Korg nanoKEY 25 Key USB Controller Keyboard, Black
Keyboard: 25-Key With Velocity And 4 Velocity Curves.
USB Bus Power.
CC MODE Button.
Octave Shift Up/Down Buttons.
Pitch Up/Down Buttons.
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Customer Reviews of This Item
Great portable keyboard for note entry with Finale or other music programs Submitted on: 2009-10-19
I picked up one of these @ GC [...] to use for note entry with Finale 2009. It is very small and would easily fit in my laptop bag.
I used to have a Creative Labs "Prodikeys" that got broken, (coffee spill!). It had a better feeling keyboard with more notes, but is phsically attached to the QWERTY keyboard making it too cumbersome to drag around.
Very easy to setup
I plugged it into my PC and it worked right off the bat. No drivers to install! It shows up as "USB Audio Device" in my MIDI options window.
Here are my PROS & CONS...
PROS: Small, variatble lights indicate how many octaves of shift you are using (nice), Pitch bend and modulation,(Prodikeys does NOT have). Has a CC functions (which I have not played with yet). No drivers required, (you could take this with you to another computer and plug it in without have to drag around driver discs or downloading. Comes with free Korg M1LE software synth which gives you 100 patches & 100 combinations off of the now vintage M1. (sounds great!) Price $49.
CONS: Black keys are not raised higher than white keys, so playing by touch is not as easy. An extra half octave of keys would have been nice, but not needed. Would have been nice to just put a spring loaded mini pitch wheel and a mod wheel for more control. Feels solid enough for a plastic controller, but I would not treat this thing too rough, could break, (cheap to replacve though!) A cover would have been nice to protect this from dropping things on when not in use, (especially tacos!)
I am now considering buying a pair of the Nano Controls to have a 16 track portable mixing control when traveling with the laptop.
Good product for the price. If they had added some more of the features I wanted I would pay $100 for it.
Hope this is helpful.
Paul Roberts
Keyboardist/Composer
Prospekt Media
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Great for playing around, I wouldn't want to compose a symphony with it! Submitted on: 2009-10-12
I was looking for a simple keyboard to play around with Apple's Garageband, and that is what I got with this Korg. It's very good, and I like that the keys are velocity sensitve, but the keys are a tad small. And while you can use this for learning to play or to goof around in Garageband, I wouldn't want to try and play anything more than a melody with it. I suppose if you're good at using the "octave up" and "octave down" keys, you could do something more complex.
Overall, I like the keyboard. The downloadable software (M1) is wayyyy more complex than I need, with the ability to change all kinds of parameters. Might be good for someone that knows more about MIDI than I do.
Decent for the price! Submitted on: 2009-10-05
I'll keep it simple, for $59.00 you get a thin, but decent unit. The Pitch Up Down, Octave Up Down work well. For Pads type work it works great, as well as simple type note entry. It works well with Live 8. I have to agree with other people with the thought that it may not last long as the keys do feel pretty flimsy and thin, but then again, it's $50.00. I've had mine for about a week, and I'm easy on the keys as much as I can, and it's holding up. If you set the Curve setting on the Korg software to Curve 3, (constant velocity), you can be easier on the keys. For the price overall it's pretty good.
Plug 2 into the USB ports and have 4 octaves Submitted on: 2009-08-24
I use 2 of these very thin Nanokeys, one for the right hand, one for the left had, and have them plugged into a laptop with Pianoteq installed. Set them at different octives and it works VERY well. Touch sensitive keys in such a compact form... awesome. 5 well earned small.
Try it out with an open mind - great for mobile music Submitted on: 2009-08-06
The nanoKEY is the best small keyboard ever made. The price is right and Korg has struck a great balance between size and usability. Don't expect it to be like any other keyboard and you won't be disappointed. Perfect for travel or cramped workspaces.
The Korg nanoKEY is not like any keyboard - MIDI or computer - you've ever used. Although the velocity sensitive keys are shaped somewhat like piano keys, the action most closely resembles that of your laptop keyboard. Unlike the very light action of my MacBook keyboard (or the very similar Aluminum Apple Keyboard the nanoKEY offers more resistance. If The Apple keyboards were synth-action keyboards, the nanoKEY would be a semi-weighted keyboard.
The nanoKEY is incredibly compact. If I place it on top of my 15" MacBook's keyboard, the nano is narrower than the MacBook. There is also plenty of room below for my nanoKONTROL. Small size doesn't mean cramped though. The keys are roughly the same width as the letter keys on my MacBook and they are maybe two or three times as "long." No space is wasted, the keys run right up to the edge of the device.
Connectivity is via a Mini-B USB port. Korg includes a USB cable complete with ferrite bead to keep audio interference down. As advertised, I had no trouble plugging both the nanoKey and nanoKontrol into a small unpowered hub and then plugging that into my MacBook. No external power required!
I was able to use the nanoKey without installing Korg's software. Both GarageBand and Reaktor recognized the nanoKey's events immediately. If you want, you can download Korg's USB-MIDI driver and Kontrol editor from the Korg's website. The Kontrol software lets you adjust every parameter of every key. You can change the assigned CC numbers, velocity curves and other parameters individually. I'll probably explore these options more later since the nano worked perfectly out of the box.
Great portable keyboard for note entry with Finale or other music programs
Decent for the price!
Plug 2 into the USB ports and have 4 octaves