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Ace17
Published on 10/20/07 at 12:55
Keyboard 88-key hammer, Hammer
- A midi out
- 1 sustain pedal jack
- A volume pedal jack
- 2 wheels: pitch bend and modulation
- 5 buttons: program change, bank select, midi channel, transpose, store / recall
- Supply 9-12V provided
What is missing:
- Viewing the program noon & midi channel current.
- USB output
- Aftertouch
- Active sensing twelve o'clock
- Volume slider
- Split
UTILIZATION
- The touch keyboard is very good, though somewhat hard.
- The keyboard layout is very simple: we maintain a support for the control buttons, and pressing the key on the piano which is the number you wish to enter. At the beginning it's a bit confusing, but finally it keeps the control "on hand", once one has got the hang (if you release the control button before you release the note, the command is ignored)
- The manual, I do not even know if I read it ... so the use is very simple.
THE BUG:
- The selection of the midi channel does not have the sustain pedal. This means that regardless of the MIDI channel when you press the pedal, it's always for channel 1. After an exchange of mail with Arbiter France, the bug was never resolved. It will not interfere with the players of classical piano, but it becomes disabled when juggling with MIDI devices.
OVERALL OPINION
- I use it for 3 years and I am very satisfied ... except when I meet a limit of channel 1 to sustain (see "Use").
- The feel of this keyboard is really nice, no complaints.
- It lacks a little control, given the size it was, there was a place to put a lot more inside ... for a handyman, there are a lot of stuff to do.
- I bought a 600 euros, and the only time I regret my choice is when I saw the CME UF8, which offered more for less features ... false alarm, it seems that the feel of UF8 is very bad ...
- If I had the choice again today, I'll still try to see the UF8. And I said, the bug midi channel for the sustain is still very annoying.
- A midi out
- 1 sustain pedal jack
- A volume pedal jack
- 2 wheels: pitch bend and modulation
- 5 buttons: program change, bank select, midi channel, transpose, store / recall
- Supply 9-12V provided
What is missing:
- Viewing the program noon & midi channel current.
- USB output
- Aftertouch
- Active sensing twelve o'clock
- Volume slider
- Split
UTILIZATION
- The touch keyboard is very good, though somewhat hard.
- The keyboard layout is very simple: we maintain a support for the control buttons, and pressing the key on the piano which is the number you wish to enter. At the beginning it's a bit confusing, but finally it keeps the control "on hand", once one has got the hang (if you release the control button before you release the note, the command is ignored)
- The manual, I do not even know if I read it ... so the use is very simple.
THE BUG:
- The selection of the midi channel does not have the sustain pedal. This means that regardless of the MIDI channel when you press the pedal, it's always for channel 1. After an exchange of mail with Arbiter France, the bug was never resolved. It will not interfere with the players of classical piano, but it becomes disabled when juggling with MIDI devices.
OVERALL OPINION
- I use it for 3 years and I am very satisfied ... except when I meet a limit of channel 1 to sustain (see "Use").
- The feel of this keyboard is really nice, no complaints.
- It lacks a little control, given the size it was, there was a place to put a lot more inside ... for a handyman, there are a lot of stuff to do.
- I bought a 600 euros, and the only time I regret my choice is when I saw the CME UF8, which offered more for less features ... false alarm, it seems that the feel of UF8 is very bad ...
- If I had the choice again today, I'll still try to see the UF8. And I said, the bug midi channel for the sustain is still very annoying.