EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

On Feb 25, 2004, at 6:15 AM, exs-users@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> Subject: compact keyboard controllers
>
> Hi everyone,
> I need a very small keyboard controller....usb.. for a gig in Europe.
> Space and weight are really tight.   I'm trying to get by just taking
> my laptop and the controller....Even trying to leave the mt4 at home.
> The Edirol PCR 30 has my interest right now.  It is a little large but
> at the same time I"m wondering if 32 keys is enough.  The size and
> weight of the 25 key models is more attractive. Is it so easy to octave
> shift (in performance) that the no of keys isn't really an issue?  I
> don't think I want to mess with mini keys and I need velocity
> sensitivity.   Does anyone have any experience using these things with
> Logic and the EXS?  I'd appreciate the input.  Thanks a bunch in
> advance.
>
Hi Julie,
	I have been using the OXygen 8, 25-key controller and changing octaves  
is easy, but the display doesn't have a way to stay lit to indicate  
which octave you're in.
	It is set up with Up/Down buttons and pressing both of them at once  
takes you back to the center of the octave range, which I think had  
been established as C3. Pressing the Up key displays a "U1" and so on,  
and down displays a "D1" etc. If you can't remember where you are, as I  
sometimes do, I just press them both to center it.
	But, yeah...it's as easy as that. The Ozone offers some more frills:
http://www.midiman.net/index.php? 
do=products.main&ID=22c0c13f67ee52420afb8f23c8d6646f
	The Oxy 8 is cheaper.
http://www.midiman.net/index.php? 
do=products.main&ID=b4a8849dceaffac747e83be310498fa8

>

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