms of build quality is great by contrast.

Love it!

Got this just to experiment with playing/recording simple riffs and fills in my DAW...love the quality, super value for money!

I'm not keyboard player

I don't have space for larger keyboard and I'm not keyboard player. So this is good for me to make some basic lines and experiment with sounds... It has some basic features and it is good with Cubase.

Avariado assim que liguei.

Péssima experiência. Comprei o teclado e assim que o liguei ao computador já se encontra avariado ou com problemas. Testei com 3 computadores diferentes. O teclado simplesmente liga, dá umas luzes e de seguida desliga por completo e não funciona.

Obviamente vou devolver.

a bit clicky but still awesome

my first controller. Native Instruments is my first ecosystem and it only makes sense to get a feel on their portable controllers. Wanted to experience this first before moving in to S61 or S88. So far so good. Only gripe is the clicky buttons which my neighbors notice. But overall integration with the software is awesome. Will recommend for newbies like me, but will definitely get the upgraded S61, Vapor gray to be exact. If these were rides, S-series would be the Ferraris and M32 would be the Ducatis

I love my M32! If you mainly work with software synths, the keyboard has all you need. Very nice to play, the build quality is awesome; the knobs are touch-sensitive and if you're going to make use of the NI integrations (I suggest you do) you can control the devices right from the keyboard quite nicely. Some basic DAW integration is also there (Ableton) and the Internet has a script to make it control Live racks in the MIDI mode. Tighter integration with Live would be great, but hey, for the money it's fair. All in all, very nice compact keyboard on budget; I made quite a few tracks without touching any of my other controllers.

Saves getting the big one out.

Lives on the desk easily next to the other various control pads et al, makes the whole sample, sound, phrase hunt easier when your trying to find inspiration. I guess because it doesn't dominate like the main keyboard does you kind of play around more, not the muscle memory stuff so much.

Could it be any better for a compact controller?

With the given NI quality in mind, as an owner of an S61, when I saw this small beauty at a special offer price, I couldn't help ignoring it, as it will greatly serve as a gift I had in mind.

Even at its original price, it feels pretty solid and robust hardware-wise, while it comes with -more than- basic software to immediately start putting ideas to place.

Couldn't ask for more in this price range

Great

It's a midi keyboard, that just works.

Also comes with neat plugins.

The touch strips need some getting used to, but do work flawlessly indeed.

Over all if you wana learn keys, this is a dirt cheap midi keyboard that just works.

Cheers

Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol M32

top-notch in build quality, the feel of the encoders exceeds some of multi-thousands gear encoders, very good back-tension and are smooth and precise enough with no sudden jumps or changes and have good weight to them, what i like about the touch strips is that can start the effect at any point you want unlike the physical encoders implemented as joystick or wheels always should start from it's neutral position .. these strips give a chance for nice effects with some lead sounds and synth pads .. the keybed despite it's down-sized is high high-quality as the keys are sturdy enough & are playable .. no sharp edges found .. the black keys are a bit low with shorter keystrokes than the white keys, the profile of the black keys is fine - those have gloss finish but not considered sticks .. matt-finish for black key are more welcome for me .. the keystroke of the white keys wrt to their size is fine .. in general the keybed has some initial back-tension , not super-smooth, the black keys are somehow narrow - this makes it good when playing the white keys at the tails or betwwen the black keys .. a very respectable product