104 Comments

peter

ack usb only???

June 12, 2008 @ 11:59 am

cubestar

Too bad the pad only has 12, this was Korg’s chance to make a more intelligent PK.

Owell, maybe a PK Pro with 8+ automap LCD endless rotaries, intelligent pad operations, and less wasted space will come along?

June 12, 2008 @ 12:01 pm

Create Digital Motion » Tiny Korg Controllers Coming; Pads, Keyboard, Faders Could be Perfect for VJs

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June 12, 2008 @ 12:03 pm

Peter Kirn

I think a 5-pin DIN literally won’t fit given how slim these things are. The jack itself would be too big, and you need some clearance around it.

As for the pads, if you want more pad triggers, you should consider the full-sized padKONTROL. In fairness, that’s 16 … if you want 32+, well, then you’re getting into Monome territory, aren’t you? But at least it has some scene capability, and I think the X/Y pad is worth the space. Can’t please everyone, obviously.

June 12, 2008 @ 12:09 pm

Fabio FZero

They could come with an USB hub built-in, or maybe some kind of coupling to stack them and make them work as a single unit.

Speaking of USB, I never understood why it’s almost impossible to find a device that allows daisy-chaining. It’s part of the USB specs and would make everyone’s lives simpler. If I remember correctly, each USB bus can handle up to 127 devices, but it’s impossible to even think about that without additional ports on the devices.

June 12, 2008 @ 12:27 pm

corporation

very cool!

perfect for tight spaces in the booth…

like that they are separate - mix and match!

June 12, 2008 @ 12:27 pm

dumafuji

the nanokey looks great. i have a little casio toy that size that would make a perfect controller on the road. woot.

June 12, 2008 @ 12:28 pm

vj.tv » Korg Nano controls

[...] Digital Music has a great write-up of the new Korg Nano controls for your laptop. The series include a keyboard (hello GrandVJ), [...]

June 12, 2008 @ 12:29 pm

M-.-n

There’s a price range here:

http://www.dv247.com/news/Korg%20nano%20KONTROL,%20nano%20KEY%20and%20nano%20PAD/131777

Don’t know how reliable that is :)

June 12, 2008 @ 12:29 pm

Liz McLean Knight

That’s an absolutely perfect size.. booths are often cramped, and most people have no need to bang out a crazy jazz piano solo or anything anyway. Wants!

June 12, 2008 @ 12:39 pm

Vince

That’s perfect, I need one like yesterday

June 12, 2008 @ 12:53 pm

Peter Kirn

This week’s official press release from Korg says availability and price are TBD. Given the US currency, it’s hard to even convert this direction, anyway! But I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re somewhere in that price range. I can’t imagine they’ll be very pricey. I also, frankly, can’t imagine not buying at least one, because there’s not really any competition in a size this small. :)

@Liz: I take that as a personal challenge to bang out a crazy jazz piano solo for you at your party later this month. :)

Heck, maybe I should go even further and try to bang it out using the QWERTY keyboard on my laptop.

June 12, 2008 @ 12:56 pm

4lefts

“the nanoKEY buttons look like they were lifted off a vintage DEC microcomputer”
yes. yes, it does. and that makes it beautiful. vic20 chic. woot. i want one for scaring people by bashing my forehead into on trains.

June 12, 2008 @ 12:58 pm

Peter Kirn

@4lefts: hey, you notice I never said pretty was GOOD. They are awesomely VIC20 chic. ;)

June 12, 2008 @ 12:59 pm

dead_red_eyes

I pretty much have all this covered with my padKONTROL and my KONTROLl49, but I must say … these all look great. And I bet they’ll be priced cheaply, as there’s no lcd displays, and they look pretty simple. All of these look great, and I agree with 4lefts, I love the those buttons on the nanoKEY. VIC20 chic indeed!

June 12, 2008 @ 1:25 pm

z

How cool!
I think the nanoPAD and nanoKONTROL would work perfectly as a mobile addition to my setup.

June 12, 2008 @ 2:02 pm

lekvar

If the prices that M-.-n found are accurate I’ll likely be getting one of each. Unless there’s some catch that I’m not seeing these are exactly what I’ve been needing.

June 12, 2008 @ 2:11 pm

jay

whats up with 12 and 9? dont they know the magic number is 16?

June 12, 2008 @ 2:34 pm

Johnny Pneumonic

omg just found my new midi controller! When/where can I buy one?!?

June 12, 2008 @ 2:51 pm

buzz

16 as in the 16 media slots in the modul8 media set window? :p Of course.

June 12, 2008 @ 2:58 pm

dan s.

Yeah… If I can’t find a novation bass station (keyboard version) before october I’m definitely gonna grab one of these

June 12, 2008 @ 2:58 pm

the_woof

that nanokontrol will be a nice addition to my padkontrol… and like, ohmygosh, those tiny sliders are sooo cute. the nanokey looks nice, but i have an m-audio o2, which makes it tough to justify. plus i’m making ableton midi effects a la nativekontrol, which may phase out the keyboard, i hope.

June 12, 2008 @ 3:24 pm

mistrust

IwantoneIwantoneIwantone! I want all of them! What time’s the next train to London?

June 12, 2008 @ 3:24 pm

jason_md2020

Check closely on the nanoKontrol. There’s a scene button and four LEDs. 4 scenes x 36 knobs/sliders/buttons = 144 available controls.

Lot o’ tweekage for a little box. Want now.

June 12, 2008 @ 3:28 pm

Heart Pound

Holy balls, I want.

June 12, 2008 @ 3:28 pm

ERF

Finally, the VL-TONE midi controller I’ve been waiting for. X-D

I actually love the mini keys on my microKONTROL but this is probably because I learned how to play keyboard on a PSS-170.

June 12, 2008 @ 3:33 pm

JonYo

You know someone’s gonna strap one of these to their forearm and hook it to a wireless USB device to rock out untethered, ala Kraftwerk 1980-ish. “I’m the the operator with my pocket calculator!” Boink bap! doodooliddledoo”

June 12, 2008 @ 3:43 pm

JonYo

PS - Maybe that someone will be me!

June 12, 2008 @ 3:43 pm

bliss

I like the keys on the nanoKey! They make those of us who are not exactly old-timers feel younger. If you look at them the right way, it taps into a sentimental sweet spot.

June 12, 2008 @ 3:54 pm

foosnark

This looks f’n brilliant. I almost wish I didn’t have a padKontrol so I could justify a nanoPad isntead.

No, you can’t have my padKontrol… get away!

Depending on the feel of the nanoKey though I may have to pick one of those up.

June 12, 2008 @ 3:57 pm

lekvar

These are just begging for a matching, nano-sized 2-tired rack.

June 12, 2008 @ 3:57 pm

bliss

It’s pretty clear that Korg knows how to stay in business. That’s a good thing for us all. They make nice things.

June 12, 2008 @ 4:08 pm

proem

wow
nice
i second the wants
I’ll take two of the three

now…
anyone want to buy my m-audio trigger finger?

June 12, 2008 @ 4:19 pm

proem

@jonyo…

no
that person will most certainly be me.
unless i can get one permanently grafted to my forearm…
in which case

yay for assimilation

June 12, 2008 @ 4:25 pm

bliss

@JonYo

Computer World made a huge impression on me back then. I still listen to it and it continually amazes me. Numbers used to be my favorite track from that album, mainly because it was the first Kraftwerk song I’d ever heard. But that’s changed, my favorite track now is the dark It’s More Fun to Compute. Sinister and satisfying, it is such a mental tune.

June 12, 2008 @ 4:56 pm

tobamai

I dig these, I’d kind of like to see the fader one with longer faders and a seperate knob box that just had all knobs or encoders and more of them.

June 12, 2008 @ 6:05 pm

philip

Anyone else that thinks that USB connections are somewhat flimsy? I have several MIDI controllers, mostly M-Audio, and while I love how easy they connect to my laptop, I always get annoyed by those USB plugs sticking out.
First, I am always afraid that at some point, a plug will just break off, most likely damaging the socket because of somebody tripping over a cable or some other unplanned action.

And, additionally, it completely ruins the form factor of all these devices that when unplugged are neat and rectangular, yet you can’t just put them all next to each other because of the plugs sticking out.

Remember how some telephones have their cables come out on the bottom where you can route them to two or three sides in grooves in the chassis, so you can decide whether to have the cable stick out on the back or the side? I’d love to see that on MIDI controllers.

Finally, USB is not a good connector when you’re on stage or somehow in a crammed and/or dark place. Something like 4pin Mini-XLR would be nice.

June 12, 2008 @ 7:19 pm

Peter Kirn

@philip: I’ve never had the B side of a plug cause problems on USB, though I have had a poorly made A plug break. Then again, out of all the USB jacks I’ve used, I’d say I’ve been pretty lucky.

4pin mini-XLR would be fantastic. But what would you plug into? Unless you’re building your own interfaces, in which case I doubt this sucker is for you!

June 12, 2008 @ 8:06 pm

Steviant

It’ll be interesting to see whether the drivers will support multiple instances (is that the right term?) of the same device, possibly chaining together two of the nanoKONTROLs together to give you more faders, etc.

Either way, I am buying ALL of these, if the pricing turns out to be similar to what Digital Village are claiming.

June 12, 2008 @ 8:44 pm

fiz

It’s 1981 all over again. Almost hits too close to home for me…as I was 13 and stealing Doritos from 7-11 while wearing t-shirts and using appliances that all looked identical to these super-mini’s. Ouch.

June 12, 2008 @ 8:59 pm

pete

We now know that Reducto is working for Korg! Back Off! I’ll Make You Travel Size!

Now if they could only shrink the kids…

June 12, 2008 @ 11:01 pm

bryan

http://cgi.ebay.com/M-AUDIO-EKEYS-37-37-KEY-ENTRY-LEVEL-MUSIC-KEYBOARD_W0QQitemZ280233384862QQcmdZViewItem

that fits in my bookbag and i’ve had it since like 2002

June 12, 2008 @ 11:03 pm

wetterberg

This is very very awesome. But yeah, I am with the people wanting a 16-pad version… but that would undermine sales of the padKontrol too much, I guess?

I took the liberty of making a mock-up of 4 nano-Pads side by side… omg, *sells padKontrol*

http://www.covops.org/images/4_nanos.jpeg

This is so bad-ass. You’d actually be able to fit 4 or 5 vertical units inside a 19″ rack

June 12, 2008 @ 11:25 pm

Psykohed

Finally! I’ll be selling the oxygen 8 as soon as it arrives. But why the UGLY blue color!!!!!! They could of made it look a more next generation instead of a friggin toy!

June 13, 2008 @ 1:07 am

type

hey they took the microkontrol apart!

June 13, 2008 @ 1:46 am

samu

I’m really enjoying the fact that these are getting such a positive reaction. It’s got to be healthy that we can get excited by things like this, as well as the 256s, Linndrums, Tenori-ons and so on.

I’ll take a couple of nanoPads, at least.

June 13, 2008 @ 2:31 am

Korg Nano: Mini Controller « DIGITAL AUDIO SERVICE

[...] CDM Alle Geräte sind USB-Powered, so dass auch die hässliche Wandwarze entfällt. Korg steht mit der Nano-Reihe zwar nicht allein auf weiter Flur, schließlich gibt es den hervoragenden Nocturn, die Faderfoxes und Kentons teuren Killamix, doch eine derart perfekt aufeinander abgestimmte Reihe ist ein erfrischend neues Konzept. [...]

June 13, 2008 @ 3:09 am

dead_red_eyes

Nice mockup there wetterberg. I have to agree with Peter on the whole 16 pad thing, if you want those many pads you should honestly get the padKONTROL, it’s a great device.

June 13, 2008 @ 3:22 am

velocipede

Nano?
I want a keyboard that I can strap to my forearm and play while I am jogging. I’d connect it to an iPod Touch for sounds and hang one of those Korg battery-powered amps off my as-fast-as-it-can-kick and serenade the entire neighborhood.
What is the sound of one hand rocking?

June 13, 2008 @ 3:34 am

gbsr

well, the nanopad would be a great addition for me, but really. thats one damn small fader, try doing small tweaks with that. useless.

June 13, 2008 @ 3:46 am

mindlobster

Speaking as the guy who designed the Kenton Killamix Mini, I’m glad to see others following my lead! Sorry, couldn’t resist…these Korgs look very cool tho!

June 13, 2008 @ 4:11 am

Korg unveils nanoSeries, 3 MIDI controllers for mobile computer musicians

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June 13, 2008 @ 5:50 am

bliss

I’ve just realized what these things remind me of — ice cream sandwiches! Ice cream sandwiches that are still in the wrapper. So, I guess they really are cool.

June 13, 2008 @ 7:06 am

somosanto

shame that theyre not endless knobs
love the design aspects
clean - universal looking

June 13, 2008 @ 9:54 am

cosmonaut

im really excited about these as it’s been challenging to find that many features packed into something that size.

although i am worried about the build quality. if i were to purchase these, i wouldnt want them to feel like the plastic wrist wrests the come with some PCs.

June 13, 2008 @ 10:03 am

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June 13, 2008 @ 10:05 am

NeedleNoise

would be cooler if the keyboard was 4 octaves but you could fold it in half for storage and transport…..

keys look cheesy though….

June 13, 2008 @ 10:12 am

Myles de Bastion

I want to see USB chaining on these!

June 13, 2008 @ 1:20 pm

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June 13, 2008 @ 1:40 pm

Jersey Jim

Man, I already have this covered by (insert much larger midi controller). Shut up. :) These are different and necessary for those who really want a portable, easy to carry in one bag with other stuff, solution.

June 13, 2008 @ 2:40 pm

GuidedByVoip

I don’t really need a controlpad, but that slim fader control looks perfect (and perhaps more importantly, inexpensive).

June 13, 2008 @ 4:14 pm

ernesto (costa rica)

I’m lovin’ them. the perfect fit.

June 13, 2008 @ 4:24 pm

wetterberg

lemme put it this way: the form factor on these make me want to sell my padkontrol. STAT. I want four of these instead, aaaall layed out nice and proper-like

June 13, 2008 @ 4:40 pm

Conveniently sized Korg MIDI controllers | The | Kevin | Pipe

[...] They aren’t terribly pretty (the nanoKEY buttons look like they were lifted off a vintage DEC microcomputer), and it’s hard to tell what the feel of that keyboard will be like, but these are indeed promising for tight spots.Actually, I think those keys look pretty sweet, of course it’ll be their feel that matters most. Shame there’s only USB versions planned - Korg nanoseries [via Create Digital Music] [...]

June 13, 2008 @ 6:41 pm

cobalt

The nanoKey could be, like the Piltdown man (except that was a hoax) the missing link that would get me to do more music related activities on my notebook. I mean like bread and butter transcription, arrangements, etc.

I’m guessing hooking up a string of them will require a powered USB hub. I wonder what the power requirements are.

June 13, 2008 @ 6:44 pm

marc

@mindlobster
there is no shame in taking credit for the design of the killamixmini…
but i’d think twice about taking credit for the name or the price tag. those are the two least cool things about that little box.

June 13, 2008 @ 7:40 pm

Damon

BRILLIANT! Definitely a step in the right direction.

June 13, 2008 @ 8:18 pm

CollinMel

yup, gotta jump on the wagon with this one - want. want.

often looked for similarly sized controllers, convinced there must be many out there - eventually tried converting toy-synths

June 13, 2008 @ 8:34 pm

runagate

When I read:

“nanoPAD: 12 pads, supposedly inheriting the terrific sensitivity and feel of the padKONTROL, which is pretty much the favorite pad controller round these parts. Chord Trigger. Control Change mode (as with nanoKEY). There’s even an X/Y touch pad with roll and flam mode, favorite features of the padKONTROL.
nanoKONTROL: 9 faders, 9 knobs, 18 switches, transport controls. (No, really.) MIDI notes, 168 CC messages. There are even attack and decay times for the switches, allowing them to work as faders, filter controls, effects settings, and the like – something I’d love to see on other (full-sized) controllers.”

I almost couldn’t believe it. The attack/decay switching!!! Plus portable drum pads with the x-y roll/flam… a hardware company finally gets it.

June 13, 2008 @ 11:18 pm

tb

@ peter, many many company uses breakout cables for midi in out (yamaha soundcards, redsound nanoloop) so they could have done it easyly (adn it would had become a really impulse buy had it had this)

June 14, 2008 @ 1:39 am

gbsr

actually, that attack decay on the switches is pretty damn nice yeh. im gonna get 4 nanopad and line them up monome style and then i might aswell get the nanokontrol and play on top there, hook them up to an usb box with its own psu and put them in a box. even though i could have gone with more knobs and less faders, because i really dislike the idea of having a fader that short ;)

June 14, 2008 @ 5:58 am

Music Technology in Education » Blog Archive » The New Nano Series from Korg

[...] them here in the US. I strongly recommend Googling Korg Nano Series and reading some of the many blog postings from the UK. It is quite evident that they received a very enthusiastic welcome at LIMS and I am [...]

June 14, 2008 @ 7:25 am

Dub

I thought it was a Casio VL Tone, for a minute.

June 14, 2008 @ 1:58 pm

dead_red_eyes

Tom (from Music Thing) just got back from the London International Music Show, and has some info on the pricing!

NanoKey = £49
NanoKontrol = £59
NanoPad = £59

http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2008/06/korg-nanokey-nanokontrol-nanopad-tiny.html

I knew they’d be cheap, just because they’re … well … cheap looking. Haha.

June 14, 2008 @ 7:31 pm

cynic

man too bad those things don’t have midi out. that nanokey looks sick. i’d like to plug it into a mpc1000

June 15, 2008 @ 2:53 am

JG

This would be a great addition to my current set up: Samsung Q1 UMPC running Live/Reason, Tascam US122, Yamaha QY70, Oxygen 8, Roland JC55 amp. All fits into two small bags, but with these babies it might all squeeze into one…

June 15, 2008 @ 3:55 am

rtaljun

philip: You are worried about your M-Audio controller’s USB connectors breaking off. You should be. I am out of a midi controller because my keyboard fell off a table onto the USB cable and it jammed into the keyboard. My friend had something similar happen. You would be surprised at how little force it takes to break an M-Audio keyboard’s USB port.

June 15, 2008 @ 1:21 pm

Sophia

well, I think the Pad is adorable and very practical (I can’t handle much more tabletop gear) and reminds me of some of the digital roland x0x drum machine faces. and the Kontrol looks fabulous. I mean, for cheap plastic boxes that work at home in a cramped space where things stay clean, not for touring in a van. but yeah, i’ve had a Midiman velocity-free keyboard about the size of an sk-1 for 10 years or so, and i’m not expecting much from the nanoKEY. but, i’m glad to see something new in that class - compact keyboard controllers, like the one novation made before the bassstation, with the space for a yamaha qy22(?). i just wish someone with a sense of aesthetics would make a snazzier one. i think i’ll start a radical cosmetic surgery plan for my Midiman now.

June 15, 2008 @ 11:34 pm

Sophia

also - about:

A) Daisy-chaining: It Would Be Nice, but in our days when all consumer music gear and computer peripherals are made from the exact same cheap plastic, ranging in color from light gray to silver to charcoal to blueish-charcoal, built with surface-mount components in China, a “USB Thru” port is just not a perk they’ll be able to justify in sales. I’ve seen them on PC keyboards - and doesn’t an iMac keyboard daisy-chain for the mouse?

B) Hubs: If you’re using a powered hub, I wouldn’t expect to run into problems unless you’re using some devices on USB better suited to Firewire - like harddrives and audio. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 is 480Mbps, MIDI is 31.25 kbps. QWERTY keyboards and mouses aren’t likely to consume much more bandwidth. I’m really out of my league tech-wise here so I could be wrong, but these have been my logical deductions and I haven’t had problems. I use a 15″ cable to a cheap powered hub in my studio room and it handles qwerty keys, mouse, controller keyboard, and rotating misc stuff without issue. I certainly don’t have the MIDI lags I did with standard DIN MIDI daisy chains, or sometimes even inputing MIDI to the PC-Joystick converter from one device. Passive hubs I think would cower.

June 15, 2008 @ 11:55 pm

mindlobster

Hey Marc, Killamix name and price tag? Not my decisions. I usually simply refer to it as the KMX.

June 16, 2008 @ 6:50 am

Evan

I guess I’m just being a downer again. Peter, you always seem to get excited about products that look lame to me (I wrote a whole article about how Circle isn’t innovative, but I didn’t publish it because I thought I was being too negative).

Anyhow, as an off-again on-again professional keyboardist, I have to say that I am not excited for these gadgets. The just look too small to me. My big clumsy fingers will never work on that tiny keyboard, and I’m not sure if I have a real use for the other two products (I already have devices for their roles).

Anyway, I wrote another little anti-hype rant on my blog.

June 16, 2008 @ 1:34 pm

12bit.com

Did anyone say R2D2 color scheme ?

I’m definetely gonna get at least one of those !

Kenneth
12bit.com

June 16, 2008 @ 2:49 pm

dead_red_eyes

@ Evan - ” Gigging musicians who aren’t pianists probably love it. As a pianist, I cart my 88-key weighted keyboard to all of my gigs. It’s a Korg Triton LE, and I f-ing love it. So why would I bring a little minikeyboard?”

You’re missing the point. The nanoKEY isn’t meant to replace an 88-key keyboard, or to even be gigged with really … it’s for people looking to have portable devices that are small and compact in form. Like if you were to go on vacation, and wanted to make some music while you sat at the beach with your laptop. That’s the marketability of these “on the go” devices.

Also, I hate to nit-pick, but your comment on your blog “Generally, pianists who progress to the professional level have big hands” was nothing short of ignorant. Do you know how many professional composers there are out there with small hands? MANY. It seems by your standards, that to be a professional, you have to play Rachmaninoff or something of the like. That’s a pretty jaded way to look at things I think.

June 16, 2008 @ 2:51 pm

Shab

Just picking up a few points mentioned above. Adding a USB hub would increase the cost by a significant amount and lets face it they can be picked up for a few quid these days. Regarding the key size, they are the same as a laptop enter key and should be big enough for most users. The nanoPAD pads (sounds odd) are the same size as the padKONTROL. I can’t see the nanoKONTROL presenting any difficulties. Lets face it these devices are very affordable and do exactly what they say on the tin. Demand for a product range of this type has existed for ages and Korg have been smart enough to realise this, well done Korg I say and they will be cleaning up for sure.

June 16, 2008 @ 3:22 pm

Josh

The one I am interested in is the nanopad, only because I don’t yet have the padkontrol, which I’ve been meaning to get.
The problem is, assuming these will be ~120 US dollars (Based on the UK pricing) it makes more sense to pay 179 for the padkontrol. Which is what I will probably end up doing.
I guess if you really need it to be small…

June 16, 2008 @ 5:10 pm

evan

dead_red_eyes: “Also, I hate to nit-pick, but your comment on your blog “Generally, pianists who progress to the professional level have big hands” was nothing short of ignorant. Do you know how many professional composers there are out there with small hands?” (emphasis mine)

I didn’t say anything about composers. There certainly ARE a ton of great composers who have/had small hands. I was talking strictly about professional pianists, and I have nothing against people with small hands … it’s just a generalization that I find is generally true.

Sorry if I offended you. I know that a few great pianists have had small hands … George Shering for one … did Schumann have small hands? I’m not sure. Anyway, I wasn’t saying anything about composers, just pianists, who, in general, have freakishly large hands.

RE: Me missing the point.

Maybe you’re right. Maybe I AM missing the point. Your argument seems to be that these devices are neither for gigging nor home recording. You think that these devices are aimed at musicians on the go.

okay … I’m confused as to why a non-gigging musician on the go would want to cart these devices with him or her. If you’re laying down some scratch tracks or something, do you really think that those drum pads will be faster than mouse entry? Do you think that a keyboard player would rather riff on that mini-keyboard than just mouse in a basic part? Does a recording artist on the go want to carry around his own control surface?

I don’t know. It doesn’t appeal to me, even with all the traveling that I have been doing lately. If you really like these so much, explain to me when & why you would use them. Maybe you just have a different working style than me.

June 16, 2008 @ 7:28 pm

proem

i would totally gig with them
in a heartbeat
and i do a fair amount of traveling.
they would be perfect for live triggering/knob fiddling/effects mashing
two of them strung together would make a really nice pair of nunchuckas

i dont like to haul a lot of crap with me when i play out.

I keep it fast and lean.
so that I can light the stage on fire and run if you have to
;)

June 17, 2008 @ 2:44 am

richard

of course the drum pads are faster than a mouse entry. it’s something you can’t compare actually….

June 17, 2008 @ 4:11 am

lau

The chappie at music thing has had a touch of them and described them as “incredibly small, light and flimsy.” adding “It’s hard to overstate how cheap and plasticky these things are. The faders are tiny and toy-like, the cases would need to be taped down to stop them moving across the table.”

Not a big issue as long as they feel ok and are not easily broken… but id leap at something a bit more solid.

June 17, 2008 @ 5:21 am

bill from gearwire

We talk about this in the new Crosstalk. Perfect. It’s about time a company made one this small. Can’t wait. To Peter and Liz…I’ll take your jazz solo challenge…that is once I get one.

June 17, 2008 @ 4:29 pm

jimg

I need these paired with a white ASUS Eee PC 900!!!

June 17, 2008 @ 4:46 pm

lol

Can they be linked???
I’m definitely going to buy the complete pack

June 17, 2008 @ 5:46 pm

{ dr.xnlb: New Korg Midi Controllers - nanoKey, nanoKontrol, nanoPad }

[...] an array of controls that any ableton junkie will get a lot of mileage with. Read more about it on Create Digital Music. Let’s just hope the price reflects the size. The lot of them shouldn’t go for more [...]

June 17, 2008 @ 11:23 pm

guidedbyVOIP

@proem

nunchucks! lol

definitely worth giggin with, especially when used as weapons.

June 18, 2008 @ 1:18 am

Nick@sonic

We at LIMS too and grabbed a little video with Ian Bradshaw - product guy @ Korg with these li’l fellas.

They are very desirable, although they might move around some if you give them some enthusiastic action

June 18, 2008 @ 4:20 am

Original Sound Version » Blog Archive » Cute! Itsy-bitsy little tiny keyboard and controllers

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June 18, 2008 @ 4:37 pm

Neil Lolin

This is cool to accompany a UMPC powerful enough to be a DAW.

Anyone here in Creative Digital Music ever tried an Intel Atom powered UMPC as a DAW? If they have and it works great, this Korg’s nano series product line would be a great addition to it.

June 19, 2008 @ 9:11 pm

Paddy

do the nanopad pads light up?

october release wtf?

June 20, 2008 @ 8:13 am

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June 23, 2008 @ 2:57 pm

bill from gearwire

checked them out at NAMM. The keyboard is, in fact, flimsy. The drum pad controller and mixer (think ableton) are both awesome. I don’t know if I would gig with them, however, unless I was in a bind. Great for programming on the road and in tight spaces, though.

June 23, 2008 @ 4:58 pm

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June 25, 2008 @ 1:41 pm

Korg nanoKEY, nanoKONTROL, nanoPAD: Tiny, cute and crazy cheap | cutemp3

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June 26, 2008 @ 6:58 am

corporation

here is more info in a video from remix hotel nyc:

July 3, 2008 @ 2:56 pm

corporation

hrm… http://remixmag.com/video/rh_nyc/2008/korg_nano_rhnyc08/

July 3, 2008 @ 2:56 pm

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