Free March 2020 : NI Analog Dreams

[Peter Korsten]

Op 29-3-2020 om 13:59 schreef Jay Vaughan:
> Now, when things settle down, and I have a better idea of whether I'll still have a job (one of our markets is the airline industry... yeah), and my wife and I haven't got a pay cut, I'll look into an Arturia controller keyboard.
> Generally I’ve found my Arturia MiniLab Mk2 to be very, very useful - its quite pleasant to use, and I got the “Ignite” app set up with it this week, which turns my laptop+minilab combo into a viable instrument, out of the box.   BUT! I just turned it on this morning and it seems the MiniLab knobs are either borked somehow, through some firmware trickery, or they’re physically kaput - can’t get the first 3 knobs to send proper CC messages.  Was working yesterday, so I’m very curious what I’ve done to it - even after a total factory reset of the firmware, I’m still having the same issue.
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> Still, for 99eu, it has been a very viable and worthwhile controller.  Just, my knobs are skipping now, and all I’ve been doing is using it with all and sundry apps/plugins in this era-of-free that I can find.  If I find a fix, I’ll let you know.  Meanwhile, have an eye on some of the other options ..

I was thinking of the Keylab II 
<https://www.arturia.com/products/hybrid-synths/keylab-mkii/overview>, 
specifically the white one with 49 keys. White, because I don't actually 
own a black synth, and 49 keys because it somehow looks more convenient.

Does anybody have any opinions on 49 vs 61 keys? The price difference is 
marginal.

So I had this plan of building a 200x80 cm (6'6.5"x2'7.5") desk out of 
plywood, and I already have the legs, but the current situation has 
thrown a bit of a spanner in the wheel. I would have finally got my 
synths down from where they are gathering dust, but I'll have to wait a bit.

- Peter