Korg nanoKEY 25 Key USB Controller Keyboard, Black
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Korg nanoKEY 25 Key USB Controller Keyboard, Black
The Korg nanoKey 25 Key Keyboard is a unique, easily transportable MIDI Controller Keyboard that is little in size, but huge with functionality and features! When Korg set out to build a slim-line MIDI controller keyboard, they utilized their years of experience in manufacturing innovative MIDI keyboards to create a great-feeling, velocity sensitive keyboard based off a laptop keyboard. The resulting 25-note keyboard on the nanoKEY will transmit your playing dynamics to your software accurately and expressively. In CC (Control Change) MODE, the keys become MIDI controllers, allowing you to control any MIDI assignable parameters within your software. The Octave Shift function offers immediate access to the entire MIDI note range. Pitch and modulation buttons are also provided, giving your performances the kind of expression that you would expect from any controller regardless of its size. With the KORG KONTROL Editor (downloadable free of charge from korg.com), you can customize the nanoKEY to match your control needs. It lets you select between three velocity curves or fixed velocity, set MIDI CC values, and even allows you to edit the assignments for the minimum and maximum values of the control change messages transmitted by the modulation buttons or in CC MODE. As an added value, the nanoKEY also includes a download code for the full version of Korg’s M1Le, which faithfully recreates the legendary Korg M1 workstation. Plus, an upgrade path will let you graduate to the Legacy DIGITAL EDITION software suite, which has an even more expansive version of the M1, the renowned WaveStation and 19 great MDEX effects. Also included is a free downloadable Editor/Librarian to help you create setups to suit your specific control needs.
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Chords are impossible (2010-09-06) : 2/5
I got this because it's so compact and easy to toss into my briefcase. You'll have to get use to the small amount of key stroke, compared to any real keyboard. For single note entry, it's fine. However, if you want to enter a three-note chord with any black notes, forget it. You know how when you depress the edges of black keys that you slide in depressing the far inside part of the white key? Well, there is no far inside part of the white key; it doesn't exist, which makes chord entry very slow. Four-note chord with any black keys? Forget it. Spend the extra $10 and get some real keys.
Nice little accessory, but FRAGILE! (2010-08-25) : 2/5
I got one of these things when it was new, and loved it. It was usable, rather inexpensive, and tiny. However, it recently broke. I had it in a cabinet, and I slid a magazine on top of it. One of the pages caught a couple of keys and tore them off! Wow, this thing is FRAGILE. It is OK if you take care of it, but useless when you have to throw it away.br /br /Akai came out with the LPK25, which is the same concept, but looks more like a real keyboard. It is about the same width and depth as the Nanokey, but is over twice as thick which may or may not be a factor for you. The LPK25 adds an arpeggiator, but drops the pitch-bend buttons. The Nanokey also comes with a license for the basic M1 software synth (also usable as a VST) that the Akai does not come with, and the Akai is about $20 more.
Nice, Usefull, But....... (2010-08-10) : 3/5
I bought the NanoKey to use with Reason 4. Having moved away from hardware and being a computer musician, I needed something rather small that can sit on my desk out of the way when not in use. Let me say that the little board works just fine. Maybe I'm being picky, but the one thing I can't get past is how much it feels like a laptop keyboard. Thats sort of exactly what I was trying to get away from. Now let me say, this IS NOT a replacement for bigger, more complex midi boards. That being said, it just sort of feels like a toy. I think I'll be getting an Emu Xboard for my desktop, and keep the NanoKey for my netbook. All in all it's a great piece, it just feels weird.
nano key works great (2010-07-30) : 4/5
The keyboard is compact and works very well fr such a small package,it has many features and im satisfied witht this purchase i would recomend it to everyone.
Not impressed (2010-07-14) : 1/5
The keys were much like a laptop keyboard, which had little depth and made a loud click when you used them -- which irked me.
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