Yet Another MIDI thread...

[KermitDubstep]

Your thread title is "Yet Another MIDI thread", not "What Controller Should I Get"....... (and there are 50 million of those threads.)

Well the actual subject should be read? Not just the title.

Get a NanoKontrol or something. An Oxygen49 is really big to be lugging around for live shit but if you want to do it, then do it.

I don't mind lugging it around, but I'm just wondering if it would be better to have that as opposed to a BCF or a nanokontrol.

[mks]

Personally I would leave a 49 key controller for the studio. If you want to have some keys for live performance perhaps the Oxygen 8 v.2 would be for you. It has knobs, and if you want some faders you could pair it with a NanoKontrol. Both of those should be within your budget.

EZ

[KermitDubstep]

The only thing with the NanoKontrol is that the faders are really quite small. It would be nice to have semi decent sized faders, I mean if it comes to the NanoKontrol which I have been seriously considering for a while then I don't mind. I was just wondering what do I really do in this situation.

The BCF is still definitely an option the only thing with full sized faders in this price bracket. I mean tbh at a stretch I might even be able to grab an APC20...

[deadly_habit]

you might just want to build your own on the midibox platform http://www.ucapps.de/

[KermitDubstep]

I'm not too good with that sort of stuff...

[mks]

I feel you on the fader size. I do really like the faders on my APC20, but sometimes I even don't want to lug that around. I performed last Thursday with just a Nocturn and a NanoKontrol and it worked out fine. The faders are small but usable, I mainly had those assigned to channel volumes.

As far as the BCF, you yourself said those controllers have questionable build quality. I have no opinion on those myself, as I have never used one.

You should totally grab that APC20 if you can swing it. I actually bought it for live purposes but now it usually lives in my studio because it is so awesome for writing music. It totally changed how I write music. I ended up with one of those over the launchpad just because of the faders on it.

EZ

[KermitDubstep]

I feel you on the fader size. I do really like the faders on my APC20, but sometimes I even don't want to lug that around. I performed last Thursday with just a Nocturn and a NanoKontrol and it worked out fine. The faders are small but usable, I mainly had those assigned to channel volumes.

As far as the BCF, you yourself said those controllers have questionable build quality. I have no opinion on those myself, as I have never used one.

You should totally grab that APC20 if you can swing it. I actually bought it for live purposes but now it usually lives in my studio because it is so awesome for writing music. It totally changed how I write music. I ended up with one of those over the launchpad just because of the faders on it.

EZ

Well I'd be getting a Launchpad and an APC... I reckon I have a budget of about £460 in total, but that needs to get something with faders, a Launchpad style device and a legal copy of Ableton (30 day trial fuck yeah, plus I can get the education version). I'd probably mess around with the Launchpad more, bigger/more buttons plus a hell of a lot more customizable (Step Sequencers ftw). I don't need an APC40 as I have my BCR for the knobs. So I think I'll be getting an APC40 if my budget will allow it, if not then a BCF or a NanoKontrol and some other random shite lmao.

[KermitDubstep]

APC20 if my budget allows it, not APC40 sorry.