NKS stands for Native Kontrol Standard: essentially, it’s a means of integrating software - virtual instruments and audio effects - with hardware controllers. Once opened within NI’s Komplete ...

Akai’s line of MIDI controllers will soon integrate with Native Instruments’ Native Kontrol Standard (NKS). This means that Akai controllers will be able to “seamlessly control all NKS ...

Akai Professional® and Native Instruments®, two industry pioneers, today announce an unprecedented collaboration designed to redefine music creation and performance. Central to this groundbreaking ...

Native Instruments is expanding NKS integration to its competitors' controllers and making its software and sounds available ...