EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Joe Moretti wrote:
> I've been thinking about moving towards a USB keyboard for sequencing on
the
> move (anybody any exp of this and can suggest models?) - also a pain
though
> that I don't want to cart around a USB hub!!!

Well, I don't know about the quality you're looking for, but I can just tell
you NOT to buy any M-Audio USB keyboard. I had to demo Logic for one week,
and because of the small space I had to use their Oxygen8 - whatta crappy
thing! After two days the pitchbender wasn't working properly anymore, their
drivers constantly crashed (I was using a PC, but anyways...) and the
pitchbender even used some weird datathinning, so any bending range above
the usual wholetone was just resulting in steppy sounds.
I think the Roland USB keyboards are not bad, at least they have reasonable
keys. Then there's the Evolution ones, but I only know the cheap models
which I wouldn't recommend either, maybe their latest top models are better.

And RE the USB hub: Time to get the new EMI 6|2 perhaps... it comes with two
additional USB slots, you can switch the S/PDIF I/O to MIDI I/O (what a nice
idea!), and you could even use it as a mixer for external stuff, hardware
monitoring with Logic only handling the volumes seems to work brilliant with
the EMIs. Not to forget the fact that with 6 ins one can at least achieve
reasonable results when reording drums for demos and the likes.

Regards,
Sascha