TINY midi controllers

nobbystylus · Post by **nobbystylus** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:32 am

Hello y'all

I'm looking for a very portable, tiny, usb fader/controller, to compliment planned purchase of 12ich powerbook, for those little gigs where you aint got much room to play in. (alot smaller than my UC33e or my doepfer) Ideally something (cheap), with a few faders and a few knobs/buttons..

Any suggestions?

Cheers

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:34 am

This maybe?

nobbystylus · Post by **nobbystylus** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:51 am

Yes these are nearly perfect.. but still perhaps a bit too bulky.. i was hoping for something kind of (snigger) iPod sized.. or perhaps no bigger than a CD..

nobbystylus · Post by **nobbystylus** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:52 am

i'm thinking jacket pocket.. and ultra light..

nobbystylus · Post by **nobbystylus** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:54 am

just spotted these... bit expensive... but pretty cool..

http://www.faderfox.de/

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:04 pm

nobbystylus wrote:Hello y'all

I'm looking for a very portable, tiny, usb fader/controller, to compliment planned purchase of 12ich powerbook, for those little gigs where you aint got much room to play in. (alot smaller than my UC33e or my doepfer) Ideally something (cheap), with a few faders and a few knobs/buttons..

Any suggestions?

Cheers

Wouldn't it be hard to fit a few faders (of any use or quality) to something you can fit in your pocket? I'd suggest you build your own (www.ucapps.de) - then you can go for the exact amount and quality of the knobs and faders you need. And also put it in a custom case - that might even fit in your pocket.

Cheers,
Mikael

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:15 pm

nobbystylus wrote:just spotted these... bit expensive... but pretty cool..

http://www.faderfox.de/

Faderfox controllers are really cool. I got the lx1.
They are built like tanks. And the included battery's last over 8 months.
And it has a knob to navigate trough the clips in session view.

Totally worth their money.

Although they are getting updated. And the new modules will probably be sick.
I already know for sure i'm going to another one to add to my setup.
But thats for somewhere in the beginning of 2006.

elemental · Post by **elemental** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:24 pm

another vote for faderfox.

the LV-1 will prob meet your needs.

yes the new ones will be sick. but I am not sad, I will upgrade as soon as they come on sale.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:50 pm

Im sorry, but faderfoxes definitely aren't "tiny"... They're great and all, but are they jacket-pocket material? No.
Now, I'd recommend a pocket dial:
http://www.doepfer.de/pd.htm

OR, if you want something uber-portable: The midiTron!
http://eroktronix.com/
-just screw in the controls you want.

buzzcock · Post by **buzzcock** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 4:13 pm

This is more than what you are looking for, but for the number of controls, it sure is tiny!

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Jun03/a ... cooper.asp

ryansupak · Post by **ryansupak** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:26 pm

Beware of the JL Cooper unit...I had one for a few weeks, until I realized that if you press buttons on the same column simultaneously, the unit wigs out and sends strange MIDI messages.

I even called JL Cooper about it, and they tested it themselves. They said that the unit just wasn't designed to have multiple buttons in a row pressed at the same time. Admittedly it was designed as a mixer controller, but that still seemed silly to me.

rs

PJ · Post by PJ » Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:29 am

Maybe a Behringer B-Control Nano BCN44 ?

Regards

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 9:33 am

mind you the behringer Nano isn't small at all... it just doesn't have a lot of controllers

tribalogical · Post by **tribalogical** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:04 pm

Tranzport?

http://www.frontierdesign.com/

not sure this would do the trick for you. It's definitely small, but it isn't bristling with knobs and sliders. However, everyone I know who has one is raving......

peace,
tribalogical

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:17 pm

I'm playing with a wireless dancemat that I'd let the crowd jump on to trigger audio/video/lighting clips. It includes a PS>USB converter that would probably work on this thing:

http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/product.php?product=EXS7210

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