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Terry
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 Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject: I just bought myself a new toy |
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http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Axiom61-main.html
I'm gonna have to wait for a few weeks until it gets here, but I'm pretty chuffed :) It's the most I've ever invested in this little hobby of mine, not counting my laptop.
| Quote: | 61-key velocity-sensitive semi-weighted action keyboard with assignable aftertouch
8 MIDI-assignable trigger pads
8 MIDI-assignable rotary encoder knobs
9 MIDI-assignable sliders
15 assignable buttons, including 6 transport buttons
assignable pitch bend and modulation wheels
octave up/down; transpose up/down
4 independent configurable keyboard zones
4 independent configurable keyboard zones
15 buttons and backlit LCD screen for total front-panel programming
sustain and expression pedal jacks
built-in USB MIDI interface including standard MIDI In and Out jacks
powered via USB or optional power supply
class-compliant with Windows XP and Mac OS X
20 non-volatile memory locations
memory dump via SysEx
compatible with free Enigma librarian/editor for storing and organizing setups
all controllers fully programmable to MIDI controller number and channel
Controller Mute function mutes controller output to avoid parameter jumps
Snapshot function transmits all current controller settings
on/off rocker switch
weighs only 12 lbs.
includes Ableton Live Lite 4 music production software so you can make music right away
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If nothing else, it'll give me some incentive to work hard at making good music.
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js71
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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Sweet! Man, I wish I had a good keyboard. The ancient, massive, and bulky Yamaha PSR I have right now gives me little incentive to play it. :p
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XMark
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 1:44 am Post subject: |
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Wow, that's like the pimp daddy of MIDI interfaces.
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Terry
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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Heh, it's good to hear that I've bought well.
I feel a bit guilty spending so much on this sorta thing considering that I'm not an especially good musician... [proof 1, proof 2]
I figure actually investing in it will force me to work at it and eventually get good, and it'll certainly help to have the right equipment... or at least that's how I justified it yesterday evening... Now I'm not so sure...
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Terry
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| Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Well, this thing's finally arrived - but I'm having a lot of trouble getting anything out of it. After about an hour of messing about with settings and reading manuals, I finally got it to play individual notes - but I haven't a clue how to use the program that comes with it, or what any of the multitude of buttons on this thing do.
Still, from what little I've gotten out of it I can see that it's gonna be useful :) I'll try and make something with it and post it here over the weekend.
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BadMrBox
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| Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds great :)
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js71
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| Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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Cool man, I look forward to hearing it. ;)
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Terry
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js71
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| Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Echo wrote: | | Ah man, now there's too much pressure :( |
Haha... Do it! Make something! WHY AREN'T YOU COMPOSING? You're fired!
...Nah, whenever you have the time. :p
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