Great analysis. I'm waiting for Arturia to make a MIDI controller version of the Polybrute 12 keybed. Or a MIDI controller version of the Osmose would also do it for me.
I'm looking for what Novation nearly mastered but then dropped.Automap ! For Logic. A semi-weighted SLMk2 49 key was great though. I have no idea what to get now either !
Overall I agree with your perspective. However, arguably, some of the missing integration is due to DAW limitations. And asking for a hardware maker to write and support specific integrations for every DAW - especially when the maker of one such DAW is well known for killing backwards compatibility on their platform on a regular basis. While I’m a big Apple user myself, Apple is also killing the 3rd party music industry with keeping them busy re-writing software and drivers a lot of the time. And that is killing a good chunk of time, that could otherwise be spent on new or upgraded features. In other words: It’s complicated! The market is just so fragmented with music making hardware and software, that everyone seems to just get to minimum viable product, and the high end enthusiast environment is just not existing off the shelf. The NI S series MK3 Keyboards are in some ways the nicest keyboards and synth controllers, but far from perfect. I currently run a MK2 plus a Maschine MK 3 controller with Cubase as my DAW and can achieve better, but far from perfect integration. However, I also think that MIDI 2.0 is still a niche and we haven’t even realized the full potential of MIDI 1.0, although it’s so simple.
I’m very new to music production. Is there anything a complex keyboard can do that can’t be done with a basic midi keyboard and the functions already available in logic?
Ive read great reviews about the Nektar Panorama P4 P6 controllers. Logic integration is supposed to be top notch, third party plugins, etc. Seems like a contender. Anyone have working knowledge with it?
Great video! Exactly what’s going on today 👍
Great analysis. I'm waiting for Arturia to make a MIDI controller version of the Polybrute 12 keybed. Or a MIDI controller version of the Osmose would also do it for me.
I was lucky enough to buy an M-Audio Axiom 61 mk2 in 2012, best MIDI controller I’ve ever had or used.
I had one. Should have kept it 😀
I'm looking for what Novation nearly mastered but then dropped.Automap ! For Logic.
A semi-weighted SLMk2 49 key was great though.
I have no idea what to get now either !
Ya. No update for the SL series controllers......yet.
Overall I agree with your perspective. However, arguably, some of the missing integration is due to DAW limitations. And asking for a hardware maker to write and support specific integrations for every DAW - especially when the maker of one such DAW is well known for killing backwards compatibility on their platform on a regular basis. While I’m a big Apple user myself, Apple is also killing the 3rd party music industry with keeping them busy re-writing software and drivers a lot of the time. And that is killing a good chunk of time, that could otherwise be spent on new or upgraded features. In other words: It’s complicated!
The market is just so fragmented with music making hardware and software, that everyone seems to just get to minimum viable product, and the high end enthusiast environment is just not existing off the shelf. The NI S series MK3 Keyboards are in some ways the nicest keyboards and synth controllers, but far from perfect. I currently run a MK2 plus a Maschine MK 3 controller with Cubase as my DAW and can achieve better, but far from perfect integration.
However, I also think that MIDI 2.0 is still a niche and we haven’t even realized the full potential of MIDI 1.0, although it’s so simple.
True.
I’m very new to music production. Is there anything a complex keyboard can do that can’t be done with a basic midi keyboard and the functions already available in logic?
Just depends on how many knobs and dials you want. Basic midi is the same across most controllers.
Ive read great reviews about the Nektar Panorama P4 P6 controllers. Logic integration is supposed to be top notch, third party plugins, etc. Seems like a contender. Anyone have working knowledge with it?
I was seriously considering the Nektar P4 or P6 👍
@ it’s first on my list but not for a few months though. Seems reasonably priced as well