It is very limited and is a pain to make adjustments to the pads and programming. No need to Octave up and down (unless I'm using brushes, then down one to C0).ĭschulz wroteI am currently using a Axiom25 for my work with Studio One. It's standard mapping (excluding brushes and flexis) runs from C1 to A#5 (59 keys). Where the extra keys come in handy for non-keyboard players is with a virtual instrument such as XLN's Addictive Drums 2. Louis Philharmonic), 49 keys could serve nicely. Unless you are a trained keyboard player (I started at 8 on an upright, and moved to a grand at 10 my teacher was the soloist for the St. That's more than your budget, but money well spent IM(not so humble)O. Sweetwater sells the P4 for $500 and the P6 for $600. I'm hoping for tighter integration someday, but right now, it's pretty darn good. The Octave↑ /Octave↓ buttons fix the "bug" easily.
The only "bug" (if it can even be called that) I've run into is the keyboard was shifted a couple of octaves when the engineer saved the SysEx file (he said he'll fix it in the next release). Yes, the black keys require slightly more effort, but the keyboard is nicely balanced between piano-feeling and organ-feeling. It's also possible to undo the mapping to allow Control Link access to all controls.įinally, I really like the feel of the keyboard itself.
It is always mapped to the Main buss Master Volume, while you can hot key the other 8 faders, knobs and buttons in banks (1-8, 9-16, 17-24, etc., for however many tracks you have). Having a 9th fader (in addition to the 10th, motorized fader) is awesome. If you haven't found the page on the Nektar site for Studio One integration here it is.