MidiController

I'm looking for a simple midicontroller with knobs only. No buttons, no keys, no nothing. I seem to have no luck finding one, so I'm you, WATTEM, please help me find one. Reasonably priced as well.

Well, it also has some buttons, but you won't get anything even close to this reasonably priced with more knob action: http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHBCR2000

yeah what he said

i was going to say the same

  ten fingers ten toes said:

Well, it also has some buttons, but you won't get anything even close to this reasonably priced with more knob action: http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHBCR2000

  kaen said:

yeah what he said

  goffer said:

i was going to say the same

don't fucking get that thing. the knobs feel very cheap and insecure. it's reasonably priced, but built shitty.

snd had the BCR2000 during their liveact

looked kind of cheap but i agree the price is great

i'm totally getting two of those BCR2000 and make an awesome sequencer application for them.

but the BCR2000 is not exactly "No buttons, no keys, no nothing"

Hey Kook, if you are going to use the BCRs for sequencing the x0xb0x and have Reaktor 5, you should check out the 64 step sequencer I built that doesn't require 2 BCRs, just switching between the presets on the controller itself.

I'll send the file to you

i had a bcr for a bit but it's plasticky with low quality knobs & push buttons. id rather go with blicero's suggestion, the doepfer Drehbank. those are great value but maybe they have too much knobs?

I could see it getting very confusing.

whats wrong with the plastic?

a friend of mine have one of this BCRs

its very programmable

yeah whats wrong with a light thin plastic case and knobs that wobble like an ed rush bassline? whats the big deal with push-buttons that don't go downwards but rather in a left-down angle with the sound of cracking plexiglass?

on the other hand...those bcr's are almost free nowadays, you might as well pick up a new one if it starts falling apart

  Laughable Butane Bob said:

Hey Kook, if you are going to use the BCRs for sequencing the x0xb0x and have Reaktor 5, you should check out the 64 step sequencer I built that doesn't require 2 BCRs, just switching between the presets on the controller itself.

 

I'll send the file to you

actually, there's absolutely no way i could run reaktor 5 on my poor pc :D

thanks anyway.

  iep said:

yeah whats wrong with a light thin plastic case and knobs that wobble like an ed rush bassline? whats the big deal with push-buttons that don't go downwards but rather in a left-down angle with the sound of cracking plexiglass?

 

on the other hand...those bcr's are almost free nowadays, you might as well pick up a new one if it starts falling apart

wow i never be aware of all that in my friend's controller

not seemed shit to me

  iep said:

yeah whats wrong with a light thin plastic case and knobs that wobble like an ed rush bassline? whats the big deal with push-buttons that don't go downwards but rather in a left-down angle with the sound of cracking plexiglass?

 

on the other hand...those bcr's are almost free nowadays, you might as well pick up a new one if it starts falling apart

Mine doesn't feel THAT bad, plus the Doepfer controller doesn't have endless rotaries. If the BCR is good enough for Daft Punk's live set its probably good enough to stand up to Squee's bedroom. Probably.

  Squee said:

All I want is knobs

  ten fingers ten toes said:

more knob action

how on earth has no one made a dick joke yet?

  blicero said:

  Squee said:

All I want is knobs

 

 

  ten fingers ten toes said:

more knob action

 

how on earth has no one made a dick joke yet?

My dick is so big, there's still snow on it in the summertime.

  ten fingers ten toes said:

  iep said:

yeah whats wrong with a light thin plastic case and knobs that wobble like an ed rush bassline? whats the big deal with push-buttons that don't go downwards but rather in a left-down angle with the sound of cracking plexiglass?

 

on the other hand...those bcr's are almost free nowadays, you might as well pick up a new one if it starts falling apart

 

Mine doesn't feel THAT bad, plus the Doepfer controller doesn't have endless rotaries. If the BCR is good enough for Daft Punk's live set its probably good enough to stand up to Squee's bedroom. Probably.

Plus the BCR has a lot more preset modes, has a learn function, and displays the exact 0-127 value in the corner. I use that a lot.

i just snapped one of these up on ebay for £40!

i prefer sliders. knobs can be a bit awkward, while sliders can be used more expressively like a crossfader.

  Idrn said:

i just snapped one of these up on ebay for £40!

 

 

i prefer sliders. knobs can be a bit awkward, while sliders can be used more expressively like a crossfader.

The behringer bcf same, same price for motorized faders instead of endless rotaries.

8 faders on behringer

  Idrn said:

i just snapped one of these up on ebay for £40!

 

i prefer sliders. knobs can be a bit awkward, while sliders can be used more expressively like a crossfader.

nice price! yes you can tweak more sliders than knobs at the same time (10 unless handicapped) and it's easier to quickly throw them all the way up or down

  kokoon said:

8 faders on behringer

True, but motorized, with 8 endless rotaries on top.

The bcf would suck for controlling parameters such as envelope and filter for example.