![]() ![]() In front of the joystick is a rubberized X/Y touchpad (kind of like a laptop's trackpad), to which you can assign up to four different parameters. A joystick handles pitch-bend and modulation it springs back to center even for modulation, unfortunately. The keys have a responsive feel to them-much better than the microKORG's, for example. The XioSynth 25, as its name implies, has 25 keys they're semi-weighted and velocity-sensitive but not aftertouch (although the synth engine responds to external aftertouch data). (There's also the four-octave XioSynth 49, but that would have been too big for Neil's desk.) I called up Novation's US distributor and had them send us one. Then it came to me-Novation's XioSynth 25, a two-octave controller, audio interface, and hardware synth in one. ![]() My next thought was the microKORG, but we both agreed it was too limited in palette and functionality. ![]() I put on my propeller-topped Gear Geek hat and started thinking out loud, "How 'bout a mini USB keyboard controller and some software synths?" Neil replied that a controller would be nice, but he'd rather have something with its own sounds, so he wouldn't have to bother with fiddly on-screen controls. A few months ago, while Neil Mclellan and I were having dinner at his place and listening to some tracks he'd been mixing on his home rig, he started to show me webpages of some big old synths that he wished he could shoehorn into his small, NYC-sized living room.
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