I bought a 3 fader box from them.
Two of the faders stopped working very quickly (under 3 months, light use).
It felt cheap, even when it was brand new the midi stream wasn’t smooth.
I’ve no experience with that particular joystick device, but that was my experience with their fader box.
don’t know about his condition but another contender might be the expressive e touché?
…apples spatial computing vr meets ar skimask will become THE solution, sooner than later…
eyetracking, talking, little hand gestures will be all it needs…at tomorrows parties…
M8 designed to work around a directional pad and just 4 buttons, a lot of combinations necessary, but if they can swing those button presses it would open up a ton of interesting music making experiences. You can run it on a computer with just the headless setup, and then plug in a game pad (or I think a fight stick controller) you could probably even use just a joystick with all the buttons on it, which would actually be a super fun thing to try.
Ah ok, good to know. You get what you pay for I suppose 
I am currently making these…will be available on Kickstarter in about another month.
Will be sold for about $200 usd
Does this have DIN midi or is this only for use with software, like is there an independent configuration app or will it require a DAW for piping the midi? Is it USB powered only?
USB Midi only. I suppose I can see about adding MIDI DIN. If that’s something people really want.
There is no app for this device. It will be open source.
I can’t speak for everyone, but a lot of people here will be looking for something fader-foxish that can be used standalone to give them more precise control over their hardware, that’s why I was asking.
Adding “hardware” midi isn’t a big deal. So insignificant in price, even, that I wont even bother increasing the product price.
So what you’re saying is that all controls can be fully configured from the device interface and used standalone with “hardware”? I’m not really sure what there is to open source, I make beats, I don’t code.
You are over-complicating it. As it stands, there is nothing to configure. This tool is for producers and beatmakers that want more control over their Automation and Automation recording. That, at least, is why I built this in the first place. Because XY automation control just doesn’t really exist in the market.
Open source, meaning, that the customers and general public have access to add and remove features from this device.
Watch the video link I originally posted from my google drive.
I did, it deals with ableton live, if I want to configure the encoders to specific CC’s to control the parameters outlined in the midi implementation chart of a specific piece of equipment or use the joystick to control the modulation I need to be able to assign CC’s to controls.
To be completely explicit Arturia, for example, has the Midi control center software, which if I don’t feel like menu diving, I can assign CC’s to the encoders from within the software, Korg has something similar for some of their controllers which don’t have a menu but do have XY modulation like the nano series.
I get that you understand it, you created it, but you’re oversimplifying. I don’t use ableton live so all your video shows me is that you’re assigning the encoders to work with ableton parameters and that your joystick isn’t oriented correctly but you’ll fix it before it goes production, that’s fine but it doesn’t tell me how programming of the controller is handled for use with hardware where it’s not detected by software like what you’re demonstrating.
Ok. I see the break down here. As I said before, it is USB-Midi…so no, you won’t be controlling any hardware synths with this product.
There are synths that utilize USB midi, but your device requires a host, that’s what I’m now getting out of this. Thank you.
Correct. And like I said, open source. So who knows, maybe someone will add the functionality you need one day.
Buddy mentioned a new space to perform in for an upcoming show, 360 degree projection screens and multidirectional sound.
I wonder what USB joystick platform might be good for mapping to Ableton x/y and an 8 channel panning field. Sure, general joysticks will do and be dime-a-dozen, but if there’s a higher quality option I ought to consider that’d be great.
