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Which synths can function as USB 2.0 hosts?


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I'd like to use USB 2.0 controllers in a casual laptop-less live set up .... I am wondering if there are analog or digital keyboard synths which will allow you to plug in a USB 2.0 Midi controller, (such as Touche or Korg Nanopad) and allow that to control the synth using MIDI CC's, pitchbend, etc. Are there any/many?

 

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Dexibell too.

 

Though in any of these cases, using a USB controller to "control the synth using MIDI CC's, pitchbend, etc." -- would also require that the desired controllable functions in the particular keyboard exist in the first place and are MIDI CC controllable (and also presumably are not already easily front panel controllable, for there to be a point to it).

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Hey guys, Thank you so much for the excellent suggestions. I am trying to avoid cables, which make the excellent tools mentioned here unattractive (e.g. the hobbytronics at 3 minutes 44 seconds)

 

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I like to use the Touche which uses USB. It would be good to future proof it a bit as well as go direct to a keyboard synth for gigs where space is tight and the Mainstage/Logic is overkill. The options you present are quite attractive. I'll look around. Thank you.

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Yeah, it's nice to avoid the extra boxes and cables when possible, and one downside of the USB Host boxes is that they also require their own AC (so another wall wart).

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