They have included quite a lot of very nice DAW-specific function keys, like full control buttons, 'Auto' button, 'Quantize' button, and Undo/Redo button.

I purchased the S49 MK2 specifically because of its supposed great DAW integration and of course support for NI Komplete instruments

You will then have to set up a work-around with midi routing to an additional track in Ableton/ your DAW and toggle back and forth changing focus between these two tracks or "plugin" mode to play keyboard notes with the light guide features and "midi mode" to control any parameters with the encoder knobs