[ddots-l] Re: Midi keyboard controlers
- From: "Shawn Brock" <shawn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:37:35 -0700
Hi,
I have the Roland A-500 Pro. This is the 49 key controller. I don't need
more than that, because I'm not much of a keyboard player, plus I use the
Roland Guitar Synths a lot.
I'm not trying to answer for Brian Smart here, but if you go down a little
ways in this email, you'll see what he had to say about the M-Audio
controllers. He don't seem to think much of them, from what I'm reading
here. I agree with him 100 percent, the Roland is a much better built
product I think.
Shawn Brock
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From: "Nickus de Vos" <bigboy529@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:14 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Midi keyboard controlers
Shaun which model roland do you have? Bryan what do you think of the m audio
oxygen?
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Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Midi keyboard controlers
From: "Shawn Brock" <shawn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 23/03/2011 00:39
[ddots-l] Re: Midi keyboard controlersFor my money you can't go wrong with
the Roland. That's what Brian recommended for me, and its worked out well.
Shawn Brock
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From: Bryan Smart
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 3:34 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Midi keyboard controlers
M-Audio Axioms have lots of features, but are cheaply built. The key
action is floppy, and the keys themselves are hollow. They’re also not
rounded, so you’ll hurt your hand playing sweaps for instruments like organ.
It has drum pads, but they aren’t anything like what you’d find on an Akai
MPC. You must pound them in order for your strike to register. When I played
them, they’d regularly not register strikes at all. The knobs and sliders
are also made of particularly flimsy feeling plastic. If you want to see
one, go to Guitar Center, as they have lots of them.
I’ve been suggesting the Roland A-Pro series controllers for a while as
the best budget controller. These were formerly sold as Cakewalk A-Pro. The
key action is pretty good, keys are rounded, and the build, while plastic,
seems more solid. There are drum buttons, not pads, but the buttons actually
register strikes. The software for the Roland controllers is accessible,
which isn’t the case with the Axiom.
If you have more money, the Novation Remote controllers have a keyboard
that feels very close to a pro synth, though the construction is still
plastic.
There is also CME. The CME controllers are built just like a pro synth,
but they also cost quite a bit more than Axioms.
In terms of the knobs/sliders/buttons, the Roland controllers are preset
for Sonar and ACT, while the Novation and CME controllers must be
programmed/tweaked a bit to work.
Bryan
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of D!J!X!
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 1:47 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Midi keyboard controlers
Heard of them though never really used one, can't say...
Regards, D!J!X!
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Nickus de Vos
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:01 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Midi keyboard controlers
I checked it out, looks good. Have you looked at the Axiom range before,
do you think they will be just as accessible? I like the trigger pads for
doing drums that they offer.
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Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Midi keyboard controlers
From: D!J!X! <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 17/03/2011 20:04
It has both pitch wheel and modulation wheel, both which are assignable.
It also has transpose buttons and octave shift. It doesn't require special
drivers, so windows recognizes it with no problems. I've used it under xp
and 7, both work fine, in either 32 or 64 bit systems.
HTH, D!J!X!
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Nickus de Vos
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:40 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Midi keyboard controlers
Does it have some type of pitch shift and modulation control, and dods it
work on windows 7?
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Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Midi keyboard controlers
From: D!J!X! <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 17/03/2011 19:15
I suggest the oxygen61, it is easy to configure, all explained in the
manual. It uses the keys themselves to program. You just have to write down
what each key does...
It has 9 sliders, 9 assignable buttons, 8 nobs, and transport buttons. You
can save presets or use factory made ones.
Uses either USB or midi dim. You can use it with or without a computer, I
use it as a secondary keyboard with my motif, for organs and such... You
can get an external power supply and run it standalone.
HTH, D!J!X!
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Nickus de Vos
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:01 PM
To: Dancing dots
Subject: [ddots-l] Midi keyboard controlers
Hi i'm looking for a good 49 or 61 key midi or usb controler. No sounds
just a controller, and i want a pitch bend control. It must also as
accessible as possible.
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