Name: Kontrol S49
SKU: KOMPLETEKEYBOARDS49MK3

One keyboard. Complete studio control.

The award-winning keyboard controller built to unify your studio.

What's new in Kontrol S-Series MK3

Exploring Kontrol S-Series MK3

Refined industrial design

Our best-ever playing experience forms the forefront of Kontrol’s industrial design and build.

Immersive connection

Unparalleled software integration with 1000s of virtual instruments from NI and developers like Arturia, Heavyocity, Korg, Output, Spitfire, and u-he.

Advanced keys

An industry-leading keybed from Fatar with polyphonic aftertouch as standard. Get 49 or 61 semi-weighted keys, or 88 hammer-action keys.

Mod controls

Metal-touch pitch and modulation wheels with central illumination.

DAW control

Seamless integration with all major DAWs.

High-res screen

Full-color glass display for intuitive browsing, tweaking, and mixing.

Light Guide

Stay in key with a redesigned Light Guide that pinpoints notes with a light above each key.

Connections

USB, MIDI, and bus-powered USB-C, plus four assignable pedal inputs including a default sustain and default expression.

Touch strip

Add expression to your performance with an intuitive touch strip.

Anodized aluminum encoders

Precision tweaking for all your sounds, pre-mapped to key instrument and effect parameters.

Hands-on control

Browse and tweak everything from synths and drums to orchestral libraries, scoring tools, effects and sounds directly on your keyboard.

Control any plugin

Kontrol gets you hands-on with every plugin in your session. Everything is automapped, ready to go, so you can play and tweak any instrument or effect, navigate parameters, and shape your sound in your DAW, directly from your keyboard – no mouse required.

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Control any hardware

Play your other hardware – straight from the keyboard. As the centre of your studio, Kontrol lets you connect and control synths, drum machines, and other MIDI devices. Customize your setup however you like and use the Play Assist tools like arpeggiator, note repeat, scale, and chord mode with any connected gear.

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Introducing polyphonic aftertouch

Take expression one step further with the slightest pressure on individual keys. Bring new layers of nuance to your playing with cutoff, pitch, vibrato, and much more, without reaching for an extra encoder or dial.

All three models come complete with polyphonic aftertouch on an industry-leading keybed developed in collaboration with Fatar. Plus, the S88 is the world’s first widely available controller keyboard to combine polyphonic aftertouch with weighted, hammer-action keys.

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Thousands of instruments made real

Find exactly what you’re looking for with a huge choice of integrated instruments, way beyond the NI ecosystem. NKS (Native Kontrol Standard) is our technical standard for virtual instruments and effects used across the industry. It makes even the most complex instrument playable right away with no guesswork or setup hassle. Everything is familiar with a consistent visual display and parameter mapping – so you always know where you are, no matter what you’re playing.

Let Play Assist guide you

Find new ways to perform and compose with both software instruments and external hardware. Play Assist features keep you in key, lock melodies to your chosen scales, transform single notes into full chords, and create evolving rhythmic patterns.

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Deeper into your DAW

Kontrol lets you navigate your entire DAW session directly from the keys, with precise control over plugin chains, mixer views, transport controls, and parameter adjustments. Custom macros let you create your own workflows for effects chains and instrument switching so you can record, mix, and express yourself.

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Keys that fit you

Choose between 49 or 61 semi-weighted keys with the S49 and S61, or get a full piano feel with 88 hammer-action weighted keys on the S88.

Accessibility

Kontrol makes music production fully accessible for visually impaired and blind users with voice feedback across composition tools, plugins, DAW integration, and external hardware control.

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Award-winning

Don’t just take our word for it. Kontrol took home both the MIDI Innovation Award Winner for groundbreaking advancements in MIDI technology and the Sound and Sound Award for Gear of the Year.

Included software

You’ll be ready to go from day one with a load of sought-after virtual instruments and effects, plus post-production tools to finish your final tracks.

The package includes Komplete 15 Select, Komplete Kontrol, and a voucher for any NI Kontakt instrument of your choice. Plus get iZotope Elements Suite, Ableton Live Lite, Hypha, Guitar Rig 7 LE, and more.

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Highly visual

See switches, key zones, scales, and more lit up in front of you with the intelligent Light Guide. Chord Mode lets you create a progression by playing single keys, while Easy Mode maps the white keys to whichever scale you need.

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Built to last

All three models are built from the same premium materials with a large glass screen, touch-sensitive anodised aluminum encoders and modwheels, and redesigned tactile buttons.

Get inspired

See how producers and composers are using Kontrol to transform their creative process.

Scoring with Simon Franglen

Avatar composer Simon Franglen runs through his favorite Kontrol features for film scoring including layering, sound manipulation, mapping, keybed quality, and much more.

Beatmaking with Take A Daytrip

GRAMMY-nominated production duo Take A Daytrip share their process with Kontrol S61 and S88, harnessing direct Kontakt integration and polyphonic aftertouch to craft a track from scratch.

Terms & conditions
The included software is provided as download after hardware registration. Once installed, all products can be used offline. The offer requires a qualifying base product to remain registered to your account. Should the base product no longer be registered, additional costs may apply.

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