Well, I have the nanoKEY2 connected, but is barely usable... There is close to a second delay between hitting the key and the sound arriving. Worse than that, though, is that there is a delay of several seconds before anything appears on screen. I should have checked earlier, because that is the case during the video from the manual. If you can't see what you are getting, how on earth can you tell if it is correct. I have tried playing a simple Cmaj scale, quarter notes on the beat. When it displays, I have 16th-note rests, and dotted 8th-note notes, but not even close to being on the beat. There is no way I am ever going to be to use this to enter any kind of 'real' rhythm...
I have set everything that the video mentions, but how can I do anything about this latency??? It must be something on my machine, because I can't believe that any musician could use this, the way it is right now... I just had a play with entering by step using the keyboard. For a single line, I could probably get used to that. Its a bit slower than just using the qwerty keyboard, but with practice I am sure that would get better. It appears, though, that you have to add all the notes in a chord together. Doing it line-by-line deletes any note already there when you enter the new one. If you have to take your hands away from the numeric pad, then it would never be as quick... I suppose that you could use the layers to enter each note in the chord successively... Is that how you guys do it? Phil. At 05:31 PM 3/28/2013, you wrote: >The nanokey 2 is either black with grey for the >usual black keys, or white, again using grey in >there. The pictures look pretty good. > >I don't play keyboards, so it doesn't matter >about not having the 'traditional' keys. I am >just hoping to be able to use it to enter 1 line >at a time. I have some big plans for the summer, >and simple entry will take *forever*... I am not >too fond of the speedy entry way, either. > >I haven't done very much the past couple of >weeks, what with all my hardware issues, but it's time to get back to work... > >Phil. > >At 04:14 PM 3/28/2013, you wrote: > >The NanoKey has black and white keys and looks just like any other > >piano-type keyboard device. > > > >David H. Bailey > > > > > >On 3/28/2013 3:41 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: > > > I looked at a Nanokey, or at one or two similar controllers with > > > Chiclet-type keys, and determined that I had much more trouble > > > identifying the pitches at first glance than on a controller with > > > traditional black and white piano style keys. > > > > > > Also, I had three reasons for buying the little Akai LPK25 rather > > > than a larger 4-octave full-sized controller: > > > > > > Much less desk-space than the full-sized four-octave jobs. > > > > > > Easy to throw in bag with lap-top. > > > > > > I was used to mid-sized keys from that Casio (and, from the GREATEST > > > INVENTION EVER, FOR A WHILE - the Creative Labs Prodikeys combo > > > computer and midi keyboard - it had a built-in mid-sized 2 1/2 octave > > > midi keyboard at the bottom of the ascii keyboard - it was SO > > > CONVENIENT until Finale stopped supporting it. I am typing on it now, > > > AAMOF). But anyway, I like mid-sized keys - I am not a great keyboard > > > player, don't play in real time much, but I can reach as much as a > > > twelfth on them - great for putting big chords in one part and > > > exploding them later. > > > > > > Only inconvenience is switching octaves for input, and the signal > > > light makes it easy to keep track of that. > > > > > > Raymond Horton > > > Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra > > > Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC > > > Composer, Arranger > > > VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Phil > Buglass <bloke...@comcast.net> wrote: > > >> Anyone have any experience with the Korg nanokey2? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Finale mailing list > > > Finale@shsu.edu > > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >David H. Bailey > >dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com > >http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Finale mailing list > >Finale@shsu.edu > >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > >Outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. >Inside of a dog its too dark to read. Groucho Marx >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >Finale@shsu.edu >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. Inside of a dog its too dark to read. Groucho Marx _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
