The Advance 61 gives you unprecedented playability and unrestricted manipulation of any virtual instrument with our exclusive interactive, full-color display, complemented by performance-friendly hardware controls. Native Instruments: Drumlab, Massive, Monark, Reaktor Prism, Retro Machines, Scarbee Mark I, Solid Bus Comp, The Gentleman, Vintage Organs, West Africa NI Control Editor: Used to manage CC comntrol presets and mappingsĪir Music Tech: Vacuum Pro, Loom, Hybrid 3, Xpand!2, Velvet , Transfuser Komplete Kontrol: Komplete VST wrapper that allows browsing of Komplete VST instrument presets (soon to be upgraded for VST support). Virtual Instrument Player (VIP): VST wrapper that allows browsing of all VST presets from keyboard & manages controller mappings and keyboard configurations Control Editor Software allows unlimited presets + pages for 8 encoders Offers 8 MIDI CC controllers, 8 buttons, 8 pads Yes - Transport (with feedback), Track select

Yes - Basic Transport Controls (without feedback) PC Software Browser (controllable from keyboard) Via keyboard LCD screen or PC VIP software Manually integrate almost any other VST.įull integration with Komplete and NKS enabled VSTs. Yes, Velocity Sensitive & channel/Note programmableįull integration and browsing with over 250 popular VSTs. Premium, semi-weighted velocity-sensitive keybed with aftertouchįatar semi-weighted velocity-sensitive keybed with aftertouchĨ Banks (VST controls), 4 Bank (CC Controls)ĩ x 2 Line 8 Segment VFD Displays, Light Guide LED feedback for keybed (Plugins, Chords, Arp) But which is the keyboard for you? Well if you are like me you are hard pressed to decide until you actually get hands on with both so I have done exactly this and can compare both offerings for you. The other thing these both offer is advanced integration with your DAW and control over your plugins. Both companies offer the same selection of keyboards with NI just announcing a new 88 key version in their range and both choices are around the same cost. Native Instruments and Akai are in a fight for sales with their latest Advance and Komplete Kontrol keyboards with many users drawing direct comparisons between the 2 products.

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