His first computer was an Amiga, and when he realized the power of computer-based production, his addiction for making electronic music began. This provides the regular options of selecting banks, programs and the usual other output data you’d expect from a MIDI floorboard. I fired up the template for Ableton Live to give the QuNeo a workout.
Review: QuNeo, The Ultimate 3D Pad Controller? You set these in the QuNeo Editor via the 4 cardinal point parameters (NW, NE, SW, SE). (The installer does contribute some DAW support, such as a controller script for Ableton Live.) There are two presets designed to work with this template: one for clip launching in Live's Session View, and one for drum triggering. (The edges are vertical, like an iPad 1.) All rights reserved. Darren Burgos reviews another unusual one. All of these things can easily be addressed with future editor software and firmware updates though, so don't let them distract you, try it out, you'll love this thing.Review: QuNeo, The Ultimate 3D Pad Controller?There are a number of innovative MIDI controllers coming through: Ableton Push & ROLI's Seaboard to name a few.
The device will also work with an iPad using a Camera Connection Kit, but the companion software is Windows or Mac only.For the purposes of this review, I used a Mac and the QuNeo alongside the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) Ableton Live, a popular choice with DJs, and electronic or experimental musicians.The QuNeo is made from black plastic, and is both light and small, but still feels perfectly stable when placed on a flat surface. As soon as you readjust from QuNeo, it will match up again.The top left button of QuNeo is called the Mode Button. The Long Slider to me seems perfect for a pitch bend controller, but it can't yet be assigned for it. ' This allows you to easily trigger a specific controller assigned to a sensor, to your DAW while it's in MIDI learn mode. Most of his spare time is spent dabbling in music, tinkering with old Macintosh computers and trying to keep his even older VW bus on the road.Nice review but i feel it is lacking important info that should be pointed out.Over 280,000 people receive our email newsletter. In Logic Pro, (along with the included Logic project) it can be used as a convenient way to use Ultrabeat's pattern mode. When it comes to the drum pads, pressure response is more significant, and LED feedback is more sophisticated.The drum pads can operate in either of two modes, which we'll discuss shortly, but press on a pad and you should — depending on the preset — see LEDs come on at each corner. DJs will enjoy mixing and launching tracks live, while Electronica and Hip-Hop artists can make use of the velocity-sensitive pads for making beats.For those more adventurous than me, the downloadable QuNeo software includes a MIDI editor that allows one to map MIDI functions manually, and though I found the presets more than adequate for getting to grips with the device, I'd probably end up delving in given enough time.Following some initial work configuring the QuNeo, it soon fit snugly into my usual writing and performing setup, and I'd always take it along for the ride if recording or performing.Before taking the plunge, it's worth researching the competition, and Novation's mighty Launchpad or the Akai MPD32 might fit your own needs better. QuNeo is the one MIDI controller I actually find myself using. Slightly annoyingly, edits are not immediately reflected on the device: you have to click the 'Audition Preset' button to load it. Review: The QuNeo 3D Multi-Tou... Gizmag gets to grips with the QuNeo 3D Multi-Touch Pad Controller. One thing that has changed, though, is that today's units are almost invariably festooned with multi-colour LEDs: one cannot go on stage without at least one small box flashing away on a table (and I have to say: quite right too).The QuNeo sports a selection of pads of various shapes and sizes, and each of the pads is equipped with various selections of LEDs. In Drum Mode, they can be used to send Note data, velocity, horizontal and vertical touch (X/Y), and pressure. This feature isn't unknown in other MIDI controllers, but seeing it implemented here is a sign that the MIDI functionality has been thought through in detail.The QuNeo is an impressive piece of design: its diminutive form encapsulates a well thought out and sophisticated MIDI implementation with plenty of options for gestural control, and the array of multicoloured LEDs means that it looks good, too. In location mode, an active zone 'width' can be specified for controller pickup, to avoid value jumps: the LEDs are dimmed until pickup occurs. Review: Keith McMillen QuNeo 3D Pad Controller. Back them up! The Long Slider below the drums pads can send Note, Velocity, Pressure, and Location. This way you can easily access the next set of sounds above the first 16. Also downloadable are templates for Live, iPad (BeatMaker and iMS-20), Logic, Reason, Traktor and Serato. Share. There are a lot of controls on the template, but their functions don't correlate to QuNeo's layout very well, meaning that you're never quite sure what each pad (and the myriad pressure, velocity and movement options) is doing.
A single editing window shows an image of the QuNeo pads overlaid with MIDI note and controller assignments, beside a panel of editing controls.
In my opinion, the real power of QuNeo comes from the nearly unlimited customizations you can make within the editor software, all of which can be saved to any of the 16 preset slots.