Comments on: AXiS-64 review http://www.deviantsynth.com/2008/05/11/axis-64-review/ Analogue Heaven is poison. We are the antidote. XD Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:49:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DavidR http://www.deviantsynth.com/2008/05/11/axis-64-review/comment-page-1/#comment-653 DavidR Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:05:44 +0000 http://www.deviantsynth.com/?p=156#comment-653 If this was mass produced, it could presumably be sold for well under £100. I would imagine it would cost less to build than a conventional five octave MIDI keyboard. After all, how much are the keys and key switches? Look at a Cherry MX keyboard - the best microswitches in the business, and you get 104 of them on a £50 - £60 keyboard. I presume the velocity sensitivity in a key is also very easy to mass produce and incredibly cheap to boot. I wonder if the manufacturers have thought about getting the cases mass produced and the circuit boards too, and just build them as they are ordered, for a tenth of the price. I'd buy one then. If this was mass produced, it could presumably be sold for well under £100. I would imagine it would cost less to build than a conventional five octave MIDI keyboard. After all, how much are the keys and key switches? Look at a Cherry MX keyboard – the best microswitches in the business, and you get 104 of them on a £50 – £60 keyboard. I presume the velocity sensitivity in a key is also very easy to mass produce and incredibly cheap to boot.
I wonder if the manufacturers have thought about getting the cases mass produced and the circuit boards too, and just build them as they are ordered, for a tenth of the price. I’d buy one then.

]]> By: daedair http://www.deviantsynth.com/2008/05/11/axis-64-review/comment-page-1/#comment-557 daedair Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:53:37 +0000 http://www.deviantsynth.com/?p=156#comment-557 This is supposed to be a new way to play music - it looks incredible but at around $1000 is anyone who can afford to fork that out really gonna not be comfortable with their current playing methods? This is supposed to be a new way to play music – it looks incredible but at around $1000 is anyone who can afford to fork that out really gonna not be comfortable with their current playing methods?

]]> By: GarySaville http://www.deviantsynth.com/2008/05/11/axis-64-review/comment-page-1/#comment-529 GarySaville Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:25:01 +0000 http://www.deviantsynth.com/?p=156#comment-529 Sorry, I read the article again and saw that you mentioned the keyboard sends a second midi note with a zero velocity. The users of the C-Through forum seem to think this is no longer the case. Perhaps the latest firmware has added a separate note-off event. Do you have any info on this? Sorry, I read the article again and saw that you mentioned the keyboard sends a second midi note with a zero velocity. The users of the C-Through forum seem to think this is no longer the case. Perhaps the latest firmware has added a separate note-off event. Do you have any info on this?

]]> By: GarySaville http://www.deviantsynth.com/2008/05/11/axis-64-review/comment-page-1/#comment-528 GarySaville Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:17:27 +0000 http://www.deviantsynth.com/?p=156#comment-528 Quote: "The firmware is also basically good, but doesn’t send MIDI note-off data." Do you mean to say the firmware does not send aftertouch data? How can the unit function if it does not send MIDI note off? If you were to play a pad with an infinite decay, will it sound indefinitely? Quote:
“The firmware is also basically good, but doesn’t send MIDI note-off data.”

Do you mean to say the firmware does not send aftertouch data? How can the unit function if it does not send MIDI note off? If you were to play a pad with an infinite decay, will it sound indefinitely?

]]> By: admin http://www.deviantsynth.com/2008/05/11/axis-64-review/comment-page-1/#comment-224 admin Mon, 12 May 2008 07:37:14 +0000 http://www.deviantsynth.com/?p=156#comment-224 Thanks for the review! Great! Had no idea that they were implementing note-off that way (it was done sometimes in the early days of MIDI, and it's amazing that someone would make a new product that does it, 20 years later). As I said in a previous post, apparently the guy who makes the Opal controller was the original designer of the Axis. At least, that's what I gathered from reading this history: http://www.theshapeofmusic.com/history.html Thanks for the review! Great! Had no idea that they were implementing note-off that way (it was done sometimes in the early days of MIDI, and it’s amazing that someone would make a new product that does it, 20 years later).

As I said in a previous post, apparently the guy who makes the Opal controller was the original designer of the Axis. At least, that’s what I gathered from reading this history:
http://www.theshapeofmusic.com/history.html

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