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This keyboard controller by Native Instruments has one of the best features a midi controller can have, onboard color screens so you dont need to be using the mouse and staring at the pc screen (most of the time at least), you can even eliminate the use of those if you combine it with a MIDI controller software on an iPad, the feedback on the screens along with the easy and hands on navigation buttons and knobs really is an improvement and speeds up production and composing workflows. The lightguides on the keys are a plus too, you have to remember that to fully get out everything from this keyboard you have to use the software Komplete Kontrol, wich is kind of a wrapper for Kontakt and a lot of VST instruments and efx plugins that conform with the Native Kontrol Standard wich automaps all parameters inside komplete kontrol for fast tweaking, but you can use it without Komplete Kontrol and map everything yourself in MIDI Mode like any other Midi Controller out there. The touchstrip is a nice physical addition and you can map it to any midi cc you want, there are 2 pedal inputs and you decide the behaviour they will have (momentary o switch), they are not predefined as 'sustain' or 'expression' like probably all other keyboard controllers have. It is velocity sensitive and has aftertouch fratar keys. It has native integration with some DAWs and i specially bought this for Cubase 9.5 Pro wich integrates perfectly. Also you can preview most of the sounds in a browser mode before loading them, this is very convenient since a lot of libraries are way too big and take several minutes to load like the spirfire ones, for this to work you need to download a 'preview' library that is 7gb in size so make a little extra space in your hard disk. There are a lot of plugins that are NKS compliant right now like the Waves Bundles and many other developers are starting to implement this standard so that is a huge plus. Probably the only 'downside' is that it does not have semi weighted hammer type piano keys, but for me it's not a dealbreaker, or you can wait that NI releases the 88key piano version of the m2. This is a 10/10 a must have midi controller for anyone to accelerate wokflows and concentrate much more in the creative process.Read full review
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Although made of plastic this is a good quality keyboard. It integrates well with Logic Pro x and has more presets than I will ever need. The two screens are pin sharp and the keys are professional grade. A great addition to my home studio and worth every penny.
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Key bed is good and the integration into my DAW really pushes this to the next level. If you own Native Instruments software bundles, this is really worthwhile.
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My dream keyboard was sold to me by a Gentleman and his caring wife who wrapped it up like new.
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