For DAWs, I use both Ableton Live and Cubase.

Any other thoughts about this keyboard/controller? It really isn’t much more money than other keyboards and seems to have a lot more integration.įor MIDI Controllers, I have the NI KK S61 as well as an Ableton Push2 and a Novation Launchke圓7.

Does this save much time or is mostly hype?.

When browsing Steinberg VSTi presets, do they sound, as they do with NI presets?.How well does this work for the Steinberg plug-ins shipped with Cubase? But they can supposedly support other popular VSTis. I guess the deepest integration is with the NI plug-ins. The S61 has two screens that serve many purposes, one of which is to browse through instruments and presets.I think it is time I understand Maschine better, because that appears to have deeper integration than most of the other products. I know there are a handful of MIDI controllers in the $400-700 range that could be a step up for me. However, now that I have upgraded both Dorico and Cubase, I am thinking about replacing that MIDI synth with something that can integrate better with the DAW. I use Cubase mainly for editing live recordings. I use the MIDI keyboard mainly for composing in Dorico and don’t do much MIDI work on Cubase. It works fine, but the display has been broken for years, and it doesn’t really have any other controls that would interact with the DAW. I have been using an old Yamaha synth as my MIDI keyboard. If you liked the NI stuff, it looked great, but I always wondered if it made much sense for a person who wasn’t really devoted to the NI plug-ins. I guess I was put off because they seemed to have their own closed ecosystem. I have been aware of Native Instruments and Maschine for years but never really looked very seriously.

Komplete s61