Korg Midi Controller (NANOKEY-ST)

Awesome

Wanted it to work with iPad Pro so had to do the upgrade. Had fun trying to get the upgrade to work on a pc. Found I had another keyboard in an the upgrade program did not like it. It all worked fine when I plugged the Nanokeys into the same usb port that the other keyboard was in. Works a treat on the iPad talking to Gadget 3 is really good.

I'm really impressed with this. I wanted a portable controller with knobs, pads, and keys (and the XY pad was a very alluring bonus). I got so much more. Korg squeeze every bit of functionality out of their beautiful backlighting array. I didn't expect to find things like scales useful, but combined with a highly customisable arpeggiator (for which you can tap tempo on the fly) and note bending/XY parameter control, things really take off. The backlighting is also used to great effect as visual feedback for various settings and options, from selecting pattern banks to transposing. People mention the toy-like construction of the keyboard, so I wasn't expecting much but also didn't require much. Actually, I really like the feel of the keys. A full keyboard it ain't but they have a pleasing bounce to them and their velocity response is pretty nice. The pads (which I use mainly for launching clips) require a bit too heavy a touch to trigger for my tastes, but then most drum pads do. The whole thing is compact, thin, and extremely light, without feeling too flimsy. The bluetooth functionality is great - anything to take the strain off my limited USB ports. My main quibble is the responsiveness of the XY pad. It takes a bit of pressure to register touch, which also makes it prone to error about position some of the time. Now that we're all used to incredible capacitive touch screens, this feels like a bit of a step backwards. (Perhaps if it was super-sensitive we'd be moaning about accidental touches though.) I've also found that sometimes there is simply some noise in its transmission. Finally - it's in the wrong place! It should really be in the top left corner, where you can get at it with the left hand in an instant without craning over the knobs. But despite all that, it is really promising for what I can accomplish with it, especially given all the XY parameter controls Live offers. My secondary small quibble is that the bluetooth connect software Korg offers isn't available for Yosemite, and in lieu of that I have to manually reconnect it every time I turn it on. But hey, I guess they did their best... The customisation software is a whole other portal that I haven't had time to wade into yet. I can't wait.

Non avrà il feeling di una tastiera, ma per chi è abituato a lavorare con i synth è un controller comodissimo per suonare con l'iPad: la connessione Midi bluetooth è molto stabile e l'uscita usbC o lightning rimane libera per la scheda audio o per le cuffie... Per me è geniale.

Si te gusta producir música con el iPad, usando Korg Gadget, este controlador es perfecto. Puedes tocar melodías y acordes, especialmente útil lo de las melodías, que intentar improvisar una tocando una pantalla del iPad es bastante incómodo.

Perfect midi controller, easy to use.