[ddots-l] Re: Midi keyboard controlers
- From: Bryan Smart <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:34:52 -0400
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
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Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:01 PM
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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<mailto: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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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<mailto: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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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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