On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:31 AM, Emiliano Grilli <emillo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Simon Wise <simonzwise@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Arnold Krille wrote: >>> On Wednesday 07 January 2009 13:30:23 andy baxter wrote: >>>> Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who's replied. At the moment I'm >>>> trying to decide between the Behringer umx-61, which would do everything >>>> I actually need, and spending the extra money on the Edirol PCR-800, >>>> which does sound like a nice keyboard but is a bit expensive compared to >>>> what I was thinking of spending. >>> >>> Rule of thumb: go for whatever it is that is not named Behringer. >> >> with the exception of the BCF2000 (and its all-encoder cousin) if you >> are looking for a controller, to use alongside another keyboard - it has >> a set of encoders, a nice set of 2-byte motorised faders, plenty of >> buttons and LED's, and a fair bit of memory for presets and the like, >> and flexible midi/USB connections - it is something they actually got >> right, and it is quite good value. > > I like also the v-amp and the amp 800 headphone amplifier. Pedals for > guitar, better to avoid them. The keyboard controller umx61 is not the > same quality as a roland, but not too bad either. > > Cheers > -- > Emiliano Grilli > Linux user #209089 > http://www.emillo.net > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > Seconding the BCF2000, not the most durable piece of hardware, but a huge amount of functionality for the money. The motorized faders make multiplexing the 8 into multiple sets of 8 very convenient, if you can handle a minimal amount of programming to make it work. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
