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Looking for good 61 key midi controller with aftertouch ? |
| h4ndcrafted |
There are some nice NI boards with fatar beds, used to use a Blofeld .
Are there any half decent ones for under £200 , must have aftertouch. |
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| hinterlands303 |
| I picked up a Kawai K1 ii for this reason. It was $125. I didn't think the aftertouch would work but miraculously it does! I tried out quite a few controllers and eventually realized that I was better off picking up a used keyboard and the K1 fit the bill. It has some nice sounds as well! |
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| h4ndcrafted |
I shall take a look , ty!
As far as modern masters go, it seems the only ones with aftertouch are the flagships
So it’s Arturia , Native Instruments and Novation.
The Novation sl mark 3 is by far the most interesting, but also the most expensive.
The N.I. Seems the best value , with its fatar keybed , althoughI happen to like Novations keybeds. And the Arturia seems solid with its metal construction, like a Waldorf.
From my experience the Novation will have the better aftertouch response too.
I could use my Argon 8 when it’s released, prob next year now, but that’s only 37.
So, yes maybe an older board is an option, I just worry about condition.
If I was willing to spend over £500 , the Novation has two lots of CV and an 8 track sequencer , although I think it is quantised sadly. |
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| 22tape |
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| commodorejohn |
If you don't need poly aftertouch, the DX7 is hands-down the nicest keybed I've ever found in the 61-key range - get the DX7-II or the original with an E! mod if you want to use it with other MIDI equipment. As a bonus, you get a goddamn glorious digital synthesizer into the bargain  |
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| hinterlands303 |
| h4ndcrafted wrote: | I shall take a look , ty!
As far as modern masters go, it seems the only ones with aftertouch are the flagships
So it’s Arturia , Native Instruments and Novation.
The Novation sl mark 3 is by far the most interesting, but also the most expensive.
The N.I. Seems the best value , with its fatar keybed , althoughI happen to like Novations keybeds. And the Arturia seems solid with its metal construction, like a Waldorf.
From my experience the Novation will have the better aftertouch response too.
I could use my Argon 8 when it’s released, prob next year now, but that’s only 37.
So, yes maybe an older board is an option, I just worry about condition.
If I was willing to spend over £500 , the Novation has two lots of CV and an 8 track sequencer , although I think it is quantised sadly. |
FYI - the novation only transmits after touch over the pads. also I found there to be quite a few bugs with the unit. I had wanted to use it as a straight up midi/cv converter (which it should be able to do in thru mode) but it would randomly send note value changes transposing whatever sequence I was passing through at completely random (or at least utterly non-rhythmic) points. It was super weird, and even kind of beautiful, but completely unworkable. Also the cv outputs had buffering issues - plugging a cable into one of the gate inputs would affect the amount of voltage coming from the cv outputs (increasing the pitch by a half step). It might of just been my unit but I was pretty disappointed - especially since I really like Novation as a company. |
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| DiscoDevil |
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| h4ndcrafted |
| hinterlands303 wrote: | | h4ndcrafted wrote: | I shall take a look , ty!
As far as modern masters go, it seems the only ones with aftertouch are the flagships
So it’s Arturia , Native Instruments and Novation.
The Novation sl mark 3 is by far the most interesting, but also the most expensive.
The N.I. Seems the best value , with its fatar keybed , althoughI happen to like Novations keybeds. And the Arturia seems solid with its metal construction, like a Waldorf.
From my experience the Novation will have the better aftertouch response too.
I could use my Argon 8 when it’s released, prob next year now, but that’s only 37.
So, yes maybe an older board is an option, I just worry about condition.
If I was willing to spend over £500 , the Novation has two lots of CV and an 8 track sequencer , although I think it is quantised sadly. |
FYI - the novation only transmits after touch over the pads. also I found there to be quite a few bugs with the unit. I had wanted to use it as a straight up midi/cv converter (which it should be able to do in thru mode) but it would randomly send note value changes transposing whatever sequence I was passing through at completely random (or at least utterly non-rhythmic) points. It was super weird, and even kind of beautiful, but completely unworkable. Also the cv outputs had buffering issues - plugging a cable into one of the gate inputs would affect the amount of voltage coming from the cv outputs (increasing the pitch by a half step). It might of just been my unit but I was pretty disappointed - especially since I really like Novation as a company. |
srsly it only does aftertouch over the pads ? That’s a total deal breaker for me  too bad Iwas leaning towards this as well.
It def doesn’t have aftertouch ? The review I just read said the keys have it, you sure you don’t mean poly aftertouch or the launchkey.
Sorry to question, but I’m confused now. |
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| h4ndcrafted |
| DiscoDevil wrote: | | Roland A800 Pro. |
I looked at this, but the LCD screen put me off. What do you like about it. I’m assuming it’s well built being Roland. |
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| DiscoDevil |
| h4ndcrafted wrote: | | DiscoDevil wrote: | | Roland A800 Pro. |
I looked at this, but the LCD screen put me off. What do you like about it. I’m assuming it’s well built being Roland. |
Yeah. Solid build. I like the keybed. Fairly feature rich. It's a great controller. |
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| hinterlands303 |
| h4ndcrafted wrote: | | hinterlands303 wrote: | | h4ndcrafted wrote: | I shall take a look , ty!
As far as modern masters go, it seems the only ones with aftertouch are the flagships
So it’s Arturia , Native Instruments and Novation.
The Novation sl mark 3 is by far the most interesting, but also the most expensive.
The N.I. Seems the best value , with its fatar keybed , althoughI happen to like Novations keybeds. And the Arturia seems solid with its metal construction, like a Waldorf.
From my experience the Novation will have the better aftertouch response too.
I could use my Argon 8 when it’s released, prob next year now, but that’s only 37.
So, yes maybe an older board is an option, I just worry about condition.
If I was willing to spend over £500 , the Novation has two lots of CV and an 8 track sequencer , although I think it is quantised sadly. |
FYI - the novation only transmits after touch over the pads. also I found there to be quite a few bugs with the unit. I had wanted to use it as a straight up midi/cv converter (which it should be able to do in thru mode) but it would randomly send note value changes transposing whatever sequence I was passing through at completely random (or at least utterly non-rhythmic) points. It was super weird, and even kind of beautiful, but completely unworkable. Also the cv outputs had buffering issues - plugging a cable into one of the gate inputs would affect the amount of voltage coming from the cv outputs (increasing the pitch by a half step). It might of just been my unit but I was pretty disappointed - especially since I really like Novation as a company. |
srsly it only does aftertouch over the pads ? That’s a total deal breaker for me too bad Iwas leaning towards this as well.
It def doesn’t have aftertouch ? The review I just read said the keys have it, you sure you don’t mean poly aftertouch or the launchkey.
Sorry to question, but I’m confused now. |
It seems you are right about the aftertouch and I was the one confused. I tried out so many midi keyboard looking for the right one that I must have gotten mixed up. Sorry about that! Carry on. |
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| h4ndcrafted |
| Np , it gets confusing with places trying to pass boards off with aftertouch , then you investigate further and it’s n the pads only. Digital village does it. |
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| ludotex |
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