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subject says it all. i want either a monome or launchpad. i will probably run mlr and other various programs through them. just want to hear your opinions. i am using ableton as my DAW

If you really wanna play MLR, monome : Faster, better button size.

I would say if you have some patience and/or money, get the monome.

i just started one of these threads last week. i also found alot of info over here:

http://post.monome.org/comments.php?DiscussionID=6463

its seems like most people here say "get a launchpad" and most over there say "get a monome." but thats not surprising.

i decided to get a launchpad (when i have some extra cash), because of price difference, or the time spent putting together an arduinome. it seems like you can do almost all the same stuff on a launchpad as on a monome, with some trickery. plus you get to keep the built in auto mapping / triggering stuff while loading "apps" onto the user slots of the launchpad.

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2010/02/2 ... /#comments

120$ for a "smaller" monome with 4 knobs.

hmmm,

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And honnestly, it depends on how materialist you are. The build quality and the beauty is really not the same.
I got two LP, they can burn or whatever, I don't care. I got one 128 and a 64 kit, a single scratch on them and it's the end of the world.

chapelier fou wrote:And honnestly, it depends on how materialist you are. The build quality and the beauty is really not the same.
I got two LP, they can burn or whatever, I don't care. I got one 128 and a 64 kit, a single scratch on them and it's the end of the world.

yeah, mr fou also mentioned in another thread that he doesnt like to tour with monomes, which is a good point and something to consider..

Yeah, Mr fou replaced his 128 by 2 LP. But only for triggering clips.
If I were playing with MLR for instance, no doubt I'd choose a monome. I think, due to the midi protocol, the response may be laggy with the LP. And the buttons are too big, that would be sport.

oh theres this too: http://www.midikatapult.com/

chapelier fou wrote:And honnestly, it depends on how materialist you are. The build quality and the beauty is really not the same.
I got two LP, they can burn or whatever, I don't care. I got one 128 and a 64 kit, a single scratch on them and it's the end of the world.

chapelier fou wrote:Yeah, Mr fou replaced his 128 by 2 LP. But only for triggering clips.
If I were playing with MLR for instance, no doubt I'd choose a monome. I think, due to the midi protocol, the response may be laggy with the LP. And the buttons are too big, that would be sport.

I couldn't agree anymore with these two comments. Especially about the MLR. The Launchpad can seem laggy & draggy as hell at times. Was playing around with the Stretta suite sequencers last night for awhile & the LP's reaction time was actually starting to piss me off a bit. However---It was doing its job great for a wee baby monome prototype clone. Seems to be "Catch 22" with using midi protocol. With the LP you do have the Ableton instant mappings & such---tho when it comes to MLR, monome is king (or queen)

this is too easy;

launchpad for controlling live's session view.
monome for performing with monome apps.


you'll probably end up owning both.

^Yes HOWEVER many of us on this forum can't afford a monome.

It's equivalent I suppose to a guitar player lusting over a American 60's reissued Fender Stratocaster with all the bells & whistles but knowing he can only budget to get a china made Squier model.

If only it where that easy to say "Duh--get a monome". Financially speaking.

I was talking to this guy:

gascari wrote:subject says it all. i want either a monome or launchpad. i will probably run mlr and other various programs through them. just want to hear your opinions. i am using ableton as my DAW

simple question, simple answer.

Well. If you're running mlr stand alone than by all means get a monome. If you hope to Rewire stand alone mlr into Live, then don't waste your time because Rewiring is SHIT.

Playing mlr with Live? Get the LP and the mlr for M4L: http://docs.monome.org/doku.php?id=app: ... maxforlive Best part? No fiddling with Rewire.

^^^^ assuming he's got M4L or is willing to pony up $300 for a closed system to run what is essentially freebie open source software.