KVR Audio

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:18 am

I'm gonna hit google when I have a chance, but I thought I would ask just in case someone knew of something. I'd like to have a small rotary controller knob that I can put inline between a ztar and a sequencer. Or I'd settle for a USB device that's a knob and a cord.

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:42 am

hmm. these work?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6823999045
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6823999044
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6800997014

can't vouch for any of em, but they look purtty.

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:55 am

smallest one i know is http://www.behringer.com/BCN44/index.cfm

not usb though so probably useless in this case...

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:09 am

Shane Sanders wrote:Or I'd settle for a USB device that's a knob and a cord.

Griffin Powermate?

rockstar_not · Post by **rockstar_not** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:22 am

You can try the Behringer V-Amp 2 guitar amp simulator. Mokafix (Venusian Snail Traffic) has written a VST that lets you use it as a midi control surface.

It has about 8 or 9 continuously variable midi-knobs on the thing.

-Scott

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:40 am

This one is rather nifty being wireless and all but i get the feeling you're looking for something really cheap and these are 250 $.

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:09 pm

Thanks guys!

That Griffin thing looks ideal, but I can't tell if it is MIDI or not. Sam Ash music sells them, too, so that was my only clue.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:12 pm

Its not direcly MIDI, AFAIK. Sends configurable key commands. But I saw reference to a MIDI translator for it...

<edit> GlovePIE would be the way to go, I think...

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:16 pm

whyterabbyt wrote:Its not direcly MIDI, AFAIK, but I saw reference to a MIDI translator for it...

Cool, I'll have to look into this one. I'd love to have way to manipulate filters via a MIDI stream without having to use a full-sized Knobby-like controller.

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:19 pm

Kick ass. Thanks!

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:42 pm

There is of course also this:

but not as cheap.

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:32 pm

I've used a Contour jog-shuttle control (like the middle link in ouroboros' post) for ages. Works great. My only complaint is that I've lost a couple of the clear plastic button covers.

Mine is strictly a key-and-mouse emulator, with no way to use it as a MIDI controller. Newer versions might have that option.

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:25 pm

This looks interesting, and it's small enough to mount onto a ztar.

http://www.thinkmig.com/stcspecs.html

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:52 pm

boner:

http://www.analoguehaven.com/doepfer/r2m/
http://www.doepfer.de/R2M.htm

Imagine assembling three of these into a fretboard. A fretless balalaika of MIDI proportions. Way cheaper than that super custom thing I posted about last year.

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=122714

giljanus · Post by **giljanus** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:10 am

Here is Mac software to use the Powermate (and almost anything else):

http://www.charlie-roberts.com/controlAid/

He has writeups for Live and Reason. It is a PowerPC binary but it does load on an Intel box under 10.4.10. It hasn't been updated since 2005!

I'm going to test it out since I own a Powermate myself and have a couple of Macs - both PPC and Intel.

Gil

whyterabbyt wrote:Its not direcly MIDI, AFAIK. Sends configurable key commands. But I saw reference to a MIDI translator for it...

<edit> GlovePIE would be the way to go, I think...

is there a one or two rotary knob midi controller?