Tusker Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 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? Thanks in advance. ð Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfields Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Korg Kronos and Yamaha MODX are the two I've heard mentioned, are there any others? You have to look carefully, as it's common to have a USB host port that's only meant for storage devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfields Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Korg Kronos and Yamaha MODX are the two I've heard mentioned Hm, and Montage: https://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/3009113/modx-2-0-and-montage-3-0-os-updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 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). Quote Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 USB to DIN host boxes are pretty cheap . Quote FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusker Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 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) [video:youtube] 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 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). Quote Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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