Would you believe I just bought a secondhand ebay UMX61 (same as the UMX610 as far as I can tell, only silver instead of red). It's pretty good really.depends what you are used to. Previously I was using an old casio non velocity sensitive organ thing that did the job fairly well of putting in the notes. In some ways that light action keyboard and constant velocity was an advantage if you are a bit of a keyboard 'hack' like me.you can always draw in velocities later and easier from a constant level than 'fixing' odd velocities from dodgy playing. Can also play the casio as a keyboard alone or through an amp.but worked as a basic keyboard controller. I used to have a real rhodes piano, and this is similar in action in some ways though not 'weighted', stiffer than you might thing, not weighted, but less 'synth like' to play. ![]() ![]() Behringer UCA222 Drivers Download. Vista software free download. Download the latest Behringer UCA222 driver for your computer's operating system. But.it is an expressive keyboard that will aid in playing better and more expressively. The pitch bend works nicely as does the mod wheel and many of the dials are default set to change synth and other parameters as is. Interestingly, I got a nice cheap 'sustain' foot pedal from amazon (OSG KSP100) that works well with it too and i'd recommend. On the 'ORGANized' Hammond I use, the footpedal controls the rotary.but it really does make it a lot easier to play a lot of things and make adjustments while sustaining chords or pads. Overall, it seems to do the job, looks quite good though 'plastic' in the casing.the action and keys feel pretty good. Will run on a 9v adaptor, 3xAA batteries or USB. Have not tried the USB as of yet to power it as I run the midi directly into my interface. It also comes with a small RCA interface. This might be useful to transfer some old tapes I have to digital.have not tried it out yet.but it is not comparable to a decent mic pre/midi interface.but could have it's uses and comes free. As I say, just got mine and the previous version (though much the same) has been played for a couple of years but looked after and still works perfectly well. No 'screens' to go blank or anything too fancy.61 full size keys and several octave shifts, default assigned 8 knobs and 8 buttons and a slider.plus the ability to user program them as required.fairly compact given the full size keys, stiffish but decent action, velocity sensitivity seems consistent even on an instrument that has seen a little use so bodes well for it. It came with a disc of drivers vsthosts and freeware.nothing spectacular and I had most of them. The new models (UMX610, mine is a UMX61) have a bit more (though they are cheating a bit, 50 vsts in mine but half are mac half windows so is that 25? And all free over the net anyway. The newer version offers more and the Kore 2 player (also freeware) but on disc which saves a huge download. Looks good, works.little plasticy in the housing but the keys and action feel good and fair quality, nothing spectacular in the bonus software, the additional 'interface' is a basic I/O RCA affair so nothing to write home about (consider it a free bonus). The velocity sensitivity is a 'full range', for want of a better description.depends a little on the functions of the VSTi but certainly it not just 'soft and loud' but all the colours in between (no 'aftertouch' of course). You need to hit it quite hard to get the hardest attack.but the rewards are there and on say a rhodes sound (I have a few, but say 'Mr Ray'), it is much like the real thing as far as that goes (chimy soft to grunty punch and grind). Good for multilayered sample based things like 'pianissamo' which I use for a grand piano.or 'exdrummer' for instance. If used to synths, velocity sensitivity can be a little off putting I guess but for a lot of things the benefits in expressiveness is worth it.might depend of the kind of music you play.
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