The M32 includes over six thousand sounds, a massive 10GB of content and features everything you would really need to get started in music production. The M32 comes bundled with a huge software package, and in our opinion, this is what really makes this keyboard tick. On the back, there is the USB port which also powers the keyboard, a foot pedal switch and a Kensington lock.

There are also two touch strips which operate as pitch bend and modulation,.

Moving down we have the Transport section, dedicated to controlling MASCHINE or your DAW of choice, allowing you to play/pause, record, set tempo, quantize notes, adjust loop braces and undo/redo.

The Smart Play feature enables you to play chord progressions and arpeggios with single keys and also stay in key with over 100 scales and modes that are available, or even map any scale to white keys only.

Also, if you have 3 rd party plugins that are compatible with the NKS format, these encoders will easily map to those as well.

Every KK M32 keyboard comes with 8 touch-capacitive encoders that are all pre-mapped to the most important parameters on each instrument, so when you touch an encoder, it shows what parameter you are controlling on the display.

The Track button lets you toggle between using M32 as a controller for your DAW and for the Komplete Kontrol software, and the browse button allows to your browse and audition instruments and presets.

Plus if you’re using it with your DAW you can use it to navigate tracks, scrub through the timeline, and even select clips and scenes in Ableton.

The four-directional push encoder gives you one-handed control over Komplete Kontrol software, allowing you to browse through your sounds and samples in the Komplete software suite.

The M32 is certainly heavy in the features department and comes bundled with a powerful software package. Traditional keys players prefer the full-size key bed of the Komplete Kontrol A-series, however many musicians and producers will enjoy the compact playability of the M32’s mini key-bed with its smooth control. With its identical features, this controller mirrors all aspects of the Komplete Kontrol A-series, minus the full-size keys and the Pitch bend and Mod wheels. You’d be forgiven for thinking that the Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol M32 is a 32 mini-key version of the Komplete Kontrol A-series keyboards because that’s exactly what it is.

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