Feedback - Komplete Kontrol 3.0

The equation “YouTube reviewers = impartiality” is far from reality almost as much as “receiving free stuff = indifference”.

That’s something that can be real only in their introduction’s proclamations. I can count the ones I believe to when they are saying that on…well…maybe even 1 finger is too much in this case

I think I can get past all the UI decisions, even if I might grumble about them, but what about the huge performance issues? Are these known bugs, or are the folks on this thread the only ones with the problems?

2.9.4 to 3 results in both dropouts on simple projects (3 instrument tracks) and a near doubling of compute an inefficiency somewhere. In addition, projects on Cubase now take a very long time to load if Komplete Kontrol 3 is installed and present on a project.

For now, I've reverted, this doesn't feel release-ready.

@Matthew_NI I hope you had a great weekend with your family! Here's some hopefully constructive feedback after using the keyboard for a few days:

General use

• I don't share most of the criticism given here and for my own uses this product is nearly perfect. The transition from mk2 has been pretty smooth and 95% of the muscle memory still works.
• I still miss switching tracks with a single press from the mixer (I mentioned this before in the AMA and it continues to matter to me after using it). I hope capacitive switching gets greenlit!
• In mk2, pressing the previous/next buttons from the browser view would load the corresponding preset without switching to the plugin view. I used this a lot and I don't think it's possible at the moment, although the browser on the computer has a pin mode.
• In mk2, using the keyswitches on a Kontakt instrument (e.g. Albion ONE) would show the articulation name for a short time on the keyboard's screen. This is no longer the case AFAICT.

Deep editing with NKS2 (tested with Diva)

This was one of the main reasons for me to upgrade. I've been using it mostly with Diva and I posted some feedback in u-he's forum. Some of the stuff that I think could be improved requires action on your side so I'm paraphrasing here for your convenience:

• It would be nicer if the first two parameters (Attack, Decay) of ENV2 were in the next page. Then you have all the controls for that envelope in the same place without having to change pages all the time.

• When changing sections (e.g.: Filter to Envelopes), it would be nice if it would remember which subpage you're in. So you could for example change quickly between adjusting the filter modulation amount and ENV2 without a lot of paging around. I think that would accelerate editing substantially. Maybe pressing or holding the currently selected section button could jump to the first subpage of that section... or even better hold to set the current subpage as the "temporary home" for that section; then just pressing when that section is already active can jump to that one. I hope that makes sense.

Anyway great work! Looking forward to see more of this.

everyone should test Komplete Kontrol 3 before buying a MK3 and should be aware that the software can be the weak point, if you have to load Komplete Kontrol + the Vst you want control on every track. Novation SL MK3 has same functions instead of the browser, so there is no software needed, that could influence your performance