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1. #Best stage keyboard controller for apple mainstage Patch#
2. #Best stage keyboard controller for apple mainstage software#
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4. #Best stage keyboard controller for apple mainstage mac#

That said, the device lacks built-in Midi to USB support, so you’ll have to use a MIDI converter like the Roland UM-ONE MK2 to connect it to a computer.Ĭonnecting it to a computer also enables you to use third-party software to remap the FCB1010, but a small alphanumeric LCD display allows you to customize most settings without using a PC.Īlthough this controller is built to be stage ready and has a built-in power supply, it works just as well as a USB accessory in a bedroom recording setup. You can use the rest of the switches to cycle through different channels on your amp using one of two built-in switch jacks, and still, have plenty of controls leftover to assign samples or utility functions. Imagine having one expression pedal serves as a wah pedal, and having the other serve as a volume rocker. However, given the versatility of this board, it can easily fill the role of several devices in your arsenal. This huge interface comes at the cost of portability. Programming different MIDI functions to these presets can seem overwhelming, but once you scale the initial learning curve, it will feel effortless. It has two expression pedals and ten switches tied to preset banks.Įach preset bank can hold ten presets, which you can cycle through easily using up and down buttons. With dimensions of 27.1 x 8.7 x 2.4 inches, this controller has a sizable footprint, but it makes good use of its size with a spacious control array. Its clearly labeled stompbox-style switches are easy to find in the most hectic moments, and the casing is incredibly durable. It is without doubt the best sounding, most versatile, most inspiring live rig I have ever played.The Behringer FCB1010 is a versatile MIDI footswitch that is designed to work best for guitar players that use amp modeling software like Guitar Rig.

#Best stage keyboard controller for apple mainstage mac#

With all this in mind about 9 months ago I embarked on building a 2 keyboard system – one weighted, the other unweighted – centred around a Mac Mini, Novation Remote SL 61 MK2 and a Roland RD64 and I’ve published a 2 part video on how I got it all to work.

#Best stage keyboard controller for apple mainstage series#

Behringer have teased us with the long promised Motor series but they are yet to appear. The closest product that exists today for this is the Novation Remote SL MK2 series featuring updatable LCD screens.

While there have been a number of excellent studio based control surfaces that provide visual feedback – like Mackie Controls, there has been little or no development of this functionality for the live performing keyboard player. If you go with the Mac Mini the issue then becomes getting adequate controller visual feedback since you’ve lost the laptop screen that was this – which brings us to point #2. A Mac Mini is a much more cost effective and robust option. Because laptops are fragile you don’t want them hanging around up near the keyboards when performing because it’s a vulnerable position for them to be in. #2 is that most MIDI controller manufacturers either do not offer the ability for visual feedback on the controller sent from the computer, or if they do it requires a closed communication system to get it to work.

#1 is that most people (and Apple themselves) think the best computer to use for it is a laptop – but it’s not. Personal experience and multiple different hardware/ computer setups has taught me that what lets it down is two things.

#Best stage keyboard controller for apple mainstage Patch#

Better sounds, more control assignments on a per patch basis, splits, layers and lots of other good stuff. It offers many real benefits over any hardware keyboard system. It implements in software everything I had ever wanted or wished for when performing live with multiple keyboards for the past several decades.