The Logic Off Topic list

Mark Lennox wrote:
 
> Has anyone any experience using this keyboard/controller?
> What are the drivers like for PC (Win98se / Win2000)?
> What is the midi interface like?

I have not actually used an Oxygen8 yet but the price and features (8
programmable knobs, 2 octaves of *full sized* keys, etc) of the Oxygen8
are unmatched unless you want to pay two times as much or more for a
keyboard.

> I also need to get a new MIDI interface soon too as I am udating my system
> to Win2000 and the crappy Portman I have doesnt have any win2k drivers (and
> never plans to!!). WHat is a good 2x2 system? Preferably cheap and non-USB?
> (I have heard that USB suffers from timing problems - is this true?)

USB *can* suffer from timing problems, yes - if at all possible it is
always better to use a serial MIDI interface. However if you do need to
use a USB interface, an Emagic interface is *definitely* the way to go
if you're using Logic, as Emagic has overcome the timing problems of USB
with their interfaces. If you have a serial connection though (which
just about any 'regular' non-laptop computer will have) it's a lot more
stable to just plug the MIDI interface into a serial port.

I've heard from a few people who've had problems with drivers of MidiMan
interfaces, though I'm not sure what OS they were using and if it was
over USB or not.. Personally I still plan to get a Midiman 8x8 once the
1x1 midi I/O my current sound card has is not enough. MidiMan is one of
the first companies to offer OsX drivers for their products so I'm
pretty sure with that sort of attitude for new operating systems they
have drivers for WinXP/Win2k that work just fine. 

Cheers
Jeremy