Just got a Novation SL and am taking it back cause the aftertouch and key velocity response is terrible. Looking at swapping it for the Kontrol.
My question is how does the fatar play? Can you play with a good amount of dynamics, or is it very light and have a decent amount of weight, is there good depth in the key stroke. Mostly, is the aftertouch hard to push down, does it have a good dynamic range or is it just note on and off?
I cant try it out at the store cause they dont bloody have it in any of them! So, like the Novation, I have to order it and hope for the best.
To compare, my last KB was Akai mpk2 and before that, novation Impulse (which btw, had better action than their so called "flagship")
Question for all Komplete Kontrol Mk3 users
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 7 posts since 8 Jul, 2016
Aftertouch is stiff, just like the Impulse. You have to press the hell out of it and there's no dynamic range. I assume, given the Kontrol's main feature is polyphonic aftertouch, that it would be much smoother.pressorv wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 11:53 pm I'm curious as well. What is it about aftertouch on the Novation you don't like? I'll keep an eye out.
I dont recommend SL to anyone who want's to actually play keyboard. If you wanna trigger things, then go for it. Pretty hard to play anything with feel.