Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol M32 5-stars Reviews

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Teclas de gran calidad y aspecto muy moderno y elegante

Puede que sea menos compatible con la mayoría de los DAW, y puede que no tenga pads, pero después de MUCHA investigación, decidí que este era el mejor controlador midi para mí.

Primero, las teclas. Las 7 teclas extra, a diferencia de las 25 en otros controladores pequeños. Puede que no parezca mucho, pero en la práctica realmente lo es. Ahora siento que puedo volver a tocar acordes completos. Además, el ancho de las teclas es bastante mayor que en otros controladores pequeños, por lo que se siente más natural y cómodo. Lo mismo ocurre con la acción de las teclas. Me parece que el mecanismo tiene más calidad que, digamos, los controladores Akai e incluso Arturia.

En segundo lugar, la calidad física. Aunque es todo de plástico, se ve y se siente como un producto de calidad. El diseño es limpio y elegante. Está muy bien hecho. Definitivamente parece menos un juguete y más hardware profesional. Además, tiene un peso lo suficientemente bueno como para sentirse seguro sobre el escritorio pero sin dejar de ser portátil.

Otras ventajas misceláneas: los codificadores sinfín que tiene son de gran calidad; las tiras táctiles para modulación y tono se sienten muy naturales; los controles, cuando los tienes mapeados, son muy prácticos; lo mismo para la pequeña pantalla de OLED cuando logras que muestre la información de lo que hace cada codificador; viene con una gran cantidad de software y complementos para que puedas comenzar a utilizarlo de inmediato: mi favorito a sido el plugin de Grand Piano, pues es difícil (y costoso) conseguir un buen sonido de piano, pero aquí te viene ya incluido uno muy bueno.

Lo más genial tal vez es que simplemente se ve muy elegante, moderno y genial, como si estuviera listo para un poco de jazz!

Komplete Kontrol M32

Pratique et simple d'utilisation compatible avec Maschine +

Little wonder

I travel a lot and this is just the perfect fit in my bag to produce on the road.

Perfect Keyboard to have on your desk

As i say on the title this for me is the perfect keyboard to have on my desk as i needed something apart from my 88 key one.

PROS:

- Small Factor, on a busy desk always important

- Great building, yes plastic but it feels really good on knob and button too

CONS:

Mini Keys, well not really a cons but you know small keys small sound, i consider this a keyboard to reach fast some keys if i dont wanna move the bigger one.

At the end it fits in my workflow flawlessly! Perfect companion even for little home studio!

Its very good, but they layout doesn't make much sense most of the time.

I wish there was a way to de-couple the keybed and the controllers.

Sometimes you want your typing keyboard to be in front of the controllers and the keybed on the side to make more ergonomical sense.

not knobs friendly, I wish there were more knobs and a dedicated button to switch between DAW and MIDI controller.

The problem with all-in-one controllers is that it doesn't take the main keyboard into consideration, something I only realized once I bought it.

Best portable midi keyboard ive ever used

I bought this to use on holiday etc to make my beats and songs but i find myself using it pretty much everyday now, works absolutely amazing in logic/ ableton/ flt studio as ive used in all of them.

I couldnt reccommend this keyboard more for pretty much anyone wanting to make music, pro or beginner. The included software is 100% worth downloading and with no previous software and just the included ones you can already start making some pretty serious stuff.

pros- software / size / build quality / key size and number/ compatibilty

cons - no drum pads