Assignable knobs make it easy to create a workflow that suits your production methods, and the ability to control other equipment via MIDI or CV/Gate is super powerful. Live Performance: Bottom Line Note Repeat Button - Play Fills And Arps During A Performance With A Larger, Easier-to-find Button.

There are so many features to this controller that you will be discovering new and exciting tools and playing features for weeks after it arrives. This is a no-joke professional controller and instrument with untold potential for everyone from the production amateur to the seasoned musical professional. Buttons 1–8: The eight Buttons above the displays dynamically adapt their function to the selected mode, allowing direct access to the most important functions. The action they perform is shown below each Button in the displays.For Maschine Mk2 owners, it’s a fantastic if not essential upgrade. The fabulous displays still look like ‘the future’, the Smart Strip is well worth having, and the iterative refinements throughout feel like a substantial evolutionary progression. NOTE:For Komplete Kontrol and Maschine hardware controllers,turn Port 1 on when transmitting MIDI over USB. Turn Port 2 on when transmitting MIDI over the 5 Pin MIDI cable. If you wish to send MIDI over both ports simultaneously, visit this helpful article from Native Instruments. Dragger icons: The Dragger icons allow you to conveniently drag and drop audio or MIDI from your Patterns to your desktop or host software. These buttons are also used to solo and mute Groups on the fly when SOLO or MUTE buttons are held; this is great for jamming out your Project and performing live.

CHANNEL button : Press CHANNEL to switch to Control mode (the default mode on your controller) and directly display the Channel properties of the selected Sound/Group or the Master. This provides instant access to all Channel properties’ parameters via the eight Buttons and eight Knobs above and under the displays. With two full-color displays and the four-directional push encoder, you can browse sounds, FXs, plug-ins, and instruments with a tactile, one-handed, completely visual workflow – simply find the thumbnail and load directly from the hardware. Plus, the high-res screens let you get more precise with your mixing, see an overview of your arrangement, or zoom in on waveforms to slice samples like a surgeon. Studio-Grade Audio Interface

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I'm saving up to get the Komplete Kontrol S88 or S61, but for now, I will be purchasing an M32 next. high-resolution full-color displays allow for precision sample slicing, sound tweaking, note editing, mixing, browsing, and more Group section: The dedicated Group buttons allow you to instantly access each of your Groups. For more information, refer to Group Section.