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Controller keyboards with 61 keys & 9 sliders
Posted: 14:21, 5 December 2008
by Andy Keys
Hi,
Has anyone got one of these boards?
I'm looking at the M-Audio Axiom Controller keyboards among others.
Can you tell me your impressions of whatever you've got, please? Build quality, ease of programming the controllers etc.
I'm after a board with 9 sliders to run a Hammond emulator live.
Thanks & regards
Andy
Re: Controller keyboards with 61 keys & 9 sliders
Posted: 14:03, 5 January 2009
by mdsonic
Edirol PCR 800 is a great controller, just replaced my axiom with one. Great controller surface and much better keyboard feel than the M-Audio in my opinion. I use it with B4 and other synths.....
Re: Controller keyboards with 61 keys & 9 sliders
Posted: 04:42, 25 January 2009
by comradec
I went in the other direction, replacing my PCR with an Axiom. The PCR is far too fiddly to configure and the so-called pads are a waste of time - uncomfortable to use and unresponsive. I've found the Axiom much easier to set up with whatever DAW I want to use and the pads are a pleasure to play on. The Axiom's keys are also higher quality and, personally speaking, I prefer the 'traditional' separate pitch-bend and modulation wheels of the Axiom to the Roland-style all-in-one joystick (although that's something I tolerate on the Fantom-G).
I see that a new, upgraded version of the Axiom has been announced at the Winter 2009 NAMM show:
http://www.maudio.co.uk/index.php?do=pr ... fec74c3746. Not so keen on the new colouring scheme but the spec looks pretty impressive.