Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol A61

I bought this to use together with presonus 4.6 professional since there was a recent update that enabled you to use the various features to improve the workflow with the DAW. I must say that I am pleased with the action although it is light, the constructions is solid and slick. The VSTs that come with the MIDI are an excellent addition! My only problem is the amount of programs you need to install in order to make everything work together, its a bit of a pain to make it setup correctly, but once you do it feels great!

Perfect keyboard in every aspect, especially compared with e.g. Arturia, it has much nicer key action. Excellent, buttery smooth mod and pitch wheels and dials, and - the loudest control buttons ever created.

Fortunately I never use them anyway, as I control my DAW with keyboard/mouse so this is an acceptable compromise - you'll still get the best keyboard in class.

Pros:
Many plugins;
+- Nice keys
Cons:
Keys are scratchy
It`s difficult to navigate, set up plug-ins and work it all out
Keys are too soft

But in general we are satisfied.

Decent for its price. Lacks a bit on dynamics, other than that it’s one of the best options on that budget

Really good overall. The controllers are a bit confusing but practical once you get the hang of it.
The keys have a good feel and have a nice interaction with the velocity of the notes when you play with the daw.

Had a lot of problems setting it up on Windows. It's was a breeze and fun to use on MacOS.

The action/feel of the keys is really good for the price.. perfect for my use with logic. The one extremely annoying thing is that I cannot get a pedal to work with this keyboard. It seems like a lot of people have this issue. If you don't care about using a pedal.. the keyboard works and feels great!

If you need an inexpensive keyboard with very good keys, go for it, but be aware that you won't be able to control hardware synths with it due to the lack of MIDI out ports.

The software instruments included are some of the best out there (even though they are a bit dated).

Overall, if there were MIDI outs, it would be the perfect keyboard for me.

although the package was a bit damaged, the keyboard didn't had a scratch.
the keyboard feels sturdy and looks like it would survive on the road.
The keyboard comes with grate plugins that I use a lot.

Pros:
Price, build quality, plugins bundle, on board controls.

Cons:
the keys don't really feel like a real piano and are pretty loud.

Overall a great keyboard! Highly recommend for everyone!!

Keys are decent enough for everyday use, the unit doesn't give the option of connecting a power supply though which makes it i.e. impossible to use along with iPad music applications since the unit consumes too much power to be run only on iPad bus power. A big let down for people using i.e. the Korg Module.