which midi to trigger cue points?

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which midi to trigger cue points?

Hi

I own an x1 kontroller from traktor which i find awesome because of the backlight but since I now own an s4 and I don’t think I need it except for triggering 8 cue points.

I’m looking for something similar to the nanopad from korg. does anyone have any idea of a tiny midi controller with perhaps only 16 tiny pads which would also be backlit???

thanks

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Launchpad perhaps…?

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i love my launchpad but the pads arent perfect if you need to quicky juggle cue points - could be good enough tho.

the new vestax padone has 12 backlit pads if 12 was enough but its quite expensive for what it is. the lpd8 is a bargain price but only 8 pads but i’ve seen quite a few people just using one per deck. they’re not quite backlit - but there is a ring of light that lights up round them. best bang for the buck - even buying two - and then you’d have 16 extra pots - tho i guess you might not be interested in those…

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Trigger Finger? Pad Kontrol? MPD24/26/32? gives you some extra knobs and stuff, too. that’s what i use my MPD26 for, hot cues on a couple pages, effects and sample deck controls on the other two pages and the knobs/faders for more effects/sample controls.

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i failed to read the post thoroughly enough to notice your emphasis on “tiny,” which none of my suggestions are…lpd8? haha

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Midifighter or the mpd16/mpd18 sounds like the best bets to me.

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the OP asked for backlit pads - of which at least the trigger finger isnt. ofc a midi fighter would be almost ideal and has some small led’s for feedback at least…

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Point is if you want backlit pads/buttons you’re limited to the APCs, Launchpad, monome or the Midi Fighter. I don’t really think any of those other than the Midi Fighter are really ideal.

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thanks for all the suggestions. I guess all the tiny stuff don’t really light up except the vestax pad one but its quiet expensive for just what i need…

what about this here:

how do you modify this to have light in it?

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I don’t see why you would. Those things break so quickly, not at all worth the effort in my opinion.

And it also seems like one of those projects where if you don’t know how to do it already it’s not the kinda project you should take on.

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looks cool - but those lights are only constantly on - which defeats the main reason for having them light up in the first place to show you what’s activated or not. handy in a dark environment tho i guess.

the lpd8 is a pretty well made little unit - no comparison to the nano’s from what i can see - only has 8 pads but would do for one deck.

could use the built in banks or use one of the rotaries with a modifier in traktor to control 2 decks quite easily. using a rotary with full-left to control deck A and full-right to control deck-B would probably be the easiest in use.

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Or you could use the “PAD” bank for one deck and the “CC” for the other. Each selection button lights up nicely. :slight_smile:

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arse… yup… i forgot that :stuck_out_tongue: that would be a tad easier than using a rotary :slight_smile:

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Spesh since it comes with the worlds most fucking useless knob caps. Even my thin little fingers have problems with them.

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true… only good thing about them being so low is that the unit fits in my korg nano case thing that is designed for 3 nanos…

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I honestly have only used a Launchpad a few times and would not describe myself as being too comfortable around it. Would you give it a good ranking overall though?

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dicer!

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i love the flexability of it - i use some software so i can assign multiple pages to it (you could also use midikatapult etc) and use it to control ableton and traktor at the same time.

the pads really aren’t as bad as i had expected - after reading what other people had said on the net. they’re not mpc style pads at all as you need to actually push them down a bit like a normal style button - compared with mpc/mpd/lpd/etc style pads that are really designed for finger drumming etc and so are touch sensitive.

it’s pretty well made for the price too i reckon and i’ll probably pick up a 2nd one for a kind of 16x8 style combined grid for clip launching. i only paid 80gbp for mine new too - which is a bargain imho.

if you really want mpc style pads u can drum on (or need velocity sensitivity ofc) then look elsewhere - but for what its designed for its pretty good.

edit: i do also use mine for cue points in traktor and have had no issue with it for that

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ah… totally forgot about those :stuck_out_tongue: i almost bought a pair recently just to add a few more buttons in my setup. about 80gbp for a pair i think they were? not bad at all… 10 biggish pads and 6 smaller ones. so exactly the 16 the OP was asking about (ish) :stuck_out_tongue:

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hey
i have been looking for hours on the net to find something but the only thing i did find useful from this forum and was probably the midifighter…:confused:

the vestax pad one is cool but quiet pricy…
the launchpad is too much and too big… (i already own a maschine from NI)
the lpd is not really that useful… waste of space with the knobs… (which i would probably never use) and having two was not the idea…:roll_eyes:

i could probaly work around with 6 cue points… but i still need em doubled as of the way i juggle and play through my sets with cue points… i need them always active…

i am still looking…:eek: let me know if ya guys find anything…:smiley: