Korg nanoKONTROL 2 white Reviews

The Knobs fell off easily

I have been using the USB-MIDI Kontroller for a while now. The overall build is good; however, since I move around a lot with it, the knob controls and the clips/handle on the faders keep falling off, and I have lost almost half of them. Korg should look at this so that it is sturdier.

Compact, sleek, clever

Great little product.

I mainly use this to program in expression data for software instruments when composing and its fader throw is definitely enough for creating convincing orchestral string swells etc.

Don't get fooled by its size

The only objection I have is: it is NANO :-)

I do not imagine working with my laptop (and just laptop monitor) when working "on the filed" (read: not in my studio environment) without it anymore. As with every tool it takes some time to realise its potential, but when you get used to it, you regret each and every moment if you don't bring it with you.

KORG balanced perfectly between portability and usefulness, though integration to some of the DAWs (by experinece of some other musicians) can be a bit of a pain - but not because of the controller, but because of the DAW. Integration to Cubase Pro was easy and once it is set, it works like a clock.

Maybe it's me!

This thing (for me) has been such a pain to set up with Logic Pro X (and maybe that's Logic's fault) it's currently sitting in a draw. Shame as would be useful to control expression and such like for orchestral work, but having tried the Korg editor, and Logic preferences, it just wasn't behaving properly (but having said that, maybe that's me at fault). But if something is more of a pain to use than a help, it kind of gets bypassed. Am thinking of giving it a second life linked to my KeyStep Pro to see if there is a way of using it to control certain midi parameters on my Modular Rack that respond to midi (like the BitBox Micro). We shall see - when I have a spare hour to waste on it.

But for me, out of the box, with Logic Pro, couldn't get it to work properly, including following a couple of YouTube videos!

Korg nanoKONTROL 2 is goot

Korg nanoKONTROL 2 is not to bad for controlling a few tracks as navigation over the daw is smooth only wished if it had arrows for up and down for faster movement overall cant complain with the price tag

an essential gear

A very good, cheap, and really functional controller

knkt2

dare you dare you double dare you!

I m waiting for the customer which does serious critics on a handy little portable daw controlling device (no daw controller) for about 50 peanuts..

.. and I m glad not to be the one who dares!

Good, but difficult to keep in one place

If setting this up in your gig rig you'll need to secure it somehow to the platform, as the product is light and quite easy to knock off the table. If the cable gets pulled this will too!

Easy to use and easy to map to Ableton sets, but be sure to keep track of what you're doing, maybe with notes or stickers! Faders are a little small but have a natural feel...

its good if want faders and transport in your hands, its very sensible and thats its great.

Compact and versitile

Love this controller, very handy and compact. Works with most DAWs straight away, use it all the time with abelton to control the channels, and it has infinite channels, when you add them in Abelton. Also use it for VJing for the faders and tempos

Really simple

It's really simple yet a bit confusing to set at first, but it's really usable and straightforward once you get used to it. It's plastic finish is what ruins it for me, but you can't ask for more at this price.

Good to have- could be better

It's small, light, completely portable. It's plastic but has a nice feeling. Only drawback is the the faders which feel cheap and are not rock steady. Other than that it does work great. I use it in my home studio with reaper (after a few tricks they cooperate great).

It does the job...

I use it to control my DAW. In a jamming fashion though for dubing on my tracks. I wouldn't use it for a precise mix.

Pros: cheap and easy to use

Cons: flimsy and small

It's really good if you need a small controler to have on the go with your laptop. Precision it's not its thing.

OK for price!

I bougt this 2 years ago and i'm pretty happy with this nano. This is small, inexpensive unit for cheap money. Just do instalation step by step (look in korg manual/webpage or youtube) and you're good to go.

First i had problems with mapping in Live 9, but reading different websites make things easier.

If someone have problem with mapping in Live 9 (the volume and pan knobs jumping around), just reset nanoKontrol 2 to factory settings. Turn off the power to your nanoKONTROL by unplugging it from the USB port of your computer and hold down the "Rec," "Stop" and "Scene" buttons with one hand while you plug the USB cable back in to your computer port.

Build quality is - "what you paid is what you get". One of fader buttons jumped off the nano. I used glue to put it back. Not a big problem, really.

This is good comparison between cheapest and cheap DAW controllers on market. I'm not pro musician, just doing things for joy not for money, so i'm very glad to see things like nano series who are accessible to everyone.

Ok I guess, But I expected more..

At this price point and at the time I got it there was nothing else in its category. I got it as a companion for my Akai Lpk25 Mini keys as it is exactly the same size which is also the size of a 13 inch Mac Book Pro. On paper this look perfect, the right size, the right price and with the right functions, or at least the was the idea.

Sadly things turned out to be quite different. It is a bit confusing to set up and you have to weave your way to it's own editor (available from the KORG website) and the control editors of your DAW of choice. I have used mine with Logic 9 and X and with Live 9 and I have to admit that I have never been able to get it to do what I am pretty sure it should be capable of doing. I have also noticed that it keeps interfering with my other usb hardware and the volume and pan knobs jump and fiddle around every thine I have it plugged in, and nothing seems to be able to solve this issue.

I have however recently found a use for it that seems to work very well and I can start to use it at its full potential. I got a hold of an interesting mapping from a welll known Dj Tech website and now use my Nano Kontrol to control my effects in Traktor. It seems that Traktor and the Nano Kontrol have no issues and can co exist happily.

The build quality is nothing special, but not too bad either, for the price I cannot really complain and nothing has come apart yet, with no indication of things coming apart in the near future either. I enjoyed the plug-in bundle that comes with it, that bundle alone to me is worth the money I paid, so overall I would say that this is a good value product, that could be very useful?just don't expect too much from it.

This is all you need

Nowadays, you dont need the best mixer, or the best controler with moving faders. The new DAW's are optimised to use just with a mouse.

This device provides just the enough physical control you will need. It's most usefull to mix the drum tracks. The mute/solo buttons are very usefull as well.

The build quality is not bad, I wish it had some adhering feet, because it slides arroud the table.

It is very light and portable.

The fact that it is plug and play, means that even the new music enthusiasts can easely use this controler.

Unlike other controlers, this one is very beautifull, the simple design looks very good in the studio.

Cheap and effective

Useful unit that makes interaction with my DAW a lot easier. Just need to make sure the midi settings are correct. Works a treat after that.

Works well with Studio One. Everything works!!!!

Compact, creative and practical!

What a great equipment, just can't imagine myself without it!

Cheap, practical and effective!

Korg nanoKONTROL 2 white

A cheap but very good quality MIDI DAW controller from KORG. Does the job very well for its price. A bit tricky to install. It has marker buttons (set & nevigate), standard transport buttons like play, stop fast forward & rewind plus 8 channels with faders, pan pots, solo, mute and rec enable buttons for each channel. Best of all it has four groups of eight channels and supports Mackie control protocol. Plus it comes ready to control Cuubase, Pro Tools, Live & Digital Performer. The box includes various software licences from KORG, Toontrack, AAS, Poropellerhead etc.

Korg nanoKONTROL 2 white

Very inexpensive controller from Korg.

If you don't know how to use your registry editor in Windows then you probably won't be able to get this to work. If you can however then after a few teething problems for a Studio One user this little thing turns out to be extremely useful in speeding up your workflow.

The usb cable it comes with is cheap and if you replace it you'll avoid any issues with the device freezing when you're in the middle of tracking or editing.

It takes a few minutes to download the editor and software and the free vst's that come with the nanokontrol2 are actually quite useful albeit limited in their usefulness.

If Korg spent a little more time developing drivers specific to the five or six main DAW manufacturers all of the pain in setting the device would be gone isntantly.

Also Korg DON'T allow users outside the USA to register their product... This is ridiculous and from a company with the reputation of Korg a major disappointment.

For €35 you really can't go wrong if you're looking to get away from the keyboard and mouse for a more hands on feel to your mixing and tracking. That being said, don't go expecting a €200+ piece of hardware... It isn't! What it is is small, portable, functional and inexpensive; and if that's what you're looking for then snap it up before they discontinue them altogether.