- The keys are wobbly and slippery, especially the black keys.
- The key action is very noisy. Thud clunk thud clunk.
- The white keys have sharp edges.
- The pivot length is very short. Playing near the fallboard is not feasible.
- The USB MIDI implementation is somehow broken; while playing, it sometimes sends extra note-on and CC data I didn't input.
- Note-off velocity is fixed at 64.
- When I contacted M-Audio support asking about note-off velocities, I never got a reply.
- When the keyboard has been idle for a few minutes, all the pads and buttons go into party mode with flashing colors. This continues until you press a key or turn off the thing.
Or you could listen to M-Audio's marketing department: «Hammer 88 Pro’s best-in-class 88 graded hammer-action keybed combines professional, graded, weighted hammer-action with advanced high-speed keybed scanning technology for an ultra-expressive playing experience.»
]]>The keyboard is really good when it works as it should and without glitches. The linear curve is perfect for Pianoteq and everything I do, whether it is virtual pianos or other virtual instruments.
]]>I didn't notice it happen with other virtual pianos in this last session.
As a matter of fact, I remember I noticed it happened only one time with other virtual pianos.
I have to mention I played with Spectrasonics Keyscape most of the time I didn't play with Pianoteq.
I don't remember I noticed it happened with non piano virtual instruments.
I think it's still early to get to conclusions, because I didn't played enough on my Hammer 88 yet, but so far it seems that the problem is not only with the Hammer 88, but with Pianoteq as well. It seems like they fail to integrate with each other.
]]>Well, you should try disconnecting the KORG nanoKONTROL Studio, and any other MIDI devices, to see if it solves the problem.
I should have mention that I don't have a KORG nanoKONTROL Studio yet anyway.
But let's see if the cable thing helps, I'll update shortly.
Thank you very much for trying to help me.
]]>hag01 wrote:Lycomedes wrote:I found a solution. I haven't had any glitch input after making these changes:
1) In the Hammer 88 settings, set "midi out" to "off"
2) In Pianoteq/Reaper settings, go to input devices and uncheck MIDIIN2-4Hey, I’m having this problem too and it’s ruing everything. Too bad because apart from that I really like this keyboard.
Can you tell me how do I turn off “MIDI out” in the hammer 88 settings?
I can’t see this parameter in the Hammer 88 MIDI Editor.The MIDI out setting is in the onboard settings, it's the "global" button on the Pro version, maybe not on the Hammer 88. Also make sure you don't have any other MIDI controller connected/enabled, that may interfere with the signal.
OK I checked in the manual, as far as I can tell there is no such parameter as "MIDI out" in the Hammer 88 non pro version.
I'll try to connect the Hammer 88 directly to my computer, not through a USB hub and a USB extension cable as I did mostly so far, and see if it helps.
Anyway, I can tell you for sure that this problem is much more common with Pianoteq 7 than with any other VST instrument I played with through the Hammer 88, including Pianoteq 5 which I tried after having this problem with Pianoteq 7.
And another note- Not connecting another MIDI device is out of the question for me, the whole ergonomic plane for my new home studio desk was based on combining the Hammer 88 with KORG nanoKONTROL Studio on my desk for additional controllers.
]]>Lycomedes wrote:I found a solution. I haven't had any glitch input after making these changes:
1) In the Hammer 88 settings, set "midi out" to "off"
2) In Pianoteq/Reaper settings, go to input devices and uncheck MIDIIN2-4Hey, I’m having this problem too and it’s ruing everything. Too bad because apart from that I really like this keyboard.
Can you tell me how do I turn off “MIDI out” in the hammer 88 settings?
I can’t see this parameter in the Hammer 88 MIDI Editor.
The MIDI out setting is in the onboard settings, it's the "global" button on the Pro version, maybe not on the Hammer 88. Also make sure you don't have any other MIDI controller connected/enabled, that may interfere with the signal.
]]>I found a solution. I haven't had any glitch input after making these changes:
1) In the Hammer 88 settings, set "midi out" to "off"
2) In Pianoteq/Reaper settings, go to input devices and uncheck MIDIIN2-4
Hey, I’m having this problem too and it’s ruing everything. Too bad because apart from that I really like this keyboard.
Can you tell me how do I turn off “MIDI out” in the hammer 88 settings?
I can’t see this parameter in the Hammer 88 MIDI Editor.
For your point 1, might be worth saying that in some dpianos, the 'MIDI out' may be called something like "Local MIDI", always good to turn this kind of thing OFF.
Have found not turning it off, can be attributed to some glitches, esp. over USB connected dpianos, not so much if using old style MIDI cabling (which I prefer). Would be interested if others find similar.
]]>1) In the Hammer 88 settings, set "midi out" to "off"
2) In Pianoteq/Reaper settings, go to input devices and uncheck MIDIIN2-4
. And occasionally a note is "stuck", or there's sudden garbled input (extra notes I didn't press), at least with Pianoteq
https://disk.yandex.com/i/DWU5nNWAfUwtEQ
It happens to me too.
But since it only happened in Pianoteq so far, I'm not sure yet that it is the Hammer 88's fault.
I didn't play so much on other VST instrument through the Hammer 88 yet, so I'm also not sure yet whether it doesn't happen on other VST instruments.
In the MIDI, along with the garbled input, is the sudden apperance of a random MIDI CC like 73 (Sound Attack) or 59, and the pedal input also looks strange.
]]>Hopefully I'll get along via Cubase's MIDI transformer and such.
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