Arturia Keylab Essential 61 MK3 vs Komplete Kontrol A61on Maschine 3

batuacar
batuacar Member Posts: 9 Member
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Hi there,

I use Maschine 3 as my DAW and want to buy a MIDI keyboard. I'm torn between the Arturia KeyLab MK3 and the Native Instruments A61. I know the A61 is more compatible with Maschine 3 software since it's from Native Instruments, but I also want access to the softwares that comes with the Arturia. Will the KeyLab MK3 work as compatibly with Maschine? I'm open to any suggestions or advice.

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  • batuacar
    batuacar Member Posts: 9 Member

    Hi there,

    I use Maschine 3 as my DAW and want to buy a MIDI keyboard. I'm torn between the Arturia KeyLab MK3 and the Native Instruments A61. I know the A61 is more compatible with Maschine 3 software since it's from Native Instruments, but I also want access to the softwares that comes with the Arturia. Will the KeyLab MK3 work as compatibly with Maschine? I'm open to any suggestions or advice.

  • LostInFoundation
    LostInFoundation Member Posts: 5,312 Expert

    At the moment Arturia’s keyboards are not announced for the new NKS third party compatibility (which practically automaps parameters to supported keyboards).

    This in some way gives a plus to A61

  • Uwe303
    Uwe303 Moderator Posts: 4,527 mod
    edited April 1

    Hello,

    arturia plugins are nks compatible, so you can control them with maschine and komplete keyboards. Maybe have also a look here:

    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/28627/arturia-nks

    It's always a tough decision what gear to buy, I personally would go with the A61, i owned an A49 and the keys and all where great (im not a keyboard player) + the integration with maschine. Maybe you also read some tests and if you can go to a store and test hands on, that would of course be the best approach.

  • PoorFellow
    PoorFellow Moderator Posts: 6,517 mod

    Please do NOT open duplicate discussions on essentially the same topic ! Your duplicate thread has been merged here.

    Community Code of Conduct - Please read before posting : Keep It Tidy .Don’t cross-post the same thing in multiple topics.

  • LostInFoundation
    LostInFoundation Member Posts: 5,312 Expert
    Answer ✓
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/219416#Comment_219416

    Arturia’s plugins are NKS compatible, but keyboards are not.

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