Posted by: Diki
Lightweight controllers - 06/25/08 06:23 PM
Posted by: Dnj
Re: Lightweight controllers - 06/25/08 06:31 PM
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Posted by: captain Russ
Re: Lightweight controllers - 06/26/08 11:38 AM
Saw these little guys at NAMM...pretty cool!
R.
Posted by: Diki
Re: Lightweight controllers - 06/26/08 11:54 AM
Wish they had MIDI as well as USB, though...
I'd have the drumpad one on my G70 in a flash (I love to finish songs with a little drum flourish, or add percussion accents by hand), and I'd love to have something that could maybe do the pitch-strip thing (if it can send that info) for doing trills and hammer-on/offs. But if I got to use a laptop just to use the thing, forget it...
Shame... so close, and yet so far
Posted by: Frostbyte
Re: Lightweight controllers - 06/26/08 12:32 PM
Diki -
I don't think you realize how small these are. There isn't room for a MIDI jack anywhere on them. And they are USB Powered.
They are the same width as a laptop, and just as deep. So even if you put a MIDI jack on the top, the plug would have to go in deeper than the unit is thick.
But wouldn't their regular padKONTROL do the same thing for you?
Posted by: Diki
Re: Lightweight controllers - 06/26/08 01:12 PM
It's a footprint issue... These things could easily be velcro-ed to my keyboard in a position that would be easy to get to from the playing position, the padKONTROL is just too big...
Posted by: keybplayer
Re: Lightweight controllers - 06/26/08 07:29 PM
SERIOUS lightweight controller...
76 Key Juno Stage And at a mere 21 lb 10 oz. (9.8 kg) to boot.
I can almost see Fran drooling right about now.
Best,
Mike
Posted by: keybplayer
Re: Lightweight controllers - 06/27/08 06:59 AM
To those with doubts that the Juno Stage could be used as a controller...
Another Juno Stage NAMM video Best,
Mike
Posted by: squeak_D
Re: Lightweight controllers - 06/27/08 07:31 AM
I don't know why people are questioning the Juno Stage's capabilities as a midi controller. One of it's new features is the use as a midi controller. It even has a dedicated button on the panel that takes you into it, and you're getting a 76 key synth that won't break your back!
To other's who have speculated on the key action.... It's NOT the same keybed as the Juno-G. The Stage has a pro keybed, said to be semi-weighted and longer than the keys on the Fantom G-6. My only major upset about the Juno Stage is they dropped RECORDING entirely! They took away the audio recorder and the sequencer.
Posted by: Fran Carango
Re: Lightweight controllers - 06/27/08 08:25 AM
It is great to find that the Juno Stage is using a better keybed..I think it is the same as the E-60 keybed..{longer keys and a better resistance}.