MIDIQUE KNTLR9: Stainless steel premium MIDI Controller

03 Feb 2022 by Robin Vincent | Approximate reading time: 1 Minute

Midique KNTRL9 · Source: Midique

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KNTRL9 has 9 faders and 27 rotary knobs cast from stainless steel, housed in a solid walnut or oak case with an aluminium front panel. As MIDI Controllers go this is one beautifully made device.

KNTRL9

MIDI Controllers tend to be plastic and a bit clunky but that is definitely not the vibe Midique has gone for. KNTRL9 looks completely stunning in gleaming stainless steel and a wood surround. It will stand out in any environment or maybe if your other gear is of a similar aesthetic quality then it will just fit right in.

The 9 faders give the impression of the DAW controller setup where you have 8 channels of mixing plus a master fader and I think that’s the idea. It comes with a script for Ableton Live that takes care of easy track navigation and uses the 9 colour LEDs to reflect the track colour. Otherwise you have full MIDI control over whatever you like.

The faders have 60mm of throw and all the controls have 10bit/1024 step precision. The LEDs are programmable and you can get to the guts of the device via an included software tool. You can generate up to 5 presets that can be selected via buttons at the top.

Midique KNTRL9

Midique is founded by software developer and techno producer/live act Koen Schepens. The KNTRL9
is the first MIDI controller from Midique.

KNTRL9 looks really beautiful and I appreciate the obvious care and precision that’s gone into building this MIDI Controller.

It will be shipping in limited numbers from the spring for a price of €314.58 and you can preorder now.

Midique website.

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7 responses to “MIDIQUE KNTLR9: Stainless steel premium MIDI Controller”

MRD says:

3 February 2022 at 12:17

Once again another standard controller without displays + parameter name & endless encoders 🙁

pixelwash says:

3 February 2022 at 17:28

And non-motorized faders.

pixelwash says:

3 February 2022 at 17:31

And lit indicators on the encoders. The Midi Fighter Twister and the Qcons are still two of the ones to beat.

phobos_deimos says:

3 February 2022 at 21:15

I’m a little confused by the bit depth of the faders- 1024 step is nice.. but MIDI only has 128 steps and 8 bit, so what’s the practical application? If it’s just dithering from 10 to 8 at the output in order to be read, what’s the purpose?
Honest question, not trolling.