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August 22, 2006
Native Instruments Kontrol 1
Peter over at the mighty CDM has put together a really nice overview of the new Native Instruments Kontrol 1. One observation that has been made elsewhere, but I find personally fascinating is the concept that Native Instruments, essentially a software company have released some rather decent looking hardware.
I think this is a really slick looking piece of kit, and it's entering a hyper competitive space in the market. But it looks the jazz, and that knob.... It's a biggun. However, I think it is a bit disingenuous for NI to state that:
Also included are 3 full versions of Native Instruments software – ensuring you can start creating sounds and mixing tracks instantly.
When further reading reveals that:
the full versions of XPRESS KEYBOARDS, GUITAR COMBOS and TRAKTOR 3 LE guarantee its universal appeal:
The full version of Traktor 3 LE. While I'm sure Traktor 3 LE is indeed a fully fledged peice of software and not crippled in several major ways so that you end up buying the full version out of frustration, because I'm sure that NI are nicer than that... I can't help but feel my scepticism sense starting to kick in. At any rate, I would be a bit wary of any piece of "LE" bundle software being classed as "Full versions" but that's just me.
At any rate, it's equipped with a decent array of knobs and i/o, although the lack of digital i/o is a bit of a stinker. Even if cheap effective digital i/o can be had on a variety of cheap (and not so cheap) cards and breakout boxes on the market. Still, it does look nice though...
Posted by funnelbc at August 22, 2006 08:56 PM
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