Korg nanoPAD2 Slim-Line USB MIDI Pads – Black
Like all nanoSERIES2 controllers, the nanoPAD2 had to be compact, lightweight and sized to work well with any laptop or desktop computer. In addition, the nanoPAD2 also had to pack in 16 great-feeling and dynamic-sensing pads – as well as leaving room for the X-Y touchpad! The Korg nanoPAD2 does all this and more. In fact, there are four banks of pad assignments, providing a total of 64 pad assignments. The sixteen velocity-sensitive pads provide excellent response to your fingertips, and also realistically convey the playing feel to your sequencer or DAW software, ensuring that your drum parts will be full of life. By switching between the four scenes, you can experience 64 different pad assignments. The X-Y pad can be used to control multiple synthesizer parameters. In addition, the new “Touch Scale” function lets you intuitively play phrases on the X-Y touchpad, just as on the Kaossilator. You can choose from sixteen different scales, and specify the root key and note range to ensure that your performance stays within your song. The “Gate Arp” function, borrowed from the Kaossilator Pro, transmits note data based on tempo; Tap tempo and tempo sync are supported. Combined with the Touch Scale, the Gate Arp allows you to play tempo-synchronized phrases and rhythms simply by stroking the X-Y pad or playing the pads. The nanoPAD2 works with the “Korg Kontrol Editor” software – available free on the Korg website. Load it into your computer, and use it to make detailed customized settings. Choose from a total of four velocity settings: three velocity curves or fixed velocity. You can also specify note numbers, create user scales for the Touch Scale function, assign chords, assign control change messages, and save your settings. Just connect a single USB cable from your computer to the nanoPAD2, and you’ve got a quick and portable music production system. Power and USB-MIDI data travels down the same wire for a clean, efficient workspace.
Product Features
- Low-profile pad controller – excellent for playing or entering drum data
- Sixteen solid, responsive, and velocity-sensitive trigger pads
- Control multiple MIDI parameters via the X-Y Touchpad
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IT GETS THE JOB DONE AND THEN SOME! For the price, for the size, for the capabilities… this thing is hard to beat.For professional use, you could definitely do better, but if you’re a professional, you should probably be looking to invest in things with a meatier price tag anyways. For casual, on-the-go musicians, this midi controller is fantastic. The buttons are plastic-y with not as much weighted-ness as someone who plays piano or even a cheap keyboard may be used to, but they are velocity sensitive, so once you…
trying to decide whether to get another one or switch to Akai Professional MIDImix I bought a nanokontrol 2 when they first came out in 2011 I think. It has just died after six years of constant use and I have to decide whether to replace or get something else.Pros:First off, with a lot of controllers, I find I use them a while and then they are not so useful any more. I had a default setup that I used with the basic midi setting that controlled the software mixer so I could play different things and keep the stereo and volumes in line. It was great for that…
Fantastic, but missing wanted illumination on the sliders! So I’m a huge pc gaming geek with a strange use case for this midi. I mainly just use the first 3 sliders while gaming or using my pc. Using the first for system volume, second for discord voice chat, and third for the game or movie I’m watching. I’ve found this works perfect when configuring the midi to use the “Power Mixer” desktop app. Only downside with this config is having to go to options and change the app’s exe for the third slider each time i switch games. but its worth…