I can vouch for the hardware I had a go on it at Musikmesse. Remember that the software isn’t feature complete, but you can at least see where AKAI are going. You can check out their impressions in the story the video gives a detailed walkthrough. (The ADVANCE hails from the Eastern Seaboard, after all the Komplete Kontrol from the banks of Berlin’s river Spree.)Īkai Pro Advance Keyboards In-Depth Preview (Video) Our friends over at AskAudio got an exclusive tour in New York. And … surprisingly, there are some early indications you ought to leave the heartache behind and give it a chance to prove itself. But it wants you to love automatic mapping again. (Or just give me that trackpad, already, because it’s faster.) But beyond that handful, I’ve met a whole lot of people who wound up giving up and going back to manually mapping MIDI. Reason, for instance, often worked well – a closed system that originated the idea – and if you got things working, more power to you. These solutions weren’t always completely horrible, but I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who was completely satisfied with them, either. And probably some others I’ve forgotten – maybe tried to forget. There was Automap, seen in Propellerhead Reason and then from Novation. So, over the years various solutions have tried to solve this automagically. But when you want physical control of those instruments beyond just playing keys, you’re left either manually mapping controls or reaching for your mouse or trackpad. Sure, you have powerful software on your computer screen. And we’re getting closer to find out if either deserves your attention. Two keyboards – one from Native Instruments, one from AKAI – really want to be the interface between you and every plug-in you own.
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