NEKTAR

Nektar AURA Production Controller

Name: Nektar AURA Production Controller
Brand: NEKTAR
SKU: 100316327
Price: 277.0 GBP
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Nektar AURA is a powerful beat-making and performance pad controller with MIDI sequencer packed with advanced features for music making. It features a TFT colour display and deep plugin and DAW integration with the option to sequence MIDI hardware giving it the potential to live as the hub of your studio setup.

Featuring 16 hyper-sensitive RGB illuminated pads, an on-board step sequencer, a flexible pad repeat engine and incredible plugin control, Nektar AURA brings an exciting drum-machine-style workflow to any DAW or external MIDI setup.

Main features of the the Nektar AURA Production Controller include:

16 RGB color illuminated velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads

8 heavy duty potentiometers (360 degrees, endless)

TFT colour display with 320×240 px including 4 soft buttons

16 RGB LED buttons

8 Nektarine buttons for direct access to Patches, Mixer, Pad Setup, Plugins and more

6 mode buttons

7 Transport Buttons with LED illumination

Fully MIDI-programmable pads, switches and pots

16 Presets for storing all internal settings (not required when using Nektarine)

Rugged housing with aluminium top

Paired with the included Nektarine 2.0 software, AURA becomes a plugin control powerhouse for VST, VST3 and AU plugins. Whether working a single multi-sound drum plugin or hosting a comprehensive kit using multiple plugins, setting AURA’s pads up is fast and intuitive, with real-time auditioning. Nektarine can host up to 16 different instrument-plugins simultaneously, so that each of AURA’s pads can play its own plugin. Any pad can be re-routed to a new plugin by creating a plugin slot and loading a patch or plugin directly from AURA’s browser. Pad assignments are saved as part of a DAW project/song or a Nektarine Multi-Patch for instant recall.

AURA’s ‘Plugin’ mode provides instant control of hosted instrument plugin parameters. When programming drum sounds, quick access to key parameters such as pitch, decay or level is essential. Nektarine makes short work of this by auto-selecting the relevant parameters for control with AURA’s 8 rotary pots based on the last triggered pad. Nektar plugin maps ensure that even plugins with thousands of parameters can be controlled seamlessly.

Nektarine 2.0 provides 4 FX insert slots per hosted instrument plugin for up to 64 insert effect plugins per Nektarine instance. Dedicated AURA ‘FX’ buttons enable selection and control of hosted effects plugins. Each Nektarine instance has another 4 global send effects slots. Their send levels are controlled for each instrument plugin from AURA’s mixer page. Other mixer page controls are volume, pan and mute/solo for each plugin slot.

Nektarine’s Browser is designed to manage thousands of patches with features like customizable tags and sorting tools, with full control from AURA. Browser settings are independent for every instrument and effect plugin slot. They are stored with a Nektarine Multi-Patch or even a DAW project/song, along with all other settings. Nektarine can be run in any DAW hosting AAX, AU, VST or VST3 plugins or as a standalone application in Windows and Apple OSX.

PAD REPEAT
AURA’s on-board pad repeat engine is directly accessible, featuring a dedicated on/off button and settings menu. Using pad pressure to control velocity while changing repeat rates with the RGB LED buttons, makes it a great tool for creating dynamic rolls. The Repeat engine is highly customizable, parameters include Repeat Rate, Gate, Accent Interval, Accent Velocity Offset, Swing, Trigger Mode and Clock Source.

HARDWARE STEP SEQUENCER
On pressing AURA’s ‘SEQ’ button, the 16 LED buttons below the pots become the much loved, classic 16-step programming interface. 16 patterns (one per pad) with 4 parts (comprising of up to 16 steps each) add up to a total of 64 steps. This provides a lot of flexibility for inspired beat creation. A set of patterns can be saved in one of AURA’s 16 Collections. AURA’s sequencer is all about interaction and performance: Parts may be triggered in any combination at any time. Each pattern, and even each part in a pattern, can have a different length – massively simplifying the creation of interesting poly-rhythms. Many of the editing features go all the way down to step level and include play rate, velocity, accent, gate and swing. Internal and external clock modes ensure perfect sync. The sequencer may also be used stand-alone for MIDI instruments connected to AURA’s external MIDI Out.

DAW INTEGRATION
The dedicated ‘DAW’ button assigns AURA’s surface to take control of many popular DAWs, offering Nektar DAW integration features such as extended transport control, track selection, project navigation and more. Nektar DAW Integration software is included for Ableton Live Suite, Bitwig, Cubase, Digital Performer, Garageband, Logic, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason, Studio One and Sonar/Cakewalk. 7 transport buttons are otherwise fully MIDI assignable, including MMC commands, and can be used to set up transport control for any software not supported by Nektar DAW integration.

MIDI PROGRAMMABILITY
AURA is designed for control of Nektarine, but it can also be used as a self-contained programmable USB MIDI pad controller in ‘Internal’ mode. It connects with hard- and software via USB or the MIDI output jack. 16 presets store pad and control assignments for use for the 16 pads, 8 pots, 7 switches and 2 foot switch connections.

STEP SEQUENCER

Stores 16 Collections of 16 Patterns each

Each Pattern with up to 4 parts for a total of up to 64 steps

Dedicated programming interface with 16 RGB buttons and parts selection buttons

Real-time performance features (solo, mute, instant start options and more)

Trigger sequencer parts in any combination at any time

Independent settings per part (play rate, step length, velocity, accent, gate, swing and more)

Extensive editing features all the way down to step level

Internal and external clock operationLatch automation on/off

PAD REPEAT ENGINE

8 adjustable real-time parameters incl. note length, accent level and interval and repeat rate

Dedicated Repeat rate settings & activation buttons

Display soft button for instant assignment of pressure to velocity

Tap tempo feature

Internal and external clock operation

NEKTARINE

AAX, AU, VST or VST3 plugin version and stand-alone application for OSX & Windows

Load any VST, VST3 and AU instrument plugins

16 instrument plugin slots

Each instrument slot with choke, volume, pan, mute/solo, sends 1-4 controls

4 effect insert plugin slots per instrument (AU / VST / VST3 FX)

4 send effect plugin slots (AU / VST / VST3 FX)

Store instrument & FX plugin patches + Nektarine Multi-Patches

Browser Settings are remembered per plugin slot

Handles all pad-, plugin- & patch-management with complete control from AURA

Control page editor for customizing Nektar plugin maps or creating new ones from scratch

Full parameter feedback: display updated in real-time

Scale and Chords mode for building tracks

Multi-Patch with Pad settings save as ‘Default’ load as default – all browser settings can be saved with tags for slots tag ‘kick’, slot 1, etc.

AURA NEKTAR DAW INTEGRATION SUPPORTS

Ableton Live Suite

Apple Logic + Garageband

Bitwig 8-Track + Studio

Cockos Reaper

MOTU Digital Performer

Presonus Studio One

Reason Studios Reason

Steinberg Cubase + Nuendo

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