Korg nanoKEY2 Slim-Line USB Keyboard, Black (Electronics)

I recieved this in the mail 2 days ago, and i must say i am totally impressed with this unit. I programmed Reaper 3.76 using it's Midi CC message mode, and it took time using the action option in Reaper to manually program the NanoKontrol 2, to use it as the transport and mixer functions of the daw. Once i set it up (i got it programmed to 24 faders and pan knobs, plus all solo/mute/record arm buttons and the full transport as well using 3 out of 16 availiable midi channels! But if you like you can max it out at 8 tracks per midi channel, up to 16 midi channels giving you a max of 128 channels/tracks!) it worked smooth as butter. The pan knobs feel really good and not cheap, the faders have a nice feel of resistance to them like mixing boards do. The buttons light up when they are armed to toggle, i am very impressed with the quality of this unit.The pros to this unit is that it is definitely a step up in the construction and build quality of this unit compared to the...Read more

   Pros*Small*durable*lightweight*SUPER FAST ACTION (I put in some fast double bass notes and it responded great!)*lights on octave keys a big plus*sustain is awesome*Great for inputting notes into Sibelius, especially with Virtual Drumline*Great for putting simple ideas into a DAW*Velocity Sensitive aspet of the keys works very well*Plug n Play (I'm on Mac OS X)Cons*Keys are like laptop keys so you won't be doing super fast keyboard runs on this thing without some awkwardness. The Akai keyboards are a little better for that (but they are super springy) But then again, why would you do super fast runs on a 2 octave travel keyboard?Overall: This thing is great for note input into Finale/Sibelius and REALLY great for putting in drum beats into your daw. In fact, I like it better than the nanopad. It will capture simple melodic ideas for sequencer use, but don't expect to be ripping out your scales on...Read more

I recently purchased this Nanopad for a live setup, making it my third - I own a Nano1 (black), Nano2 (white) and now this Nano2 (black).First off for the price I think these controllers are quite decent. I know some users report hardware reliability issues, but I haven't run into any problems (yet) with my 3 units. Heck, they are half the price and probably last longer than my "consumable" Macbook battery on which I spend $100 every two years!Some comparison between the 3 units - out of the box, the Nano1 appears to be slightly more sensitive than the Nano2 (see below for an easy mod you can do to bring up pad sensitivity). Nano1 pads ARE slightly larger.. but you get less of them. Another difference is the pads used in the white and black versions - the black ones feel softer and less sticky, while the white ones slightly more sticky and platic-y, for lack of a better word... I prefer the feel of the black pads myself.I think these are all...Read more