The Nektar Aura pad controller and sequencer is a complete master controller for your DAW and MIDI setup. DAW and MIDI master controller Nektar Aura pad controller and sequencer. The system’s core is the Nektarine 2.0 software, which lets Aura operate up to 16 instrument plug-ins simultaneously with its ultra-sensitive pads. The “DAW” button opens Ableton Live, Logic, Reaper, Studio One, and other popular DAWs. With 16 user settings for pad and control assignments, Aura may be modified as a USB or MIDI controller. If you want a strong 16-pad drum machine controller to connect your software and hardware, Nektar Aura is the solution.
Built-in integration with the most popular DAW software
The Nektar Aura’s “DAW” button lets you choose songs, manage transport, activate recording, and more. Nektar is thrilled to announce that Aura has complete DAW integration for the following:
- Ableton Live Suite
- Apple Logic and Garageband
- Bitwig 8-Track and Studio
- Cockos Reaper
- MOTU Digital Performer
- PreSonus Studio One
- Reason Studios Reason
- Steinberg Cubase and Nuendo
Create sequences on the fly
Tired of having a great bass line, drum beat, or synth line pop into your head, only to lose it by the time you load up your DAW and try to capture it? The Nektar Aura can become a hardware step sequencer on demand — just press the “Seq” button. The control pads become a 16-step sequencing interface, with up to four parts for a total of 64 steps. You can save your patterns for instant recall, and each pattern or even parts within a pattern can have different lengths — exactly what you need for creating polyrhythms. And while built-in sequencing is convenient for capturing ideas, it also makes Aura a sweet master controller for your hardware synthesizers and other MIDI gear.