Comments on: @AES: Novation’s New Soft Synth-Playing Smart Keyboard Hands-on

By: atomic_afro

atomic_afro — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:35:50 +0000

I think my microKontrol’s gonna get jealous :grin

Cheers Peter for getting us the sweet close-ups. I’ve been waiting to see what the SL looks like close up.

ATA

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:29:43 +0000

This might just get me excited again about softsynths - I’ve had it with mouse-editing. And I also love the Novation keyboard feel, if it’s like my KS4.

By: jbible

jbible — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:57:37 +0000

Very nice! I have the xstation and it is wonderfull. This is definetly the next step. Soon as it works with Ableton Live I will be on board.

By: Symbiotic

Symbiotic — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:00:52 +0000

If they come out with larger versions of this board - which I’m sure they will - this will be a ‘killer app’ for Novation.

Though I don’t find the key action and knobs to feel as ‘robust’ as some of their competitors, but their features and implementation are among the best.

This will be one to watch closely. Hopefully it will have full integration with both AU and ‘built-in’ plugs (on OS X) such as those in Logic 7.