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pad sensitivity

2010-12-06 by James Ulibarri

There is a guy on Ebay who sells pad sensitivity kits for the Akai MPD-32 midi controller with pads.
And there is a wave of complaints from people who say that the sensitivity on those units are poor from the factory.
I agree as I had one when they first came out. You have to nail the pad right in the middle with your finger or nothing much happens
no matter how much you play with the software sensitivity parameters. I emailed him pictures of the Command Station pad assembly and he's
supposed to get back to me about him possibly making a kit for the Command Station.

That was one of my biggest gripes before I sold my last PX-7, and I am not sure if I will pick up another unit. There is a part of me that
wants another one. It's not a big deal to just find one and buy it but the pads just irked me to no end. Why is it that that some days that
are fine and then some days you really have to bang on them. Even with a new pad kit from EPR I felt frustrated.

I ended up buying an Akai MPC-3000 and Roland MV-8800 and didn't like those much either.

Anyone have experience with the Yamaha RS-7000, Ensoniq ASR-X? It may be another PX-7 as my last resort. But those pads really got to me.
All the pads are different on all these boxes. There are small nuances of kinetic feel and a different experiences with each box.

Re: [xl7] pad sensitivity

2010-12-06 by Elektrofunkenstein

Hi James,
I have the same experience with pads on my PX-7. Don't like the
sensitivity on this unit no matter the sensitivity setting in setup. I
found rsolution in my PadKONTROL which has excellent expression and
goes well with CS, both via usb connected, and direcrtly via midi,
which is even better option if you want to keep everything off the
computer/system. It;s great for live use bcause you don't even have to
touch cs because you can pre-setup 16 scenes on PK.
I know this is extra money but PK can be really used for other
instruments, and vst plugins which is super intuitive-as soon as you
learn about it.

However, I have yet to find the way to change programs wihin program
category from PadKONTROL. I'm sure you can do it just by applying
sysex command to the special buttons on PK. This is the only thing I
couldn't handle on PK though. Enything else is a breeze to me. peace
Elektrofunkenstein
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On 06/12/2010, James Ulibarri <jamesulibarri@...> wrote:
> There is a guy on Ebay who sells pad sensitivity kits for the Akai MPD-32
> midi controller with pads.
> And there is a wave of complaints from people who say that the sensitivity
> on those units are poor from the factory.
> I agree as I had one when they first came out.   You have to nail the pad
> right in the middle with your finger or nothing much happens
> no matter how much you play with the software sensitivity parameters.   I
> emailed him pictures of the Command Station pad assembly and he's
> supposed to get back to me about him possibly making a kit for the Command
> Station.
>
> That was one of my biggest gripes before I sold my last PX-7, and I am not
> sure if I will pick up another unit.  There is a part of me that
> wants another one.  It's not a big deal to just find one and buy it but the
> pads just irked me to no end.  Why is it that that some days that
> are fine and then some days you really have to bang on them.  Even with a
> new pad kit from EPR I felt frustrated.
>
> I ended up buying an Akai MPC-3000 and Roland MV-8800 and didn't like those
> much either.
>
> Anyone have experience with the Yamaha RS-7000, Ensoniq ASR-X?  It may be
> another PX-7 as my last resort.   But those pads really got to me.
> All the pads are different on all these boxes.  There are small nuances of
> kinetic feel and a different experiences with each box.
>

Re: [xl7] pad sensitivity

2010-12-06 by James Ulibarri

Elektrofunkenstein,

It's funny you say that. Because I had the PadKontrol too and loved the pads. They feel the best out there.
I didn't like the white and clear cosmetics but it was a good feeling pad. And you're right again, the midi implementation was weird
or the shipping software left me hanging. And I am not one to get into any modern day Korg stuff as I am not a fan of Korg.
But that is one decent unit.

If I am gonna skip the pads, I may just look at a Proteus 2500 and get an Akai MPD-32 with pad sensitivity kit from that guy on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Akai-MPK-Pad-Sensitivity-Enhancement-Kit-MPK25-MPK49-/120527772508?pt=Keyboards_MIDI&hash=item1c1003db5c

I wish Roger Linn would get off his butt and finally release the Linn Drum II and save me the hassle of all this.

http://www.davesmithinstruments.com/products/linndrum2/



On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Elektrofunkenstein <elektrofunkenstein@...> wrote:

Hi James,
I have the same experience with pads on my PX-7. Don't like the
sensitivity on this unit no matter the sensitivity setting in setup. I
found rsolution in my PadKONTROL which has excellent expression and
goes well with CS, both via usb connected, and direcrtly via midi,
which is even better option if you want to keep everything off the
computer/system. It;s great for live use bcause you don't even have to
touch cs because you can pre-setup 16 scenes on PK.
I know this is extra money but PK can be really used for other
instruments, and vst plugins which is super intuitive-as soon as you
learn about it.

However, I have yet to find the way to change programs wihin program
category from PadKONTROL. I'm sure you can do it just by applying
sysex command to the special buttons on PK. This is the only thing I
couldn't handle on PK though. Enything else is a breeze to me. peace
Elektrofunkenstein



On 06/12/2010, James Ulibarri <jamesulibarri@...> wrote:
> There is a guy on Ebay who sells pad sensitivity kits for the Akai MPD-32
> midi controller with pads.
> And there is a wave of complaints from people who say that the sensitivity
> on those units are poor from the factory.
> I agree as I had one when they first came out. You have to nail the pad
> right in the middle with your finger or nothing much happens
> no matter how much you play with the software sensitivity parameters. I
> emailed him pictures of the Command Station pad assembly and he's
> supposed to get back to me about him possibly making a kit for the Command
> Station.
>
> That was one of my biggest gripes before I sold my last PX-7, and I am not
> sure if I will pick up another unit. There is a part of me that
> wants another one. It's not a big deal to just find one and buy it but the
> pads just irked me to no end. Why is it that that some days that
> are fine and then some days you really have to bang on them. Even with a
>; new pad kit from EPR I felt frustrated.
>
> I ended up buying an Akai MPC-3000 and Roland MV-8800 and didn't like those
> much either.
>
> Anyone have experience with the Yamaha RS-7000, Ensoniq ASR-X? It may be
> another PX-7 as my last resort. But those pads really got to me.
> All the pads are different on all these boxes. There are small nuances of
> kinetic feel and a different experiences with each box.
>

Re: [xl7] pad sensitivity

2010-12-07 by Matt

Rs-7000 has 2 assignable pads and the rest of the keys are plastic buttons, mc-303/505 style.

On Dec 6, 2010 2:18 PM, "James Ulibarri" <jamesulibarri@...> wrote:
> There is a guy on Ebay who sells pad sensitivity kits for the Akai MPD-32
> midi controller with pads.
> And there is a wave of complaints from people who say that the sensitivity
> on those units are poor from the factory.
> I agree as I had one when they first came out. You have to nail the pad
> right in the middle with your finger or nothing much happens
> no matter how much you play with the software sensitivity parameters. I
> emailed him pictures of the Command Station pad assembly and he's
> supposed to get back to me about him possibly making a kit for the Command
> Station.
>
> That was one of my biggest gripes before I sold my last PX-7, and I am not
> sure if I will pick up another unit. There is a part of me that
> wants another one. It's not a big deal to just find one and buy it but the
> pads just irked me to no end. Why is it that that some days that
> are fine and then some days you really have to bang on them. Even with a
> new pad kit from EPR I felt frustrated.
>
>; I ended up buying an Akai MPC-3000 and Roland MV-8800 and didn't like those
> much either.
>
> Anyone have experience with the Yamaha RS-7000, Ensoniq ASR-X? It may be
> another PX-7 as my last resort. But those pads really got to me.
> All the pads are different on all these boxes. There are small nuances of
> kinetic feel and a different experiences with each box.