Anyone have experience of using one of these as a midi controller?
Ive been thinking of getting one for a while but dont really have space for it...unless i use it for midi control instead of my old e-mu x25

Opinions anyone??

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ive had a TI Polar on my desk for the longest time... served me well. at least as long as youre using the TI's synth as well anyway... but if its pure midi control youre after, pretty much any controller will do.. so not sure why you'd have to spend 1k and a bit just to trigger some midi notes with a TI. When im not using the TI for antyhing, i paid 30$ for that silly little akai micro keybd. does the job.

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Originally posted by deadmau5 ive had a TI Polar on my desk for the longest time... served me well. at least as long as youre using the TI's synth as well anyway... but if its pure midi control youre after, pretty much any controller will do.. so not sure why you'd have to spend 1k and a bit just to trigger some midi notes with a TI. When im not using the TI for antyhing, i paid 30$ for that silly little akai micro keybd. does the job.

Well ive been looking at getting a virus indigo for a while, but it will take the space of my existing midi controller as i dont have room for both - in effect id like to upgrade my xboard25 to a virus

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Should be fine. My NL2x replaced my old basic midi keyboard. Works like a treat.

Depends on whether you need the extra pots and faders though, as that's where a separate midi keyboard can come in handy. Personally, I don't need them.

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Originally posted by Fledz Should be fine. My NL2x replaced my old basic midi keyboard. Works like a treat. Depends on whether you need the extra pots and faders though, as that's where a separate midi keyboard can come in handy. Personally, I don't need them.

The e-mu has 8 pots, used to use them but hardly bother anymore

1 potential snag is that id have 3 midi devices if i had an indigo hooked in there as well, would probably cause more midi delay in the system?

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Originally posted by evo8 The e-mu has 8 pots, used to use them but hardly bother anymore 1 potential snag is that id have 3 midi devices if i had an indigo hooked in there as well, would probably cause more midi delay in the system?

you can have up to 255 midi devices, wont introduce any more midi lag than having just 1. USB / serial bus is still fast enough and has plenty of bandwidth for millions of tiny lil 0xFFFFFF's

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Originally posted by deadmau5 you can have up to 255 midi devices, wont introduce any more midi lag than having just 1. USB / serial bus is still fast enough and has plenty of bandwidth for millions of tiny lil 0xFFFFFF's

even if connected via midi-thru?

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Originally posted by evo8 even if connected via midi-thru?

midi thru is (on most synths) usually an active copy of the input. by active i mean more or less the same thing as a hardwired copy of the input.. so no. no lag. it doesnt do any special process that would lag that.

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