On Fri, 2013-03-22 at 15:59 +0100, rosea.grammostola wrote: > On 03/22/2013 03:55 PM, Len Ovens wrote: > > > > On Fri, March 22, 2013 6:12 am, Q wrote: > > > >>>> On 03/22/2013 12:24 PM, rosea.grammostola wrote: > > > >>> Moreover, how do I solve the 'distance power problem'. > > > >> The Nanos are powered by USB only, there is no other way of powering > >> them. So, however you connect them up for midi, it would still have to > >> be connected to the PC and have some sort of splitter arrangement. In > >> the long run, it sounds a lot easier just to use midi-over-USB. > >> > >> The review I posted yesterday said that they draw very little power, > >> which might be useful if power drops off over distance. > > > > Many USB hubs add power. > > > > Nanokontrol > usb hub (powered) > usb to midi > soundcard / midisport, > that would be a solution right? 3 m definitive do work and I guess 5 m should work too. I experienced that most devices are ok with even 10 m. Perhaps I can test it this weekend. And no, at least the older nanoKONTROL doesn't have rotary knobs, those knobs have a stop at the left and at the right. And yes, you can save several scenes and you can align the knobs and faders to controller etc., but it doesn't interact with the data for that controllers, IOW if you have a timeline and you increase the volume from 0 to 64 to 127 and you then rewind to re-record and want to increase from 64 to 100 instead of 127, than you need to find the position for 64, something that is hard to do, so you can't use it like a real mixer or like the mouse for the faders on the display. If you want to use it for heavy mixing you need an application that can talk to the device and you need a device with motorized faders or rotary knobs. You got simply incorrect information by others. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
