Kontrol 2024 outlook: what was, what now, what next?

I honestly have no idea what you are talking about, which is par for the course. You’re way too concerned with trying to come off as clever. I have nothing else to add to this conversation.

The lights are programmable- tempo indicator when recording in DAW. Suggested before, but I would love this.

There was a youtube video where someone to an Ableton Push and used it to control the MK3. Would be cool if a Maschine+ could do that (or a newer version of one) but that was a bit of a killer app to me if you wanted to do live performances and need more than the Maschine+

Not sure if that's a Mk3 feature or a Maschine+ feature, so thought I'd comment on it here.

my only other comment is that you're just now getting to Sonoma support, and I get this is hard I'm in software industry myself - but we will most likely be seeing something else in June with a September release if Apple sticks to their schedules. Is any changes being made to try and get ahead of that development curve? I'm looking at new hardware this year and would like to not worry about running 'legacy' OS or being unable to use things.

And better fx integration, not just using the one fx.

@Matt_NI, no mention in the roadmap about the FX. I remember in the AskMe thread you had acknowledged there was a lot of room for improvement and work ahead of you to handle effects better, especially since PluginAlliance is now part of NI (I know their former CEO just resigned out of frustration with an open letter, so I hope it’s not to do with the lack of hardware integration with those fx)

The only thing I really care about would be DAW automation support for effects! It would make Komplete Kontrol and the keyboards 10x more useful...

You could handle it in 1 of 3 ways:

1) Enable automation support directly within existing KK for effect plugins

2) Release a standalone 'effects' version of KK (maybe something like Waves StudioRack in terms of functionality, but integrated with Kontrol keyboards) - better, bc could use on audio channels as well as midi

3) Ideally, both! Obviously more work but would give most flexibility

In the same vein, the ability to save effects chains would be another obvious thing to include in an update like this. Basically anything to make effects parameters feel like an extension of instrument parameters would be welcome.

I guess the only the other thing I would request at the moment would be to fix filtering by 'sub-bank' in KK and on the keyboards. Not sure if this was intentional or a bug, but it only works for some small subset of KK presets now and not at all for any user-created presets.

Thanks for the infos

BUT

Native has clearly showed the intent of forcing everyone to change hardware at a specific point, by removing things on purpose.

Sorry, but I cannot spend thousands and thousands in softwares and hardware that will be just "rigth-click disable" at some point, and locked if not online etc etc etc.

Yes , I was to buy a keyboard at some point, and yes I thougth I found a derious solution for the future, but now I can only know that, once Îm captive I ́ll then have to pay every month...year etc...

maybe Because you decided what are the functions and need "used by only a few..."

i understqnd you want to profit the most , but that is too far pushed for me.