controller for Minituar
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controller for Minituar
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.]
[my apologies if this has been done.]
- thealien666
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Re: controller for Minituar
Uhh, it's Minitaur, not Minituar...
I guess any MIDI controller would do fine, but I also see a Roland PK5 being even more suited.
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
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.
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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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!
-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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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
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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Yes,the MPK does look quite nice.
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At NAMM, I had a chance to try the 12-Step by Keith McMillen:dan thacker wrote:Does anyone have suggestions for a Minitaur controller?
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.
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
I was looking at this exact controller yesterday in anticipation for my Minitaur. Im sold
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That is a wonderful photo.What a sweet,kind looking lady,and your slacks rock!
Re: controller for Minituar
I'll bet my next paycheck that sweet, kind looking lady could wield a mean ruler...dan thacker wrote:That is a wonderful photo.What a sweet,kind looking lady,and your slacks rock!
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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dan thacker wrote:That is a wonderful photo. What a sweet, kind looking lady.
A little from column A, a little from column B...Voltor07 wrote:I'll bet my next paycheck that sweet, kind looking lady could wield a mean ruler...
Dan, did you get your package yet? I sent it out last week.
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Re: controller for Minituar
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
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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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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.
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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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...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.
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...
Moog Minimoog D (1975)
DSI OB6
DSI Prophet REV2
Oberheim Matrix-6
Ensoniq SQ-80
Korg DW8000
Behringer DeepMind 12
Alesis Ion
DSI OB6
DSI Prophet REV2
Oberheim Matrix-6
Ensoniq SQ-80
Korg DW8000
Behringer DeepMind 12
Alesis Ion