Korg Nano Controllers ----- also in Black !

circuitslave · Post by **circuitslave** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:05 am

FROM THE JAPANESE KORG SITE. GLAD I DIDN'T PRE-ORDER YET.

chrisedmo · Post by **chrisedmo** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:43 am

oh man they look real stealth.. i think im gonna go with the white ones, they'll match my macbook better...

I really want these things!

littlepig · Post by **littlepig** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:59 am

Have these been seen yet? I thought they said 1 October launch in the UK but I can't find them.

Lux Libra · Post by **Lux Libra** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:39 am

they seem nice, BUT.....

a friend of mine has the NanoKey since a week and he's quite disappointed with it.
the weight (stand) is ultralight, the keys are feeling like a laptop keyboard and
stuck sometimes, also the overall feel is ultracheap. He's expected some more
quality and sent it back to Thomann. I only can see usage for playing some simple
basslines sometimes or to trigger some simple midi events. Sure, for 50€ there's very less budget to bring a pro product, but for 30€ more you get an
fully functional midi keyboard with some knobs.....

Also, i would like to test the NanoPad, i'm curious how they manufactured this
really "hands on" thing.

Patch · Post by **Patch** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:18 am

Now yer squawking! The blue and white looked wack.

BASSbüro · Post by **BASSbüro** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:24 am

why comes this controller always with usb? that's fuckin' crap. no midi at all. this controller would be so more sexy with midi and only batteries. something like the remote sl but smaller.

why?

kaffein · Post by **kaffein** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:32 am

BASSbüro wrote:why comes this controller always with usb? that's fuckin' crap. no midi at all. this controller would be so more sexy with midi and only batteries. something like the remote sl but smaller.

why?

Because these are so small/thin, you can't possibly fit a standard midi jack on them.

Lux Libra · Post by **Lux Libra** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:39 am

kaffein wrote:you can't possibly fit a standard midi jack on them.

right

nathannn · Post by **nathannn** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:43 am

m:o wrote:
kaffein wrote:you can't possibly fit a standard midi jack on them.
right

right? right? right?

btw they look like junk.

Lux Libra · Post by **Lux Libra** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:12 am

nathannn wrote:
m:o wrote:
kaffein wrote:you can't possibly fit a standard midi jack on them.
right
right? right? right?

btw they look like junk.

yes, it's correct. there won't fit a standart midi plug into these.

the "look like junk" corresponds well to the "feel like junk"

smartass303 · Post by **smartass303** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:21 am

The Pad thinngie could be nice if the xy pad would be the same as on the Pad Kontrol...
The faders must be pretty tiny on the other thing, the keys look like rubbish on the next thing.

303

logic_user99 · Post by **logic_user99** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:31 am

You can get these from Digital Village NOW! Woop.

circuitslave · Post by **circuitslave** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:32 pm

littlepig wrote:Have these been seen yet? I thought they said 1 October launch in the UK but I can't find them.

It seems they were to be released this month (everything is subject to change as we know

) here in the U.S. From what I see now, it shows early November. From the Korg UK site, the black version to be released "later this year". They're a nice stalking stuffer for the price, though !

thelike5 · Post by **thelike5** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:11 pm

This is exactely the type of product you get when a once respected manufactuer starts making fucking video games.

Total junk and if you are dumb enough to buy this and then complain about it's build quality you deserve to get stuck with it.

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:30 pm

I like the black WAY better, definitely something I'd consider for writing while travelling. But yeah, you gotta be realistic about the quality at that price.