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The Best Midi Keyboard Controller for Beginners (And Experts Too) | Rick Cohen

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There are so many midi keyboards out there, and it's nearly impossible to pick the best one as they all have their strong points. I've used a ton, but I keep going back to one small, portable piece of kit because of it's one neat trick I haven't found on any other unit.
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@TheDigitalMD 3 года назад

Yes the Korg NanoKey Studio is the best combination of features and capability in the under $400 (us) range. If you are a piano player, it’s probably not your style, but if you are a synth player and like advanced midi control (arp, scales, chords, etc.) it’s FANTASTIC. The X/Y Pad adds a unique control surface. Plus the bluetooth wireless is the clincher. Works flawlessly. Fit’s in a slipcase with my IPAD and I have a portable, wireless production and performance capability.

@Studio_4to1 6 месяцев назад

The noise gate on this video killed my brain. Great video - lacks some rhythm, but great review

@tushensu 4 года назад

Thank you so much, I have had this for over a year and I never used it much but now all my midi controlers are dead and this is what I have left working and I really needed a tutorial explaining how this thing works. Thank you so so so so much.

@rodrigorosales3191 4 года назад

I just got this today after watching your video, great controller! Great vid, subscribed.

@pieslice 4 года назад

Can you use the keys as drum pads since it doesn’t have 16 or are you limited to 8 pads only?

@RickCohenMusic 4 года назад

You can map anything to anything on this. You can even play drums on the xy pad, though it wouldn’t be very accurate.

@orhoushmand85 6 месяцев назад

There are nice gaps between the keys that prevent playing accidents.

@reggiegimmix9128 3 года назад

Great vid...I wish someone would do a tutorial vid for beginners who don't know how to use the editor software.... there virtualy nothing like this on RU-vid that I can find.

@nomad1517 2 года назад

If they ever do an update. Make the pads different colors. Other than that, it's perfect.

@conradsenior5843 2 года назад

Not one dislike. ALL LIKES! Great job. Thanks for sharing.

@Oaklandsunshine 2 года назад

thank you for helping me make my decision and being the only person to describe how to use this device. Im a super beginner to logic and midi key assignments

@ozzymarley1010 Год назад

Did you get this one? have you been happy with it?

@ghost-user559 6 месяцев назад

@@ozzymarley1010It’s amazing for what it is, and for the price, but it’s better if you don’t already have experience with full keyboards or advanced synths, as its like learning a new way of doing things. It’s very advanced when you dig in deep, but superficially it seems underwhelming. It’s definitely worth it if you’re used to using your computer keyboard to input midi, but its not the feel of a conventional piano keyboard.

@coversongsonkeyboards 2 года назад

Wow so much information in just few minutes this is cool , i like it

@JoelSwensenM 3 года назад

Thanks! You answered every question I had

@shitmandood 5 лет назад

How well does it work with other DAWs? I have Studio One, FL Studio, Reason, and Bitwig and have wondered if this system would work, in full, in any one of them or all of them. That's my biggest grief about midi controllers so far: whether they work with the DAWs or if they're complicated. And I'm not that interested in controlling the mixer, play/stop buttons, but just assigning the knobs, the XY, the pads to a synth & having it use those same features you have specified: chords with the pads, scales, and arp.

@RickCohenMusic 5 лет назад

All of them. It’s basic midi, and the arp and chord functions are internal. But if you’re having problems with others you may want to check your mappings.

@shitmandood 5 лет назад

@@RickCohenMusic Excellent info Rick. Thanks for confirming. I didn't see much out there as far as setting it up with a DAW goes, just some general complaints. Sometimes when there isn't much detail about setup, it means it just works so there's nothing to follow but to plug it in & work with the software it has & the DAW MIDI-setup instructions.

@pietuamusse371 5 лет назад

@@shitmandood On windows you will have to install the midi drivers (USB & BLUETOOTH) from the KORG website. It wouldn't show up for me just using the default windows 10 drivers.

@shitmandood 5 лет назад

@@pietuamusse371 Thanks Piet, do you happen to know if it works with Native Instruments products? I recently picked up a BeatStep Pro but then found that Native Instruments products are being a pain. I've got Massive X, but found it's not supporting MIDI control yet, but I couldn't get BSP to work with basic Massive or Reaktor within Studio One. I could get some control from Reaktor when run stand-alone. So I'm wondering if I need to get an M32 to fill the role of Native Instruments control from Maschine, but was curious if anyone had tried the Korg with NI.

@slamhoof 2 года назад

Beautiful, clean and info-dense video. 👍

@RickCohenMusic 2 года назад

Glad you liked it! appreciate the kind words

@CygnusOrb Год назад

The touchpad was the best part of the electribes.

@nukage9000 3 года назад

Very cool. I was wondering if the scale features worked universally or just with the Gadget software, seems like you're saying it's all universal, so that's exactly what I wanted to know. I wish they'd come out with something like this with a grid layout (maybe like the Novation Circuit) instead of the usual 2-octave layout, but with the easy scale and chord modes, looks great for quickly putting something down.

@skullhqx 3 года назад

Might be too late, but yeah, Easy Scale mode works universally. And what he didn’t demonstrate is the ‘black keys’ (grey here) play chords in this mode.

@timodeboer3319 4 года назад

little porblem. when i clicked om the "buy it here" link, it wasent what you had in the video. later i noticed that it had the same link as the "big midi keyboard" in the "my gear" section. think its a problem while you coppy/paste the amezon links.

@RickCohenMusic 4 года назад

I appreciate the heads up! At some point I went through and changed everything, so I probably screwed up this line. Here's the true link: amzn.to/2zt6a7i Thanks for watching!

@streety301 Год назад

do you have a video showing how to sync this with the opz? great video i want to get this just to pair with my opz i see a bunch of people using a keystep but i already have a nanokey2 and i enjoy the feel of the keys.

@richardwilson7207 9 дней назад

I only see people using this with an ipad, does it work with computers and laptops too?

@autumnalfade 4 года назад

Guys, how the hell do you figure out which backlit key corresponds to which scale type? :D Rick, you mentioned that "you can see...", I cannot :D I understand that each backlit key when tapping Scale +/- pads corresponds to different scale. Then, tapping the Octave +/- buttons set the key, and the backlit key corresponds to the root note of currently selected key. But I can't figure out the scales :(

@RickCohenMusic 4 года назад

There’s a map of which physical key corresponds to which scale in the manual, which can be found online too. I wish they had put the scales in order (Ionian, Dorian, etc) but they didn’t. Ionian is first, aeolian is third. Makes no sense. But there you go.

@tiefighter94 4 года назад

Can you use the pads to trigger different drum tracks simultaneously? Ex: one pad controls kick, another snare, sample, etc. Thanks!

@RickCohenMusic 4 года назад

Yes, but that’s a capability of your Daw, not the controller.

@BLKKNGofficial 3 года назад

Nice. I'm sub 1k. This video helped alot

@RickCohenMusic 3 года назад

Thanks for your sub! Super cool 😎

@jmoffitt36 3 года назад

Been using one for about year with a Ipad and overall it is decent. For the price it is really lacking no display, the keys, buttons are cheap. The tap tempo is horrible and extremely frustrating. The keys easily fall off bump or dropped. They do pop right back on. The features do work well and I use them often. It's a shame Korg cut corners with build Quality and still charge a premium price. Add a simple display or use RGB LED's to change colors on different modes/presets and replace the mushy buttons they just suck. Switching between scales and Arp modes/type/rythm kind of sucks to. The different modes/scale should be assigned to the keybed. Example hold Scale button and press middle C is switch Blue Minor Scale and same for Arp values.

@RickCohenMusic 3 года назад

100%. If Akai or Arturia put these features in their build quality I’d never look back.

@TheDigitalMD 3 года назад

@@RickCohenMusic But they don't and a Basic Arturia with only half the features (no bluetooth, no scales, no chords) cost $120 vs $150 for the full featured NanoKey Studio. "Premium price" ?? LOL. Premium price controllers are in the $1200 range. not $150 !

@RickCohenMusic 3 года назад

Premium price for the category. Ie if most beginner/cheap build quality controllers are around $100, then I would say $150 is certainly paying a premium price. And it has more premium features. But ultimately it comes down to semantics.

@RickCohenMusic 3 года назад

Also, when I made this video the average price was a bit lower. There’s definitely been a creep over the last few years.

@redbirdsaraceno Год назад

the editor isnt saving settings so i cant change midi channels , so that sucks ! oh well . seems like korg will never update the editor or the nanokey studio

@ghost-user559 6 месяцев назад

You have to go into global settings and “write” to the device to save your settings on the device itself.

@fucorophnus6121 7 месяцев назад

how to change chords in easy scale mode?

@G.O.A.T.88 2 года назад

Hi sir, thanks for the vid. I have a qs..Where can i find a scale guide? justo to know what scale im puttin on the controller when i switch it...thanks!

@alexandrosroussos 4 года назад

Thank you for the video. Is it easy to change the MIDI channel it sends notes or CC to right from the unit or do we have to use helper software ?

@RickCohenMusic 4 года назад

Scene and midi parameters can only be changed in the Editor soft taste, unfortunately.

@beeside8624 5 лет назад

Nice vid! Really interested in this controller for my OP-Z. Can you tell me if the editor app is always needed to switch midi channels? Ideally I'd love a controller that allows me to seamlessly switch channels to control all the OP-Z channels without an editor...

@RickCohenMusic 5 лет назад

Honestly I’m not sure. There’s a “program” function I didn’t get into because I don’t use it, but you can set the midi info for each of the 8 programs. So I would assume it would do what you’re looking to do, but I can’t confirm.

@NazaJamesReyes Год назад

is there a way with this controller assign the function GATE ARP, that that not come with this and come in other like the nanokeypad 2, or in the korg electribe 2 ?

@kenniferlopez1 Год назад

I have one and love it! Now I just have to get my iPad to speak midi to my tracker. UGH!

@VicHightaian 4 года назад

nice vid! do you have any more vids of the Kaoss pad and setting it up to use plugins? cheers

@RickCohenMusic 4 года назад

I don’t but I can make one. Do you have any specific questions?

@ray1ashwin 2 года назад

Doesn't it feel stiff like nanopad

@visitoroneproductions6279 2 года назад

I cant get it to work with new M1 MacBook. it doesn't show up in bluetooth. Apparently there are tons of us. How can they release this if it doesn't work?

@ghost-user559 6 месяцев назад

It works on my M2 Mac Mini, but I use usb. It connects right away with a wired connection in Logic.

@mindbogglermagic 3 года назад

Does this have an I/O I mean does it play with the bastl kastle ?I’m interested in the keys and the x y pad

@Skrewstoned 5 лет назад

does this work with beat maker 3? nice video. following

@blakfire40 4 года назад

Yes it does.

@chestermarples5837 3 года назад

Does it Support Ilectribe app on Ipad(5th genration- IOS 14. 4)

@mojo75 5 лет назад

does this communicate with the OP-Z over bluetooth? I read with iPad you had to use their app for MIDI to work.

@RickCohenMusic 5 лет назад

It does but you need something to connect them like you’re phonenor computer. I showed how I do it at some point in the vid. I use midimttr or Audiobus.

@iainbozfelt 3 года назад

There is no scale ' type' - very confusing !

@acdelgado 4 года назад

Screw it, I'm sold.

@RickCohenMusic 4 года назад

It’s pretty nifty.

@tejaks Год назад

is there an Audio In?

@orthopraxic 3 года назад

Is the sustain button works good?

@omnidirectional1 2 года назад

Does it work with logic pro

@rickvestuto 4 года назад

Will this work with the OP-1? thanks for this video regards, rick

@RickCohenMusic 4 года назад

It should work with anything that allows for midi over usb in.

@visualnoisebyjmra1778 4 года назад

Woah, its possible to connect the OP-1 with this? so your OP-1 becomes your sort of effects board? is it?

@RickCohenMusic 4 года назад

Depends on your signal chain, but I suppose it’s possible.

@FriskXI 4 года назад

I have an issue, it is stuck on A scales despite i change the root note, any solution?

@RickCohenMusic 4 года назад

Hard to say - thats never happened to me. Sorry!

@ydino7869 3 года назад

Can you link me to the orange usb cable you have? I want more color for my cables AeSthEtIC

@RickCohenMusic 3 года назад

It came from Novation Launchpad but I really liked it so I use it for everything 😂

@ydino7869 3 года назад

Rick Cohen thx good looks Rick!

@dc3898 2 года назад

Can you play this live or is this just for recording?

@AlvaroGomezxx7 4 года назад

Can i use it in fl studio 12?

@RickCohenMusic 4 года назад

Yes!

@AlvaroGomezxx7 4 года назад

@@RickCohenMusic Thank you! I will buy it as a self-birthday gift

@b4real1970rlg 2 года назад

What app are you using?

@RickCohenMusic 2 года назад

Ableton Live mostly

@nicolashunter4131 3 года назад

nah man,that´s too much for beginners,and it´s fucking expensive compared to a nanokey2

@ghost-user559 6 месяцев назад

But it does what the nano key 2, and the nano pad drum pad, and the nanokontrol does, and it also has the touchpad, so it’s definitely a better deal, but yeah its a nightmare to figure out at first.