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peter wrote: > On Thursday 31 January 2008 10:15 pm, Gustin Johnson wrote: >> Cool. I have also had good luck with the Axiom 49 > > Yeah, that's the one I'd like to get, but the Korg is about $150 > cheaper...albeit without all the kewl knobs and pads and stuff > (that's an extra add-on). I looked at the Korg as well (and the Oxygen was in the running), but the feel of the Axiom is what sold me. The drum pads are decent, but the heavier keys on the Axiom won. The crazy sliders and buttons are mappable in Ardour and Zynadsubfx etc. Of course we don't always have the luxury of getting the gear we want. If you can afford it the Axiom is a great keyboard. >> The problem is that this will increase the latency which you will >> notice while playing a soft synth via a midi/usb keyboard. > > Ahhhhhh...now I understand latency. I knew low latency was a good > thing but didn't know why. I put it back to 4. This is why you get good hardware. You want the low latency, but your kernel and hardware must support it. >> Research research research. Then try before you buy, if you can. > > Thanks, much. I'll have to check out some of the options. Do you know > any good resources for how to build a low-latency kernel? > There is some decent info on google, though these days I just follow the work of the Distro I use. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHotUUwRXgH3rKGfMRAt9HAJ4ojRva20sISuM2nvvFwrtsjSp8OwCcD7So pYKIxzZtEAdyOI6+GwxrL1k= =HCkD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
