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So i was looking for a small midi keyboard and found this Posted on: 14.11.2011 by Nick Kingsley http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...APE/intro.htmlThe arturia player 25. I picked one up on sale at my local GC for less than $150. This thing is amazing so far for the price. I have used it with live and maschine. Pros: The case is all metal, real wood sides, its a tank! It weighs like 10 lbs! 1000 preset sounds included Easy to use, intuitive - well thought out controls The sample presets sound fantastic! Cons: The knobs and mod joystick are a little cheap feeling, could break with abuse. Using the included software is a wee bit unstable in vst mode. I've had it crash twice in the 4-5 hrs ive played around with it so far. Registration is limited to 1 computer, otherwise I believe you have to unregister-reregister. Or they sell one of those usb dongle activaters separate. Each preset's synth can't be tweaked beyond effects and envelope adjustments. In conclusion, if you're looking for a small keyboard, I'd say this one is pretty hard to beat for the price. You'd pay over $150 for just a keyboard of this quality honestly. You'd pay $50-100 for a sample library this large too! | |
| Odis Stirewalt 30.11.2011 | a friend of mine has the "ARTURIA AE THE LABORATORY V-COLLECTION" (Link: http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...ion/specs.html) and its pretty nice! it emulates synths like: Minimoog, CS-80, Jupiter-8, Prophet VS, Prophet 5, Moog Modular & ARP 2600 having 7 synthemulations with over 3500 presets and a nice pre-mapped midicontroller keyboard for it makes this deal really awesome when you consider the price of <600 |
| Odis Stirewalt 30.11.2011 | a friend of mine has the "ARTURIA AE THE LABORATORY V-COLLECTION" (Link: http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...ion/specs.html) and its pretty nice! it emulates synths like: Minimoog, CS-80, Jupiter-8, Prophet VS, Prophet 5, Moog Modular & ARP 2600 having 7 synthemulations with over 3500 presets and a nice pre-mapped midicontroller keyboard for it makes this deal really awesome when you consider the price of <600 |
| Odis Stirewalt 30.11.2011 | a friend of mine has the "ARTURIA AE THE LABORATORY V-COLLECTION" (Link: http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...ion/specs.html) and its pretty nice! it emulates synths like: Minimoog, CS-80, Jupiter-8, Prophet VS, Prophet 5, Moog Modular & ARP 2600 having 7 synthemulations with over 3500 presets and a nice pre-mapped midicontroller keyboard for it makes this deal really awesome when you consider the price of <600 |
| Odis Stirewalt 30.11.2011 | a friend of mine has the "ARTURIA AE THE LABORATORY V-COLLECTION" (Link: http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...ion/specs.html) and its pretty nice! it emulates synths like: Minimoog, CS-80, Jupiter-8, Prophet VS, Prophet 5, Moog Modular & ARP 2600 having 7 synthemulations with over 3500 presets and a nice pre-mapped midicontroller keyboard for it makes this deal really awesome when you consider the price of <600 |
| Odis Stirewalt 30.11.2011 | a friend of mine has the "ARTURIA AE THE LABORATORY V-COLLECTION" (Link: http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...ion/specs.html) and its pretty nice! it emulates synths like: Minimoog, CS-80, Jupiter-8, Prophet VS, Prophet 5, Moog Modular & ARP 2600 having 7 synthemulations with over 3500 presets and a nice pre-mapped midicontroller keyboard for it makes this deal really awesome when you consider the price of <600 |
| Odis Stirewalt 30.11.2011 | a friend of mine has the "ARTURIA AE THE LABORATORY V-COLLECTION" (Link: http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...ion/specs.html) and its pretty nice! it emulates synths like: Minimoog, CS-80, Jupiter-8, Prophet VS, Prophet 5, Moog Modular & ARP 2600 having 7 synthemulations with over 3500 presets and a nice pre-mapped midicontroller keyboard for it makes this deal really awesome when you consider the price of <600 |
| Odis Stirewalt 30.11.2011 | a friend of mine has the "ARTURIA AE THE LABORATORY V-COLLECTION" (Link: http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...ion/specs.html) and its pretty nice! it emulates synths like: Minimoog, CS-80, Jupiter-8, Prophet VS, Prophet 5, Moog Modular & ARP 2600 having 7 synthemulations with over 3500 presets and a nice pre-mapped midicontroller keyboard for it makes this deal really awesome when you consider the price of <600 |
| Odis Stirewalt 30.11.2011 | a friend of mine has the "ARTURIA AE THE LABORATORY V-COLLECTION" (Link: http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...ion/specs.html) and its pretty nice! it emulates synths like: Minimoog, CS-80, Jupiter-8, Prophet VS, Prophet 5, Moog Modular & ARP 2600 having 7 synthemulations with over 3500 presets and a nice pre-mapped midicontroller keyboard for it makes this deal really awesome when you consider the price of <600 |
| Odis Stirewalt 30.11.2011 | a friend of mine has the "ARTURIA AE THE LABORATORY V-COLLECTION" (Link: http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...ion/specs.html) and its pretty nice! it emulates synths like: Minimoog, CS-80, Jupiter-8, Prophet VS, Prophet 5, Moog Modular & ARP 2600 having 7 synthemulations with over 3500 presets and a nice pre-mapped midicontroller keyboard for it makes this deal really awesome when you consider the price of <600 |
| Odis Stirewalt 30.11.2011 | a friend of mine has the "ARTURIA AE THE LABORATORY V-COLLECTION" (Link: http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...ion/specs.html) and its pretty nice! it emulates synths like: Minimoog, CS-80, Jupiter-8, Prophet VS, Prophet 5, Moog Modular & ARP 2600 having 7 synthemulations with over 3500 presets and a nice pre-mapped midicontroller keyboard for it makes this deal really awesome when you consider the price of <600 |
| Odis Stirewalt 30.11.2011 | a friend of mine has the "ARTURIA AE THE LABORATORY V-COLLECTION" (Link: http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...ion/specs.html) and its pretty nice! it emulates synths like: Minimoog, CS-80, Jupiter-8, Prophet VS, Prophet 5, Moog Modular & ARP 2600 having 7 synthemulations with over 3500 presets and a nice pre-mapped midicontroller keyboard for it makes this deal really awesome when you consider the price of <600 |
| Odis Stirewalt 30.11.2011 | a friend of mine has the "ARTURIA AE THE LABORATORY V-COLLECTION" (Link: http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...ion/specs.html) and its pretty nice! it emulates synths like: Minimoog, CS-80, Jupiter-8, Prophet VS, Prophet 5, Moog Modular & ARP 2600 having 7 synthemulations with over 3500 presets and a nice pre-mapped midicontroller keyboard for it makes this deal really awesome when you consider the price of <600 |
| Nick Kingsley 19.11.2011 |
Originally Posted by geddy
I believe there is a way to upgrade the licence, but i haven't looked into it. |
| Nick Kingsley 16.11.2011 |
Originally Posted by Lambox
I couldn't decide to go with this or one of the larger ones. I decided that I would grab this just to keep on my desk. Eventually I'll probably want a full size 88 key though, but this is very nice to keep right in front of me. |
| Nick Kingsley 15.11.2011 |
Originally Posted by ven000m
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| Nick Kingsley 14.11.2011 | http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...APE/intro.html The arturia player 25. I picked one up on sale at my local GC for less than $150. This thing is amazing so far for the price. I have used it with live and maschine. Pros: The case is all metal, real wood sides, its a tank! It weighs like 10 lbs! 1000 preset sounds included Easy to use, intuitive - well thought out controls The sample presets sound fantastic! Cons: The knobs and mod joystick are a little cheap feeling, could break with abuse. Using the included software is a wee bit unstable in vst mode. I've had it crash twice in the 4-5 hrs ive played around with it so far. Registration is limited to 1 computer, otherwise I believe you have to unregister-reregister. Or they sell one of those usb dongle activaters separate. Each preset's synth can't be tweaked beyond effects and envelope adjustments. In conclusion, if you're looking for a small keyboard, I'd say this one is pretty hard to beat for the price. You'd pay over $150 for just a keyboard of this quality honestly. You'd pay $50-100 for a sample library this large too! |
| Odis Stirewalt 30.11.2011 | a friend of mine has the "ARTURIA AE THE LABORATORY V-COLLECTION" (Link: http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...ion/specs.html) and its pretty nice! it emulates synths like: Minimoog, CS-80, Jupiter-8, Prophet VS, Prophet 5, Moog Modular & ARP 2600 having 7 synthemulations with over 3500 presets and a nice pre-mapped midicontroller keyboard for it makes this deal really awesome when you consider the price of <600 |
| Nick Kingsley 19.11.2011 |
Originally Posted by geddy
I believe there is a way to upgrade the licence, but i haven't looked into it. |
| Hortensia Namm 19.11.2011 | That's a really good price. If you want a straight midi controller the maudio oxygen 8v2 is a really really solid controller. I have had mine for 4 years now, abused daily, in a smoking env, dropped quite a few times, and it still works awesome, only real wear is a couple of the knobs I use frequently are a bit loose now. Only thing it lacks is after touch which is pretty nice and a reason why I bought my x-station 61. (plus it was time to get a full sized keyboard..) |
| Myles Sherritt 19.11.2011 | How editable are the sounds? Are they very fixed presents or are you able to open it up and change the whole routing of the synth? |
| Nick Kingsley 18.11.2011 | The joystick is the worst part of the controller, I wish it had mod wheels too. It's usable, But if you were going to travel with this keyboard or use it live I don't believe it would last. The curve on it is also very sharp - since the travel distance to max is a significantly shorter distance than a mod wheel, if that makes sense. |
| Thaddeus Scamp 18.11.2011 | This has been out for a while but I guess it's easy to overlook. How would you rate that joystick control when using it? I wish they had pitch/mod wheels instead. Probably the only thing that stopped me from getting one. |
| Boyd Sankaran 17.11.2011 | Damn, that would be right up my alley if it had hammer-action keys. |
| Carlee Pickard 16.11.2011 | Looks really sweet! Thanks for the share ! I may wait for a deal and then pick one of these up as well! |
| Nick Kingsley 16.11.2011 |
Originally Posted by Lambox
I couldn't decide to go with this or one of the larger ones. I decided that I would grab this just to keep on my desk. Eventually I'll probably want a full size 88 key though, but this is very nice to keep right in front of me. |
| Queen Sichel 16.11.2011 | My friend has the "big brother", the Analog Factory or something. The software included are pretty decent and the keyboard itself is nice. :-) Edit: I too really like the looks of it. And the build quality seems good. |
| Verona Fashbaugh 16.11.2011 | I actually really like the way it looks. Never heard of Arturia, though. :eek: How do those keys feel? |
| Nick Kingsley 15.11.2011 |
Originally Posted by ven000m
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| Sherron Sanso 16.11.2011 | that's sooo cute |
| Suzanna Paddock 14.11.2011 | Nice! |
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