jimusic
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My New Toy [MIDI Keyboard Controller] Arrived Just Yesterday!
Hey Buds - check out my brand new keyboard controller!It's called the Nektar Panorama P6. So far, it's integrated with Reason & Cubase, & a number of Vst instruments & FX with more promised to come. Up until now, on my computer rig desktop, I was using a Novation ReMote 37SL for about 5 years now, but the keyboard was a bit to small - only 3 octaves, so I was constantly switching them up & down depending on the instrument. Also, with many VST & sample instruments now, some have key switches down in the lower octaves, so this is a bit better for those. I do still have my digital P-200 88 key master controller, but this is handy for when sitting right in front of the DAWs & just adding some tracks like strings, various VST instruments, Kontakt library stuff, etc. Anyway, haven't even plugged it in yet, but just wanted to share this with ya's, as MIDI controllers seem to be an on going discussion & concern these days. So now you know that this is out there as well. BTW, that fader on the far left is motorized, with Mute & Solo buttons among others right next to it for the track in focus. There's also a P4 = 49 key and a P1 = no keys. http://www.nektartech.com/PRODUCTS/Panorama-P4-P6 
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davdud101
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2013/09/29 02:41:37
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Shes SOOO pretty! I may have to grab myself a midi controller to make my studio look awesome...
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2014/04/07 21:22:02
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How does the P6 work with SONAR, specifically the motorized fader, LCD display, and knobs?
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jimusic
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2014/04/08 04:01:55
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Seth Perlstein
How does the P6 work with SONAR, specifically the motorized fader, LCD display, and knobs?
Hey Seth - good to see you around. Hope you are well and that things are good. I have to be brutally honest & say that I haven't ran it with Sonar, as I've only been using Q7.5. I basically jumped ship last June-July, after waiting & waiting & waiting for the all-too-silent 'ghost of X2a past updates' to appear, which of course never did, as you know. [Meanwhile there was a steal of a deal for Q, so I, along with a few others here took it!] But they do have what it's integrated with on their site: http://www.nektartech.com/PRODUCTS/Panorama-P4-P6 This newer, lighter version below has the Sonar logo along with many other DAWs on it's page, about middle page-left. http://www.nektartech.com/Products/Impact-LX49 I know I read for sure on the Cubase forums directly from one of the Nektar guys that they were going to support all DAWs, as I was wondering that myself before creating a post here about the P6, but it looks like Sonar is on the trailing edge of the P4/P6 curve, at least for now. They have just given a Q7.5 update to sync hidden tracks & channels with the mixer, and I found really fast replies the few times I've contacted them, so you could ask if & when they'll do Sonar with the P4/P6. HTH Seth, good to see ya!
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Seth Perlstein
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2014/04/08 20:03:20
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Thanks for the reply. Heard back from a Nektar rep who said it only works in generic mode with SONAR so no motorized fader or LCD. If only Reason supported VSTs ...
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2014/04/08 22:30:39
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I've been looking at those for a while - the reason integration is superb. How does the moto fader respond to big jumps? i picked up q7 with a cmc-fd and really like the idea of instantaneous display of different levels. Remapping them to sonar is a bit tricky through midiox or pure data, but it can be done.
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jimusic
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2014/04/10 00:57:21
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@ seth - Gee, that's too bad Seth. Did he give you any ETA on when they'd have the Sonar integration done?
@ swaptooth - ...How does the motor fader respond to big jumps?...
Really fast - basically instantaneous.
...i picked up q7 with a cmc-fd and really like the idea of instantaneous display of different levels...
Awesome!
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2014/04/10 04:25:05
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The rep said it was on their list but not at the top of it and wouldn't commit to a timeframe or even guarantee that it would ever happen. He did say they had full SONAR support with their lower ejd LX controllers and that they would adapt the LX control surface plugin to work with the P series. Hope it happens sooner rather than later. :)
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jimusic
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2014/04/10 20:15:52
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Seth Perlstein
The rep said it was on their list but not at the top of it and wouldn't commit to a timeframe or even guarantee that it would ever happen. He did say they had full SONAR support with their lower ejd LX controllers and that they would adapt the LX control surface plugin to work with the P series. Hope it happens sooner rather than later. :)
Yeah - you can say that again! I'm a bit surprised, quite frankly, as this kind of goes against every impression the company has given so far to date. At least they got back to you about it and fairly quickly.
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Seth Perlstein
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2014/04/18 13:55:45
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What kind of impression did they give?
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jimusic
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2014/04/19 12:06:43
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The impression I got was that they were quite serious to get all the DAW integrations covered as soon as they could get to them, [at least the major DAW contenders], which now seems contrary to what you were told.
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2014/04/20 09:36:01
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Wish I could get a P6... I've been looking at the LX49 a lot, it looks like it should be a decent lower-end alternative to the P6.
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jimusic
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2014/05/14 01:36:36
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Yeah - the LX49 looks really good. I might have gone for that one had it been out at the same time, but it came out some 6 months after I bought the P6.
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2014/05/14 10:40:44
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Let us know how the motorized fader ends up working. That would be the real key for spending the extra bucks on the Nektar. I like touchscreens, but a good motorized fader is so tactile.
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2014/07/23 15:31:28
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Anyone heard anything about P4/6 SONAR support lately? Doesn't appear to be anything new on their webpage 3 months later ...
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jimusic
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Re: My New Toy Arrived Just Yesterday!
2014/07/30 00:29:53
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I'm really surprised by that. I know I read somewhere else that they were gonna do it for all the major DAWs. 
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