Combined with innovative software, Smart Play features, and seamless integration, you get intuitive control over all your instruments, effects, loops and samples – directly from your keyboard. Its 32 great-feeling keys not only give you great playability, but also a compact way to express your creativity.

At under $200, it’s a thrifty purchase for any producer but especially those who use Ableton Live and Komplete Kontrol.KOMPLETE KONTROL M32 has everything you could ask for when making music. When performing, the M32 makes a neat supplement to a larger keyboard for triggering virtual instruments. It’ll neatly flatpack next to your laptop in a bag or backpack for alacritous composition when inspiration strikes. It’s not el cheapo beginner software - this bundle is capable of producing serious sounds.įor out-and-about musical sketching at an airport lounge or your work lunch break, the M32 is perfect.

You also get a heap of Native Instruments goodies such as Maschine Essentials, Komplete Start (a siginificant production suite of synths and samples), Komplete Kontrol, Monark (monosynth), Reaktor Prism and Scarbee Mk I (Rhodes emulation). The mini keys are great for laying down bass and lead lines but don’t expect to comfortably bash out a classical piece.Ībleton Live 10 Lite is bundled with the M32. Don’t be discouraged by the tiny OLED screen as we discovered with the A Series, its size belies its considerable utility - be it scrolling through preset categories in Komplete Kontrol or reading out parameter values. Ribbon sliders replace wheels for pitch bend and modulation and a foot pedal can be plugged into the back. Many of the A and S Series’ physical controls are shared by the M32, such as the pre-mapped touch sensitive knobs, hybrid scroll wheel/joystick and backlit buttons. The new M32 weights in at 1.45kg and is a cute 475 x 167mm.

Now the mini-keyed baby of the family arrives and adds a new dimension of portability to the NI Komplete Kontrol ecosystem. Following that, the relatively new A Series brings a wealth of control to a less budgeted demographic.

Native Instruments’ Komplete Kontrol S Series keyboards leave little to be desired for even the most discerning producer with their hi-res colour screens and the handy Light Guide system.

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