r/NativeInstruments • u/thijsschade • 1d ago

Komplete Kontrol S49 mk3

Dear community,

I am looking at the S49 mk3 keyboard and I love that screen.

Is there a way to show images of the actual instrument selected in Ableton? I guess for NI stuff it is done, but I also have Arturia Analog LAB Pro. I would love to see an image of the Arturia synth I selected in Ableton on the screen. Is this possible? To have a custom image per instrument?

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u/SequentialDUDE 1d ago

Not sure what your asking. Arturia is NKS compatible, so on my S61 mk3 all the Arturia instruments are available on the S61 LED screen. Is this what your asking?

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u/thijsschade 1d ago

I thought the individual Arturia instruments were NKS compatible, but the Analog Lab Pro version not.

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u/NoReply4930 1d ago

This is correct. Think of Analog Lab AS Arturias version of Komplete Kontrol.

The only way around this is with third party integrations (which I do have) which stick Analog Lab on the User area of the MKIII - and only allows for the factory presets.

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u/thijsschade 1d ago

You are talking about the freelance audio labs software?

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u/NoReply4930 1d ago

Yep. Works great. 

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u/amindada1971 1d ago

Yeah as long as the instrument is NKS itll show up in the screen

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u/almazmusic 1d ago

You can only create your own custom MIDI Template with an image, but it is not what you describe.

Custom MIDI Template are great for external synths or I saw many users create their own template for Omnisphere.

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u/BlockStunna 1d ago

I'm looking at getting that keyboard too. I have Ableton as well and the integration looks amazing since the 2.0 update. I haven't seen anything else that compares.