Usb Controller Question..

[JBL]

Hi, I’m kind of new in the amazingly stimulating world of making electronic music… and I’m planning to buy one of these: http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Axiom49-main.html … or maybe the Axiom 25, I’m not sure yet…

but I don’t know exactly how wide are the possibilities with these…

I started making songs with FTStudio (lol yeah, I know, that’s why i’m getting more softwares, such as renoise) and now I’ve been playing with Renoise for a few days (I’m learning really fast…) and I don’t like the feel of a keyboard to input my notes (d’uh) so, basicly that’s why I want one of these… so… what I want to know is, how will this usb controller works on renoise? The item comes with a software so I was wondering (I think so, but I’m not sure) if it was compatible with any other software (such as the amazing renoise)…

Also, I would like some advices on my choice of usb controller… I chose this one because I like the configurable pads on it… you have like… half a trigger finger included… and theres also a lot of assignable sliders and knobs… (btw, how do these work exactly? I assign, let’s say, a slider to the master volume and it records to the envelope while i’m on record mode and the track is playing?

so basicly i need informations about how these controlers work with Renoise…

thanks a lot.

[JBL]

@Bantai

Sure, you can use a midi keyboard to enter notes. You can also control many faders in Renoise with the controllers on the keyboard with the Remote Mapping feature. Renoise simply responds to MIDI CC.

Check out the official manual http://tutorials.renoise.com

Thanks… that’s what I wanted to hear… I mean… to read…

I just had to be sure it was working this way… and thanks for the instruction manual… I downloaded the offline version… it’s really helpful…

and what do you think about my keyboard choice… are there some cool stuff i’m missing? is M-audio a good company?

thanks

[Beatslaughter]

The CME UF5 might be worth a look too.

[JBL]

@Bantai

Personally I hold a grudge against M-Audio: their Firewire soundcards are among the worst in the industry. Also, their earlier keyboards feel like anything you would expect from Behringer.

Many people seem to be satisfied with M-Audio’s products however, but I suggest you check-out online reviews and try out the Axiom in real life.

Yeah, that’s a good idea… I didn’t want to buy without asking around anyway…

@Bantai

CME Keyboards may also be worth checking out.

2 people suggesting the same brand… and I don’t even know it… I’ll check this out… thanks

@Bantai

A small thing about controlling Renoise: transport control is not yet supported. So you still need to press play, record and stop with the pc keyboard or mouse.

Oh… I didn’t know that… Do you think this feature will be added soon? it doesn’t seem that hard to add such a feature when you can assign a slider or a knob… while these options are just on/off options… I saw that the play, stop, records, etc… buttons on the Axiom are also assignable to anything I want… Isnt there a way to assign them to the “play, stop, records, etc” keyboard shortcut via the keys configuration on the preference panel?

[JBL]

@Bantai

There is no known workaround. Renoise’s key stuff is too low-level to allow you to use for example Bome’s MIDI translator. You will have to wait until we add the MIDI Transport Control feature.

ohh i see… but… could i plug like… an usb video game controller and input buttons on the controller as keyboard shortcuts for renoise?

[JBL]

@Bantai

I actually tried that with PS2 DualShock → USB Convertor → Rejoice → Bome’s MIDI Translator → Renoise. A Renoise In:Depth article about this very subject is in the works btw.

You can translate MIDI to keystrokes with Bome’s MIDI Translator. It really works (this is me pressing R1: aaaaaa). However, for the reason given before, those keystrokes are not recognized by Renoise.

ok… well I hope this feature will be added to renoise someday… it would be nice…

thanks for the informations.

[emsi]

Hi Everybody!
This is my first post on Renoise forum (like an virgin
Can you please tell me something.
I’m interested in buying M-Audio Oxygene 49 midi keyboard.
Do you think it will work with Renoise properly?
I’m asking here b-cos I didn’t find any info about it somewhere else.
Best regards and…Renoise rulez!!!
Emsi

[JBL]

@kaneel

I got the m-audio axiom25 and it’s working well so basically, it should indeed work with the oxy49…

its nice to hear a positive comment about this keyboard because it looks really nice… but i want the axiom49 because of the 2 extra octaves and the 9 assignable sliders…

anyway… i’ll probably buy in a 1-2 months so I’ll have the time to read a lot of reviews and get more informations

[emsi]

Thank you very much! I have ordered oxy49
After testing I will share the feelings about it!
Cheers
Emsi

[Bassie]

Hi,

I would also suggest the E-MU X-board 49. I have it and I’m very satisfied with it.

http://www.thomann.de/thoiw7_emu_xboard_49…fdeccc185bfd49a

I choose this one because I didn’t have much money to spend. So this could be a good alternative if you’d like to save some money.

I also liked the 16 turnable knobs, most of the keyboardcontrollers have only 8. I assign them to the knobs in the VST(i)'s for finer tuning. Works good with Renoise!

Bas.

[JBL]

@Bassie

Hi,

I would also suggest the E-MU X-board 49. I have it and I’m very satisfied with it.

http://www.thomann.de/thoiw7_emu_xboard_49…fdeccc185bfd49a

I choose this one because I didn’t have much money to spend. So this could be a good alternative if you’d like to save some money.

I also liked the 16 turnable knobs, most of the keyboardcontrollers have only 8. I assign them to the knobs in the VST(i)'s for finer tuning. Works good with Renoise!

Bas.

thanks for the suggestion… im currently checking which one I should buy… I’ll take your into consideration… 16 knobs is a pretty nice feature indeed… but I wish it had some pads… I kinda like the feel of pads for percussions rythms… well… that’s what they are made for… lol…

thanks