Music-making is at its best when it’s fast, fun, and physical. Find the right sound, make it your own, perform, and capture the results – all from a responsive, semi-weighted keyboard. Complete with four premium instruments plus MASCHINE Essentials, A-Series keyboards come with everything you need to bring your ideas to life.

All of your KOMPLETE and NKS instruments and effects are pre-mapped to the KOMPLETE KONTROL hardware by the people who know them best – the instrument designers themselves. Essential parameters like envelope controls and filter cutoffs are instantly displayed on the OLED display as you touch the corresponding knob. That means you can see exactly what you’re adjusting in real time – whether it’s in kHz, dB, or BPM.

With Smart Play, you never need to worry about hitting a wrong note – just pick a scale and play. Activate chord mode to create a rich progression by playing single keys, then switch on the arpeggiator and turn it into an expressive musical performance. And for keyboard novices, Easy Mode maps the white keys to whichever scale you like.

No matter your setup, A-Series is designed to fit right into your existing workflow, with immediate access to transport, mixing, and editing controls in your favorite DAW. Logic Pro X and GarageBand are currently supported, with advanced integration for Ableton Live, Cubase, and Nuendo coming soon after launch. And if you’re just getting started, the included MASCHINE Essentials allows you to capture and arrange your ideas direct from your hardware – no additional software needed.

Features :

Smart, streamlined keyboard controller for all your virtual instruments and effects

Affordable entry point into the NI world

Best-in-class, semi-weighted custom NI keybed

Informative OLED display for at-a-glance navigation

8 touch-sensitive control knobs

Ergonomic pitch and mod wheels

4-directional push encoder for one-handed sound browsing and project navigation

Tag-based preset browsing via the KOMPLETE KONTROL Software: Find sounds quickly and hear instant previews

Smart Play: Stay in key with over 100 scales and modes, play chord progressions and arpeggios with single keys, or map any scale to white keys only

Pre-mapped control of KOMPLETE Instruments and Effects plus hundreds of Native Kontrol Standard (NKS) plug-ins from leading manufacturers via the KOMPLETE KONTROL Software

Full VSTi and VST FX support

Deep integration with MASCHINE software

Intuitive control over Logic Pro X, Ableton Live, and GarageBand at launch, Cubase and Nuendo integration coming soon after initial release

TRS pedal input, assignable to sustain or expression

USB 2.0 bus powered

Can be used / assigned as a MIDI controller

Includes a comprehensive collection of KOMPLETE Instruments and Effects, KOMPLETE KONTROL Software, and MASCHINE ESSENTIALS (full MASCHINE software plus 1.6 GB MASCHINE Factory Selection)

System Requirements :

Operating System: Windows 10 (latest Service Pack), macOS 10.12, 10.13 (latest update)

Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU

Recommended RAM:

Mac: 4GB

Windows: 2GB

Graphics Card: supports OpenGL 2.1 or higher

Other: Internet connection (for software download and activation only)