January 31st, 2009 – You might have read the reviews of the Korg Nano series online. You might have heard that they were flimsy, and that the NanoKeys lack proper tactile feel. You might wonder why I keep reporting on them then. The truth is that, as someone who is based around a laptop, I love the idea of a portable set up. Being able to make music anywhere, when the mood strikes, is powerful for someone like me who gets inspiration at odd times, and in weird places.
At around a hundred dollars each, the controllers are extremely affordable. Throwing them in your bag along with your laptop is a no-brainer. Right now I have to think long and hard about moving my Korg Triton Pro X 88 even a few feet over (that beast weighs over a hundred pounds). In the next year, I’m planning to do a lot of traveling to get my creative juices flowing. I figure that being a fish out of water, in cultures totally foreign to me, will inspire creativity. Since I’ll be traveling light, the Korg series will be the perfect companion. Sure it may not have beefy construction, but it’s tiny and can be replaced if it breaks (which I doubt will happen as easily as everyone thinks).
Watching people like Ean from DJ TechTools play around with the Korg NanoPad gets me all hot and bothered. I can just imagine the possibilities that such a simple controller could have. Heck, if I wasn’t traveling, I could still find interesting things to do with it. Lately, I’ve been itching to get a Monome but I really can’t afford the one twenty eight that I want, now that I’m planning to travel. Ean makes me realize that I could possibly get a partial fix with the much thriftier NanoPad. Check out his video linked below for an idea of what the NanoPad can and can’t do.
Ean Golden from DJ Techtools rocking out with a Korg NanoPad
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