Guys i need some advice from nano series owners ..

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Guys i need some advice from nano series owners ..

I’m contimplating buying a korg nanopad + nano key and using it with my uc 33-e as a traktor set up ?

Would love some feedback from nano owners on this idea ?

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better off tearing up your cash and flushing down toilet, or just send cash to korg and ask for a broken one. Save you the grief…

I have gone through 4. every single one the number 1 pad fails

Buy an Akai

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never used a Nanopad, but the Akai’s are solid and same price range, plus you lose two pads but gain 8 knobs, and I’ll take that deal any day of the weak.

Why the need for the Nanokey though in a traktor set up?

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Everyone I know who has used one suggests the lpd 8

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See i’d like to be able to acces all my controls without having to use modifiers, Just to have it all there without pressing extra buttons.
Rapid acces

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get the akai lpd8…won’t regret it m8

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Then ditch the keys and get a Nanokontrol instead

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my nanopad has lasted 6 months now, must be lucky? lol :stuck_out_tongue:

the pad is great for effects, like a poor mans kaoss pad, makes the beat slicer a shed load of fun, and any chained combo using the gater effect

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I’ve run through 2 nanokeys that have broken just by being put in and taken out of my laptop bag. no bueno

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i love my lpd8, ive gigged with it a TON of times and its rugged as hell! my only gripe is that switching banks of pads can be a hassle.

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ldp8 or nuthin

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er… xy played up a bit today, kept resetting effect parameters to zero and turning effects on on its own, no biggie if effect not assigned, but was a pain. swift knock seemed to sort it

thinking about it, could be vibration related…?

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I have a nanopad and it works perfectly for what I do with it … which is leave it in a corner collecting dust :disappointed: The pads kinda suck and the X-Y pad is pretty useless; for $30 more you get a Trigger Finger with more pads plus faders AND knobs. If you like the form factor of the nanopad go with the Akais; the build quality is much better and your pads won’t wear out.

Or better yet, save a few more shekels and get yourself a MIDI Fighter!!

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I would steer away from the nanoKey. I have one and it’s pretty meh.

IMO either wait for the next batch of midiFighters, or get one of the Akai MPD controllers.

The ones with a 4x4 grid of pads and a bunch of knobs/faders on them. They’re quite boss.s

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How much are you paying for your Nanopads/Trigger Fingers?

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The akai LPK, is not as solid as the LPD, but, its still great. Velocity weighted keys, a little plasticy, but still solid.

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I have two black korg nanoKontrols with 1 month of age, they are awesome :smiley:
I use one as my internal mixer and the other as FX/Looping
It’s perfect!
In addition to these I use the Oxygen Keys for trigger FX and Cue Points and some mixing functions as pitch bend, bpm matching, syncing, duplicating decks…

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$60 and $90 as I recall (USD). But I think the trigger finger was on sale? I don’t remember, it’s a few years ago but it was probably a Guitar Center floor model – I’m lookin on google shopping now and these things are $150+. So forget my comment about them being comparable in price, lol…

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solved my dodgy pad issue, was plugging it in during my laptops boot (out of laziness) as i have it set to boot straight through to TPro, plug in it after traktor load, all is good.

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Ha! I wish they were 90! No worries mate, it’s all gravy