

Machine hybrid systems, which married percussive pad controllers to software samples, allowed electronic music artists to get as creative and hip-hoppy as their one drop hearts desired. The small studio and home producer crowd really sat up and took notice when NI released their industry-shaking line of dedicated keyboard controllers: Komplete Kontrol “S” series – in 49, 61 and 88 key configurations. Now just between you and me, I really don’t like fiddle-faddling with RMAs ( Return Merchandise Authorization) so I figured I’d let my Windows 10 production machine temporarily go online and check for Windows updates – just in case. As a quick aside, I have my computer configured very securely after all, I’d worked as a professional IT ‘guy’ for two decades. Having said that, I have Win 10 configured to NOT automatically download and install every update, but rather, to give me the choice of selecting which updates I will permit. ( Yes, I’m using some nifty 3rd party tools to assist me with that process). Boy! I sure was glad that I kept the device connected while I checked for Windows updates, otherwise the NI driver would have been missed.Īnyhoo, lo and behold there were a few driver updates available, and among them was a driver specific to the Komplete Kontrol A61. I let Windows update my Intel chipset drivers *and, of course, the Komplete Kontrol hardware driver.

After rebooting my PC, the keyboard was redetected by Windows.
