Will there be Integration for Komplete Kontrol Mk2?

asked Sep 21, 2017 in Completed Feature Requests by brandonlihou (1,420 points)
closed Mar 3, 2023 by arndkaiser

Is there going to be integration for NI Komplete Kontrol Mk2 Keyboards? I am starting to think after 2 years of request for the MK1 keyboards Presonus did not do anything of NI Users. Starting to question my DAW at this point.......

closed with the note: Implemented in Studio One 4.5.3

89 Answers

answered Feb 3, 2019 by philheisenberg (2,350 points)

The ball is in Presonus' court now. This is the latest from Native Instruments:

Chris @ NIMonday at 18:37
Hello David,

Our Development Team is in talks with Presonus about this already. An SDK has been provided to Presonus for adding Host Integration Support to Studio One, so it is up Presonus to decide if and when they would like to implement this into Studio One. Beyond this, we have no further information available.

MCU support is still something that is planned, but I don't have any information on when that will get added to the Komplete Kontrol MK2 keyboards.

answered Feb 21, 2019 by nesbetthaynie (4,120 points)

answered Mar 6, 2019 by tw22 (360 points)

answered Mar 10, 2019 by mOvy (720 points)

answered Mar 18, 2019 by cristianudrea1 (1,060 points)

I upgraded from Studio One 3 Artist to Studio One 4 Pro (also bought the PSO and a few other extras) about half a year ago hoping that NI's new Komplete Kontrol keyboards would be supported in the future.
In the meantime the S2 series came and went, then A series, and now as the M32 just released we still have no word on whether Studio One support for these keyboards is planned or not.
The DAW itself is very good but having to keep two separate midi controllers for the transport is very annoying.

While I understand the appeal of the ATOM, I already own a Maschine Mikro, a Komplete Kontrol and am not planning on buying another DAW controller anytime soon.

answered Mar 20, 2019 by nesbetthaynie (4,120 points)

answered Mar 21, 2019 by dereknuse (410 points)

Unbelievable. I was a user of v3 for a while but just to track occasional vocals but did most of my other work in Maschine. Decided it was time to completely switch to a real DAW and bought v4.. and this bulls**t is what Ive come to find out? Just when I was about to get a faderport and the atom... Gonna give this a month then im selling my license and every piece of Presonus gear i have if its not figured out. Such a terrible way to treat customers who simply want to use the best available gear and softwares, and pay a lot to do so.. and it doesnt even make sense? Not like you guys have a competing product line? Paid a lot of money for my KK board and a lot of time getting familiar with it. AND NO RESPONSE IS THE WORST PART. So disrespectful. Ableton here i come.

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answered Apr 27, 2019 by robertgray3 (42,830 points)
edited Apr 28, 2019 by robertgray3

Here’s another up vote!

Have you guys seen the M32? I’m a big ambassador for Studio One in the entry level world but this is a powerful entry level offering and people aren’t gonna be happy trying out a DAW that doesn’t allow the dope features for newbie producers that Logic, Cubase, GarageBand, and Ableton now offer that we don’t. Hard to recommend the workflow of S1 for this customer group when it comes with the asterisk of “oh but you have to buy an Atom / Faderport too, that slick Native Instruments system doesn’t work here, trust me SO can do other stuff that isnt as quickly apparent once you spend more money”. I mean SO IS better but its a hard sell, just not an economical choice if you can't utilize some of NI's budget offerings :) If they don't try out the DAW because it's neglecting this market segment, how are they gonna pay for upgrades/addons later?

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answered May 23, 2019 by raymondmcgee (440 points)

answered May 24, 2019 by yassine (1,540 points)

I’m using Ableton Live, It have great Integration with NI KK MK2. I’m mainly using the NI keyboards because it support NKS, all my VST’s are premapped, and you can see each parameter in the high definition screen, the sounds are taggued so you can search and pre listen all your NKS presets (and there is hundreds of VSTs) .... it’s really a great workflow. tbh I don’t see any alternative as convenient as this, this why I chooses this.

Sadly, after two years, and a paid 4.0 update, and with 4.5 my hopes vanished, I lost the faith on Presonus interest to support the Hyped hardware in their DAW (no Push Support, Maschine,...etc).

And when you see that’s #2 request, if not the #1 if you cumulate all NKS, NI KK MK2 integration different requests/questions here.... I’m really really disappointed

At least Presonus give us a clear statement that you are not planning to support NI keyboard officially, It will be more honest toward your legit customers.

I’m using daily Ableton now to compose record music, and just SO to record and comp voices (as it’s not yet implemented in Live). With the 50% Cubase CrossGrade (166 $ ), I’ll certainly jumping on the train before the promotion ends just to simplify my workflow :(