RE: https://helvede.net/@jwcph/115504480899348827
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RE: https://helvede.net/@jwcph/115504480899348827
OK, this one is on me, but I'm still a little mad at AKAi, too: Turns out the IV is NOT compatible with MacOS versions older than 13.
Which means it works on neither of my two machines because they're too old.
Now I have to decide if I want to return it, or hope that I can somehow get it to work under #Linux, which I'm in the process of switching to on my #BedroomProducer Mac
(assuming I can complete the switch...) Seriously, the larger keys alone are really nice!
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RE: https://helvede.net/@jwcph/115504480899348827
OK, this one is on me, but I'm still a little mad at AKAi, too: Turns out the IV is NOT compatible with MacOS versions older than 13.
Which means it works on neither of my two machines because they're too old.
Now I have to decide if I want to return it, or hope that I can somehow get it to work under #Linux, which I'm in the process of switching to on my #BedroomProducer Mac
(assuming I can complete the switch...) Seriously, the larger keys alone are really nice!
Note: So far it's just the keyboard working - not the software & none of the advanced functionality of the controller. Which is OK for me; if I can get that other stuff to work, fine, but the keyboard/pad input is what really matters.
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RE: https://helvede.net/@jwcph/115504480899348827
OK, this one is on me, but I'm still a little mad at AKAi, too: Turns out the IV is NOT compatible with MacOS versions older than 13.
Which means it works on neither of my two machines because they're too old.
Now I have to decide if I want to return it, or hope that I can somehow get it to work under #Linux, which I'm in the process of switching to on my #BedroomProducer Mac
(assuming I can complete the switch...) Seriously, the larger keys alone are really nice!
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RE: https://helvede.net/@jwcph/115504480899348827
OK, this one is on me, but I'm still a little mad at AKAi, too: Turns out the IV is NOT compatible with MacOS versions older than 13.
Which means it works on neither of my two machines because they're too old.
Now I have to decide if I want to return it, or hope that I can somehow get it to work under #Linux, which I'm in the process of switching to on my #BedroomProducer Mac
(assuming I can complete the switch...) Seriously, the larger keys alone are really nice!
@jwcph but does it work with Linux?
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@jwcph but does it work with Linux?
@hfinyow Yes, I got it to work with Linux - I plugged it in without my USB hub & then it worked & also kept working after I put the hub back in play
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@hfinyow Yes, I got it to work with Linux - I plugged it in without my USB hub & then it worked & also kept working after I put the hub back in play
@hfinyow Note: Keyboard only - I haven't gotten the software to work yet so none of the "advanced" functions are working.
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@jpaskaruk Sounds cool - I'm not a keyboard or synth player, though, so probably a bit above my paygrade
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@jpaskaruk Sounds cool - I'm not a keyboard or synth player, though, so probably a bit above my paygrade
@jwcph It's not just for synths - it implements the complete MOD devices guitar processing system, for instance, and can be used as a DSP (guitar effects, vocal processing, etc). They implemented an audio-to-midi converter as well, I haven't tested it but it works I'm told.
Best part? You don't need the hardware device, if you've got a Raspberry Pi and any USB audio interface you can test it out, there's a screen-only UI mod and you can connect to that by VNC with any touchscreen device, or just use a mouse. You can also, since all the sound engines are just Linux software, access the native UIs of all the software by VNC.
I have the hardware device, and I do play keys so it's definitely more relevant to my life, but it was building my own that got me excited enough to buy it.
edit: if you decide to get ride of that Akai device, not sure where you're located, but maybe I buy it? Like I said, these controllers have amazing support from Zynthian devs.
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@jwcph It's not just for synths - it implements the complete MOD devices guitar processing system, for instance, and can be used as a DSP (guitar effects, vocal processing, etc). They implemented an audio-to-midi converter as well, I haven't tested it but it works I'm told.
Best part? You don't need the hardware device, if you've got a Raspberry Pi and any USB audio interface you can test it out, there's a screen-only UI mod and you can connect to that by VNC with any touchscreen device, or just use a mouse. You can also, since all the sound engines are just Linux software, access the native UIs of all the software by VNC.
I have the hardware device, and I do play keys so it's definitely more relevant to my life, but it was building my own that got me excited enough to buy it.
edit: if you decide to get ride of that Akai device, not sure where you're located, but maybe I buy it? Like I said, these controllers have amazing support from Zynthian devs.
@jpaskaruk I still didn't understand most of that
I'm keeping it - turns out I can, in fact, get it to work on my old Mac, I just have to enable it manually, whereas the Mini 3 enables automatically (also, the Inmusic software won't run but I can still use it as a MIDI controller just fine)
