12/29/2023 0 Comments Korg nano control 2In the dark it’s hard to know what you’re doing, and one develops a sort of innate sense… looking into screens sucks, because when you look away you’ve been blinded – screens in general suck because they are light… and I did replace the LED’s on my JU-06 from red to white so that I have light for all three of the boutiques I use in a live set, but prefer the dark. This leads me to needing to know what’s what on the NanoKntrl2 in the middle of a performance. These end up being great, and if I were willing to spring for a few of the USB/MIDI host boxes I could make use of a few of them at once, but apparently I would rather just be sad that modern midi controllers aren’t really “midi controllers” but rather they are computer peripherals and while they should have at least a 3.5mm midi breakout jack on them (or maybe an actual midi jack!) so I only have the one… This adds a whole layer of function in real time to my synths. I do the same with the Tubbutec midi upgrades for the Juno-60 (Juno-66), and the Korg Mono/Poly (Mody/Poly). No more shift keys, no more needing to remember where I am, or what I’m supposed to remember. This adds the ability to quickly make changes to many things at a glance. So for example, in a live performance I use one of them as a mixer and real time, one knob per function editor for the Elektron Octatrack. I connect the NanoKntrl2 between devices to provide additional control over them. I haven’t tried any of those, so I don’t know how well they work. Yes, other new USB/Midi host boxes have come out in the last couple years, and they are all much less expensive than the Kenton. So we can use these quixotic little USB devices with anything, but at a fairly dear price. The Midi/USB Host acts as the Midi brain for any USB/Midi device, and allows us to connect them directly via 5 pin midi din to whatever needs connecting. They are USB/Midi controllers… this means that without a computer to operate as a host (to tell it what to do) then it isn’t actually anything but a piece of plastic.Įnter the Kenton Midi USB Host MkII, a semi-expensive little box which has saved my life. I hate them because they are not proper midi controllers. I love them because they are inexpensive, small, and very easy to program. I’ve got a long standing love/hate relationship with these little bastards. Korg NanoKntrl2 DIY Overlays For Everyoneįor a long time I’ve been looking for a way to make sense of the Korg NanoKntrl2 cheap USB/Midi controller in the dark of a performance.
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