Will the Nanokey work with the M3M?

stikygum · Post by **stikygum** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:31 am

WOndering if you can plug the Nanokey straight into the USB port on the M3M and it play it that way. Anyone know, of is the Nanokey only good for computers with drivers/software?

Rob Sherratt · Post by **Rob Sherratt** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:36 am

stikygum wrote:WOndering if you can plug the Nanokey straight into the USB port on the M3M and it play it that way.

No you can't, it has to be plugged into a USB port on a computer on which the Korg MIDI over USB driver is installed. If you use something like MIDIOX on your computer you can then create a connection within the computer that "connects" the Nanokey to the M3M, assuming the M3M is also connected via MIDI over USB to your computer.

Best regards,
Rob

stikygum · Post by **stikygum** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:42 am

I see. Appreciate the response Rob! Didn't think so.

I can just plug my Novation SL into with midi I think. I'm trying to not have to turn my computer on to play the M3M. I want the M361, but can't afford it and don't have any room anywhere for it right now.

gjvti · Post by **gjvti** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:14 am

stikygum wrote:I see. Appreciate the response Rob! Didn't think so.

I can just plug my Novation SL into with midi I think. I'm trying to not have to turn my computer on to play the M3M. I want the M361, but can't afford it and don't have any room anywhere for it right now.

Same here

not enough space for 61/73 keyboard at the moment.
Remote SL is light and flexible it can easily be moved across when not connected and really fine with M3M as long as you can accept its design especially pads/buttons, but regarding nanokey/nanopad/nanocontrol - that's is really a mystery why korg didn't thought of ensuring their compatibility with korg's other hardware. If it were possible to chain nanopad and nanocontrol directly to m3 I would by them immediately. But that's it - you can use them only for/through PC software.

Rob Sherratt · Post by **Rob Sherratt** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:31 am

gjvti wrote:but regarding nanokey/nanopad/nanocontrol - that's is really a mystery why korg didn't thought of ensuring their compatibility with korg's other hardware. If it were possible to chain nanopad and nanocontrol directly to m3 I would by them immediately. But that's it - you can use them only for/through PC software.

Yes, what Korg should produce to solve this requirement is a small "NanoMIDI" router that has say five MIDI over USB device ports plus two sets of (OUT IN THRU) conventional MIDI sockets, plus a singe MIDI over USB host port for connection to the computer. You could connect several Korg Nano and keyboard products to the MIDI over USB device ports, you could connect other non-Korg devices via the conventional MIDI ports, and optionally connect the MIDI over USB host port to the computer. The router would work "stand alone" if required without the computer. The MIDI channel routings and merge and filtering operations would be configured via the computer connection, but would be "remembered" so the device also works stand alone.

Let's see what demand there is? If this were sold for $150 or less, who would buy one? Me obviously ...

Regards,
Rob

cowtothesky · Post by **cowtothesky** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:21 pm

Rob Sherratt wrote:
gjvti wrote:but regarding nanokey/nanopad/nanocontrol - that's is really a mystery why korg didn't thought of ensuring their compatibility with korg's other hardware. If it were possible to chain nanopad and nanocontrol directly to m3 I would by them immediately. But that's it - you can use them only for/through PC software.
Yes, what Korg should produce to solve this requirement is a small "NanoMIDI" router that has say five MIDI over USB device ports plus two sets of (OUT IN THRU) conventional MIDI sockets, plus a singe MIDI over USB host port for connection to the computer. You could connect several Korg Nano and keyboard products to the MIDI over USB device ports, you could connect other non-Korg devices via the conventional MIDI ports, and optionally connect the MIDI over USB host port to the computer. The router would work "stand alone" if required without the computer. The MIDI channel routings and merge and filtering operations would be configured via the computer connection, but would be "remembered" so the device also works stand alone.

Let's see what demand there is? If this were sold for $150 or less, who would buy one? Me obviously ...

Regards,
Rob

/raises hand. Especially at that price!

gjvti · Post by **gjvti** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:53 am

at 100$ I would by such nono-to-midi adapter anyway and if korg made it possible to send m3 compatible sysex from nano series than 150$ would still be ok for an adapter.

Shakil · Post by **Shakil** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:43 pm

I want something like Kontrol49 designed for M3m.. having same width, that could be folded on top of the M3m when not in use......

Rob Sherratt · Post by **Rob Sherratt** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:38 pm

If you want extra pads for the M3, there is the Korg PadKontrol which can connect directly to the M3 with MIDI cables. However the pads on the PadKontrol are single note pads and cannot generate chords like the pads on the M3. The NanoPad is more suitable in one way because you can assign chords to its pads, but you cannot connect it directly to the M3 since it only has MIDI over USB interface that connects to the computer (not the M3).

Another thought ... given that the M3 already has USB device ports for connecting USB drives, could Korg implement in a future OS release a MIDI over USB host option for those ports?

Regards,
Rob

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