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Serge_2004 « Good Q / P - ok for studio use »
Published on 08/08/11 at 23:47Motivation & Benefits: Heavy Hit - keyboard with 88 keys Midi integrated power controller.
The -: Too bad there is no 64-bit drivers: it is a question to ask before you buy ... Channel aftertouch and not by individual touch
Overall I am satisfied: nothing like a keyboard with light touch. It is robust, very heavy and strong. Velocity Question: pre-programmed curves are not always appropriate: for example: when I use it to get out the sounds of the sampler EMULATOR-X, it gets stuck: the curve for E-mu pianos is hardly configurable & curves bike found in the keyboard are quite inadequate. However, for other samples (eg Scarbee on Kontakt), it's all good and it was a pleasure to use it (if you do not forget to select the curve by 2, otherwise it need to type as a sick on the keys for the desired dynamic).
What is nice is that it can also serve as a control surface in Cubase: Cubase there is a template that controls the tracks from the keyboard controller. These same controllers can also be used as organ drawbars for VST appropriate.
South side / control: everything is normally configured via a small software download (change of velocity curves, assigning knobs, etc. ..) but this assumes that the USB connection is used (or is it buggy or nonexistent (64bit )).
UTILIZATION
Manuel: ok
To touch, see note above it all depends on how it will be configured. For some sounds, it is not really suitable.
OVERALL OPINION
Use since + - 2 years
First keyboard heavy
Good QP
Warning! : USB Drivers not stable and they do not exist in 64bit = they come to plant and need to be reset: bad idea to buy this model for the scene ..
Best used in home studio & with the MIDI (not USB) MIDI I knew one or two crashes
Do not forget to adjust the velocity curves of your favorite instruments, or those of the keyboard in order to have a normal response ...
The -: Too bad there is no 64-bit drivers: it is a question to ask before you buy ... Channel aftertouch and not by individual touch
Overall I am satisfied: nothing like a keyboard with light touch. It is robust, very heavy and strong. Velocity Question: pre-programmed curves are not always appropriate: for example: when I use it to get out the sounds of the sampler EMULATOR-X, it gets stuck: the curve for E-mu pianos is hardly configurable & curves bike found in the keyboard are quite inadequate. However, for other samples (eg Scarbee on Kontakt), it's all good and it was a pleasure to use it (if you do not forget to select the curve by 2, otherwise it need to type as a sick on the keys for the desired dynamic).
What is nice is that it can also serve as a control surface in Cubase: Cubase there is a template that controls the tracks from the keyboard controller. These same controllers can also be used as organ drawbars for VST appropriate.
South side / control: everything is normally configured via a small software download (change of velocity curves, assigning knobs, etc. ..) but this assumes that the USB connection is used (or is it buggy or nonexistent (64bit )).
UTILIZATION
Manuel: ok
To touch, see note above it all depends on how it will be configured. For some sounds, it is not really suitable.
OVERALL OPINION
Use since + - 2 years
First keyboard heavy
Good QP
Warning! : USB Drivers not stable and they do not exist in 64bit = they come to plant and need to be reset: bad idea to buy this model for the scene ..
Best used in home studio & with the MIDI (not USB) MIDI I knew one or two crashes
Do not forget to adjust the velocity curves of your favorite instruments, or those of the keyboard in order to have a normal response ...