At Superbooth 2025, being held May 8-10 at the FEZ-Berlin, Arturia and Native Instruments are introducing NKS integration for KeyLab MK3, KeyLab Essential MK3, and MiniLab controllers.
The collaboration builds on NKS Hardware Partner Program, announced at the 2025 NAMM Show. This enables third-parties to create NKS devices that give you more immediate and tactile control over your virtual instruments and effects, without the need for you to manually configure how your hardware maps to your software.
“Arturia is committed to designing universal MIDI controllers, built to inspire creativity without limits.” says Martin Dutasta, Product director at Arturia. “We’re thrilled to partner with Native Instruments on NKS integration. This initiative brings greater connectivity and a more fluid workflow, benefiting creators who rely on both ecosystems.”
“This reinforces our commitment to an open and connected music industry,” adds Simon Cross, Chief Product Officer at Native Instruments. “We’re giving musicians the freedom to explore sound without workflow limitations.”
This will be a free update for anyone using the KeyLab mk3, KeyLab Essential mk3 and minilab 3.
NKS lets musicians use compatible hardware devices to intuitively access and control over 2,000 NKS-compatible instruments and effects. You can learn more about NKS at the Native site.
If you’re attending Superbooth, you can see this in action at the Arturia and Native Instruments booths.
Komplete 15 Select Added To Arturia Lab Controller Bundle
To celebrate the launch, newly registered owners of supported Arturia controllers will receive Komplete 15 Select (valued at $99/€99) free. The offer is valid for new activations only.
Hoping for same update on Keylab MK2. No plans to part with it anytime soon.
same here