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controller for Minituar

Post by dan thacker » Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:01 pm

I thought I had it sussed,but now I'm not so sure.Does anyone have suggestions for a Minituar controller?
[my apologies if this has been done.]

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Re: controller for Minituar

Post by thealien666 » Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:12 pm

Uhh, it's Minitaur, not Minituar... :roll:

I guess any MIDI controller would do fine, but I also see a Roland PK5 being even more suited.
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Re: controller for Minituar

Post by Portamental » Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:55 pm

Sure, This one

Have one on order for months now, long before the Minitaur was announced, but no more PK-5A (north of the border) since October. The first PK-6 coming in has my name on it, due in first week of March. My guess is that it will play the Rogue it was intended for long before a Minitaur.

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Re: controller for Minituar

Post by dan thacker » Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:39 pm

Those pedals are fantastic,but much too big for my situation,[tiny place].
-Al,the spelling of Minituar is actually correct.Moog is making one especially for me,and it features an extra oscillator.They wanted to spell it differently,so there was no confusion,[or,I just screwed up,I can't remember which.] Oh yeah,I screwed up!

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Re: controller for Minituar

Post by Portamental » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:32 am

I pretty much thought a pedal style controller, especially a big one like the PK-5 or 6 was not was what Dan was asking for, but it is so well suited.

Any midi keyboard controller will do really. For a bass controller, a 25 note keyboard should do and it takes less space than a large one.

One of the best out there is the Akai MPK25. Very good quality, terrific features, you can program knobs and pads to send any midi CC. The two best features would be the Octave + - control and a latching arpeggiator. It looks good, and it's black.

It almost seems as if it was designed for a future Minitaur to be announced 4 years later :)

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Re: controller for Minituar

Post by dan thacker » Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:28 am

Yes,the MPK does look quite nice.

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Re: controller for Minituar

Post by _DemonDan_ » Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:14 pm

dan thacker wrote:Does anyone have suggestions for a Minitaur controller?
At NAMM, I had a chance to try the 12-Step by Keith McMillen:

http://www.keithmcmillen.com/12step/overview

I fully expected it to be more useful as 12 buttons as opposed
to being a musical instrument controller.

I'm no stranger to pedals as I've have been playing 13-pedal
organs since the age of 7 back in the late '60s.

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So I have to say that it was surprisingly more "musical" than I
expected from something so small. After a while I was doing
walking bass lines. Not as well as on regular pedals, but not
bad for only a few minutes of practice.

And the various ways of stepping/pressing on it is an interesting
way to add more controller data.

It's certainly way lighter than a full pedalboard. And the fact
that each note lights up is cool for stage use.
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Re: controller for Minituar

Post by muksys » Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:28 pm

I was looking at this exact controller yesterday in anticipation for my Minitaur. Im sold :)

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Re: controller for Minituar

Post by dan thacker » Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:13 pm

That is a wonderful photo.What a sweet,kind looking lady,and your slacks rock!

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Re: controller for Minituar

Post by Voltor07 » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:27 pm

dan thacker wrote:That is a wonderful photo.What a sweet,kind looking lady,and your slacks rock!
I'll bet my next paycheck that sweet, kind looking lady could wield a mean ruler... :wink:

On topic, not sure what you want to control Minitaur with...are you looking for pedals, or a keyboard? I would recommend looking into a 25 or 37 note MIDI keyboard. M-Audio makes some nice ones, as does Akai if you want more features.
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Re: controller for Minituar

Post by _DemonDan_ » Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:23 am

dan thacker wrote:That is a wonderful photo. What a sweet, kind looking lady.
Voltor07 wrote:I'll bet my next paycheck that sweet, kind looking lady could wield a mean ruler... :wink:
A little from column A, a little from column B... :D

Dan, did you get your package yet? I sent it out last week.
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Re: controller for Minituar

Post by ColorForm2113 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:13 pm

I would suggest saving a little bit more and getting an arturia minibrute as a controller. Perfect size keyboard for bass plus you get an extra filter and oscillator to play with.... And I think you can send the arpegiator out through cv :D
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Re: controller for Minituar

Post by dan thacker » Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:24 pm

I haven't received package yet,but Canada post is kind of slow.Thank you kindly again ,DemonDan,when it does arrive,I'll post it.

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Re: controller for Minituar

Post by dan thacker » Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:37 pm

As far as a controller,Voltor07,I'm probably going with a keyboard.Novation makes some nice stuff with Fatar key beds,so I'll probably use it for the LP also,since the LP's keys lick pouch!
I'm not sure if I buy the theory that a decent key bed would have upped the price much,
I bought my girlfriend a hundred dollar second hand Casio, and the keys are far better than my LP's. O.k.,I'll shut up for now.

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Re: controller for Minituar

Post by thealien666 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:04 pm

dan thacker wrote:...I bought my girlfriend a hundred dollar second hand Casio, and the keys are far better than my LP's. O.k.,I'll shut up for now.
Casio is a much, much bigger company than Moog Music as far as business go. Moog has to maximize their profits on each and everyone of their products in order to stay in business agains't big boxes like Roland, Korg, Clavia, and others...

So, they have to cut corners somewhere I guess. But that being said, I've seen poor quality keys on even some low-end Roland and Korg stuff in the past too...
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