NKS connects your controller to thousands of sounds. Start with your free Komplete Select bundle.

Your Nektar controller comes with Komplete Select — $99.00 worth of professional-grade instruments and effects. Everything is ready to plug and play thanks to NKS.

Native Kontrol Standard (NKS) powers the connection between your controller and 2,500+ virtual instruments and effects from 300+ developers. No setup, no mapping hassle. Just switch on and play.

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Choose your Komplete Select version

Start exploring NKS for yourself with a free curated bundle of synths, sampled session instruments, and studio-grade effects—all pre-mapped and ready to play on your controller. Pick the curation edition that matches your vibe—Beats, Band, or Electronic—to get started today.

Komplete Select Beats

Made for beatmakers, this edition is packed with synths and sounds for genre-blending beats spanning pop, hip hop, and R&B.

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Instruments & Sound Design:
  • Massive X Player
  • Cloud Supply
  • Massive X Expansion - Bounce
  • Massive X Expansion - Haze
  • Massive X Expansion - Hyperpop Leads
  • Massive X Expansion - Lo-fi and Chill Plucks
  • Massive X Expansion - Quest
  • Massive X Expansion - Trap Bells

Drums & Rhythm:
  • Battery 4
  • Empire Breaks
  • Latin Trap Leap Expansion

Effects & Processing:
  • Dirt
  • Bite
  • Freak
  • Bells
  • Supercharger GT
  • Transient Master

Mixing & Mastering:
  • iZotope Ozone 12 Elements

Komplete Select Band

Get sampled guitars, keys, bass, drums, synths, and studio effects – perfect for songwriting sessions and jamming new ideas.

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Sampled Instruments:
  • Session Guitarist – Strummed Acoustic
  • Studio Drummer
  • The Gentleman
  • Electric Keys – Phoenix
  • Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass
  • Soul Sessions

Loops & Grooves:
  • Disco & Funk Leap Expansion

Effects & Processing:
  • Guitar Rig 7 LE
  • iZotope Nectar 4 Elements
  • Solid Bus CompressorSolid Dynamics FX
  • Solid EQ

Mixing & Mastering:
  • iZotope Ozone 12 Elements

Komplete Select Electronic

From techno and trance to classic house, discover powerful synths and sound design tools for electronic music producers.

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Choose Beats

Instruments & Sound Design:
  • Massive X Player
  • Massive X Expansion - 140 Bass
  • Massive X Expansion - Charge
  • Massive X Expansion - Melodic Techno Bass
  • Massive X Expansion - Our House
  • Massive X Expansion - Rush
  • Massive X Expansion - Synthwave Leads
  • Utopia
  • Progressive Trance Leap Expansion
  • Schema: Light
  • Feel it
  • Nacht

Drums & Rhythm:
  • TRK-01

Effects & Processing:
  • Replika XT
  • Choral
  • Flair
  • Phasis
  • Driver

Mixing & Mastering:
  • iZotope Ozone Elements

What is NKS?

NKS (Native Kontrol Standard) is the industry-wide technical standard, it makes your hardware and software work together seamlessly.

An NKS-ready controller puts over 2,500 instruments from 300+ developers in your hands the moment you plug in. With everything pre-mapped and ready to go, there’s no more manual setup or wasted time. Just switch on, skip the technicalities, and stay in the flow from the very first note.

How to claim your Komplete Select license


1. Choose your Komplete Select bundle

Choose your Komplete Select bundle above and enter the voucher code you received from the partner at checkout.

2. Download Native Access

Download and open Native Access where you’ll find all your Komplete Select plugins.

3. Install the host software

Install Komplete Kontrol to set up your controller and Kontakt 8 Player to use your instruments.
If you haven’t received a voucher code, please contact Nektar support

How NKS works

Your controller connects via NKS to Kontakt 8 Player (or Kontakt 8), Komplete Kontrol and Maschine 3 – giving you instant, hands-on control of instruments and effects from Native Instruments and over 300 third-party developers.

Built with the best in the industry

NKS is compatible with a wide range of software plugins – including Kontakt libraries, standalone synths, and effects.

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System Requirements

macOS 13, 14, and 15 (latest update)
Windows 10 or 11 (latest Service Pack)


  • Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, or Apple Silicon, 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended), graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher

  • Supports ASIO, Core Audio, and WASAPI

  • Runs in 64-bit VST, AU, and AAX hosts


An internet connection is required to download, install, and activate the products in this collection. Once installed, all products can be used offline. Certain products may require additional free downloads.


  • Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher, and Direct 3D 11.1 or higher.

  • Massive X requires an AVX compatible CPU or Apple Silicon processor.

  • Required hard disk space depends on how many products/libraries you want to install.


Please note: The installation process may temporarily require up to 80 GB of additional free disk space on your system-drive – even if you're installing Komplete on an external hard drive. This number significantly decreases for smaller products, or if products are being installed one by one.


You don't have to download all products at once: Native Access allows you to download and install individual Komplete products any time you want.

All products included within a single edition of a Komplete bundle are part of one user license and can only be used as a single entity. A maximum of three installations on three machines are allowed as long as only one installation is used at any given time. The individual products cannot be resold separately.