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Komplete Audio 6 Driver for Mac: A Step-by-Step Guide



The hardware follows in the footsteps of the Traktor software, making setup really easy by automatically switching between your internal and external sound card. The setup wizard remembers your settings so when you plug in your NI audio interface, you are good to go!


Traktor Audio 6 replaces the Audio 4 and other than the obvious 2 extra channels it also has a brand new processor and new low-latency drivers. What is low enough? Ean talks about it in the Traktor Pro 2 video walk through.




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This is the successor to the long-lived Komplete Audio 6, originally released in 2011. It was a smart little box made from an aluminium extrusion and featured the six channels of audio (four analogue inputs and outputs, and S/PDIF) that gave it its name. At a time when everybody else was making fiddly little 1U rack height devices with all the controls on the front panel, it had a very cool volume dial on the top. The MkII goes for a completely different aesthetic but retains all the most important features.


At the price of 189$249 the Komplete Audio 6 MkII is a decent, robust, elegant and well-built audio interface with a common physical feature set. The knobs are small but good, with very little play or noisiness. The switches switch like they should and the sockets plug in solidly. It could be a bit humdrum if it wasn't for the fact that it looked so fabulous!


Once you've installed the drivers (Windows) and plugged it in, the monitoring panel lights up pleasingly. The white text stands out nicely from the reflective black. Three white LEDs tell you if it's getting USB power, if the phantom power is on and whether there's any MIDI activity. There's separate input monitoring on all four analogue inputs, with four blue LEDs leading to a red LED peak light. Only outputs 1+2 get LED monitoring. It's all quite sparkly on that reflective surface and it is so much more helpful to have it on the top of the interface rather than squeezed onto the front panel like so many others do. In fact there are no indicator LEDs on the front panel at all.


On the computer there's very little in terms of control software. There are no mixer applications or routing options, just a box to set buffer size and sample rate. And that's fine by me. I often find that audio interface mixing applications tend to get in the way, adding an extra level of potentially getting things wrong between the hardware and your DAW. But it can also be a little too simple as you can't set up any monitoring options or routing. So you can only 'direct monitor' via the headphone sockets on the front using the knob to mix between direct and host. You can't direct this to an output on the back and get a mix of wet and dry input through your main speakers. Once you're in your DAW or virtual instrument then all six inputs and outputs present themselves for work via the ASIO driver and you're ready to go.


Recordings were crisp and clean with a good amount of headroom, with nothing unusual or remarkable for this price. In terms of latency, from the buffer size menu, you can select all the way down to an almost mythical eight samples. Most interfaces rarely give you an option below 32 samples. This translates to a millisecond or two of latency, but it's not quite as simple as that. The control panel has a 'Safe Mode' tickbox that hides a secret buffer in the background, allowing the input latency to come down to tiny levels while keeping the output latency at a slightly buffered level of an extra millisecond or two to prevent audio glitching. It's a useful function if a little bit mysterious.


So, when testing with the Oblique RTL (Round Trip Latency) utility with Safe Mode engaged, the best round trip latency (that's in and out again, like when monitoring through effects) it could achieve with eight samples was 5.5ms. Without Safe Mode it got down to 4.3ms. At 64 samples it managed 5.6ms without Safe Mode and 6.6ms with it on. At a more typical setting of 128 samples round trip latency was 11.1ms with Safe Mode and 9.2 without. Around 10ms round-trip is pretty standard for this level of USB audio interface and so the fact that it can cut that in half is pretty impressive. In doing some testing on the output latency while running virtual instruments I found I could get down to just a couple of milliseconds and still have a completely glitch free real-time audio response.


You only have the four DC-coupled outputs, and if you're also using audio from your computer then you've only really got outputs 3+4 spare for controlling your rack. It's vital that you don't get your outputs confused as your speakers are not going to thank you for sending them flat voltages.


Description: KOMPLETE AUDIO 6 e high-quality 6-channel audio interface that continues where its predecessor AUDIO 1 is transmitted. It provides everything you need to record and play music with four analog input / output, digital input / output, MIDI and low latency - all in a sleek, rugged metal housing. Two mic inputs are armed with high-end preamps while Cirrus Logic converters ensure clean, transparent sound. AUDIO KOMPLETE 6 contributes to upgrade your setup because KOMPLETE sounds better. KOMPLETE AUDIO 6 package also includes KOMPLETE elements with over 1,000 sounds and effects, as well as software for recording, organizing and DJing.


With KOMPLETE AUDIO 6 have the opportunity to experience every aspect of your sound, whether it is a virtual instrument or audio recording. After all, if you use Maschine or KOMPLETE Instruments and Effects, you're armed with a range of sounds in the best possible audio quality and integrity of sound. KOMPLETE AUDIO 6 gives you the hardware that meets quality.


Crystal sound is not achieved by accident - it is the result of knowledge, experience and attention to detail. KOMPLETE AUDIO 6 Native Instruments is already renowned audio interface that carries the sound quality of the AUDIO KONTROL 1 to a new, more perfect level. From simple design, through the manually selected components to the analog volume knobs in the upper part of the device - any part of the interface is designed in order to preserve the clarity of the signal.


This is where audio interfaces come in. They have inputs and outputs designed to improve the sound quality and they give you more routing options in your productions. A wide range of audio interfaces are available, from small affordable units priced at around a hundred dollars to featured-packed rackmount behemoths that cost several thousand.


Some audio interfaces have input and output level meter displays. These are helpful because they let you know when your input or output signals are too loud, and can prevent you from making clipped recordings.


Your audio interface will usually come with a supplied link to any required driver software, and in the case of Native Instruments KOMPLETE AUDIO interfaces you can find the latest installers on the Downloads: Drivers & Other Files page.


Native Instruments KOMPLETE AUDIO firmware updates are available on the Downloads: Drivers & Other Files page. These updates come in the form of a simple application that you can run with your KOMPLETE AUDIO audio interface connected, and they will complete the firmware update automatically.


Now load up your audio editing software and find the audio device settings. The KOMPLETE AUDIO range comes with bundled versions of Ableton Live Lite 11. In this software you can find the audio device settings in Preferences > Audio.


If your audio interface has multiple outputs you can select these in your audio editing software. For example, in Ableton Live you should make sure that the Master Out is set to the outs you have your monitor speakers connected to.


The first measure of any professional audio product or instrument is its sound quality. Once you have that, the rest is often a matter of personal preference. In this instance, the hardware that is the vehicle bringing your audio into your DAW, or any recording interface, involves a lot of factors that can make or break the output of even the best quality source. I/O (input and output) audio interfaces are far better than they were in the past, but Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6 offers so much quality and value in this product that their competitors will need to step up their game to compete.


Here are a few alternatives to consider in comparison to the Komplete Audio 6 Mk2. You can also check out our lists of the best audio interfaces of the year and the best budget interfaces currently on the market.


Windows updates the old working driver with a "microsoft hardware labs" version, and this version has "conflict" (roughly speaking) with DRM, which produces the "can't play this song at this time" message.


This was something I have overlooked because of unjustified trust in Microsoft. Only out of frustration went to the Focusrite website and downloaded the latest driver ( _USB_4.63.24.564.exe ) and installed it in a new fresh windows 10 installation (in another ssd), then probed the new driver in the problematic installation of windows and it started working whitout problem (like it was before).


Just spent a few days trying to get my Komplete audio 6 interface to work with the app, and after talking with IT and endlessly searching the forums I've come to the conclusion that the spotify app is broken for this purpose. They need to update it to become compatible; I'm in your exact same situation and I just gave up and will use the web player for now. Sucks though, I feel you fully. Especially since I just got a beautiful new speaker setup :'(. Web player works great though


Make sure which model you have (Komplete Audio 6 or Komplete Audio 6 MK2) and try the driver in their support page ( -instruments.com/es/support/downloads/drivers-other-files/ ). The file is Komplete Audio 6 Driver 4.2.0 - Windows 7 and above .


If you are using some form of ASIO driver, I estimate Spotify will not work, because ASIO lowers latency by bypassing the normal route windows provides for audio. In this "normal route" windows enforces DRM protection which is a requirement for spotify. If I'm mistaken please make me aware. 2ff7e9595c


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