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Additionally, Maschine Essentials, which includes the full Maschine software (but with a trimmed 1.6GB of content) is also thrown into the mix. That being said, for the A25’s £119 price tag you do get two strong Kontakt-based piano libraries, a couple of excellent synths and ‘Player’ versions of Reaktor, Kontakt and Guitar Rig plus a £22 NI Store e-voucher. However, this is perhaps a fair compromise given the large price difference. Whilst the S-Series design means they almost feel like self-self-contained instruments, the A-Series feels a little less seamless in use. Other than individual button lights being on or off, the small front-panel OLED is the only way of getting any visual feedback without resorting to the attached software. Here browsing can be directly controlled by the buttons and knob above the A25 keyboard (with the eight encoders automatically mapped to suitable sound editing parameters). However, they can also be brought together using the Komplete Kontrol software.

The A-Series comes with a decent bundle of sound generating software – with the provided NI instruments and libraries all accessible in both standalone and plug-in versions.

Native instruments komplete kontrol 49 basics