Korg‘s original nanoSeries kickstarted the super-compact MIDI controller concept in late 2008, and competitor Akai responded with their slimline LPD8 and LPK25 units. Korg now returns fire with the nanoSeries 2, which comprises three units. All are USB-powered class-compliant MIDI devices, meaning that you just plug them in and off you go – no need for drivers or external power supplies
Features:
Almost every single control on the new nanoKontrol is configurable via the Korg Editor software, making it a flexible general-purpose knobs, faders ‘n’ buttons MIDI controller.
Mackie Control:
Like the other devices, it’s lightweight but still feels solid for what it is. Unlike the others devices, however, the nanoKontrol can now be used as a Mackie Control device. This gives you direct control of your DAW’s transport and mixer channels, with minimal setup required.
Mixer:
Here, you get eight channels’ worth of level, pan and solo/mute/record switching. The dedicated record buttons are new for series 2, although eagle-eyed nanolovers will have spotted that this new version has eight channels instead of the previous nine (which worked nicely as an ‘eight plus master’ configuration).
Track Markers:
The new marker buttons let you set markers in your arrangement and jump back and forth between them, which is a great workflow-smoother. The new track select buttons let you page through the channels in banks of eight when in Mackie Control mode.
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