hi,
i'm having several issues with my new keylab 61 mk2:
specs:
win7 pro ultimate, studio one 4.
1. when using mcc, it's only possible to do so when the host is not running - otherwise the midi connection is blocked. what good is it if one wants to fine-tune certain settings (such as aftertouch curves, velocity curves, etc), if one can't play directly and see if the feel is good? even my old axiom 61 was able to connect with its editing software while my host was running.
2. the pads seem to be close to unplayable, no matter what velocity curve is selected. either the trigger is missed completely (the threshold of the pad is quite high for the pads to react and also differs from where within the pad area one triggers), or the velocity is all over the place, when triggering quite consistently with approx same strength. is there anywhere a sensitivity setting for the pads, other than the velocity curves?? am i missing something?? right now accentuated playing is simply impossible.
3. the aftertouch on the pads doesn't work here at all. key aftertouch does. i've checked the global settings on the device - i don't see an option that the aftertouch could be turned off at all - so it should work?
4. when in global edit mode on the hardware itself, i was trying to find the right setting for the key aftertouch - the min is set to 12 (?) by default - the max is not editable at all (the parameter is in the display, but the value area is blank, and doesn't react on the data entry knob at all)??
5. the key aftertouch sensors are reacting differently, depending on where the key is pressed - higher notes above c3 react significantly better than below c3 - and the lower the key, the more the curve is shaped towards higher values, so that just with a tiny pressing of the key, there's quite high values being sent, when playing, say, c1. again - the higher the notes being played, the better the sensors react. but they should react all the same, no matter the key pitch??
6. when in daw mode to control studio one 4, as soon as the mackie control device is added and the "midiin2" and "midiout2" ports are connected, keylab sends aftertouch values for a while with every note played, even if aftertouch isn't triggered?? sometimes it doesn't even stop sending??
7. i'm a sounddesigner as my main job. hence i normally map pitch-bend and aftertouch to two faders, so that when i have to do controlling assignments in synths and setting up the maximum values for that assignment (f.e. pitch-bend controls the fm amount, aftertouch controls the cutoff), i don't have to always physically hold the pitch-bender or aftertouch on maximum - i just use the faders then. but on the keylab i cannot map pitch-bend nor aftertouch to a fader/knob?? again - even my old axiom 61 keyboard allowed for that...
8. i suppose there's no way to readjust the velocity sensors? because no matter what velocity curve i select, the keys reach max velocity extremely fast, by not really hitting the keys hard...
9. the chassis of the keylab annoyingly resonates quite loud and long in a metallic fashion (almost like a spring reverb), when the keys are getting hit a bit harder.
10. in hope i could start the diagnostic mode from the view menu in mcc, to maybe let the hardware to be adjusting/calibrating itself, i have to fill in a password - which i cannot find anywhere - where do i get it and will this option actually do what i suspect it to do (recalibrate the sensors/velocity range of the keys/pads?
summary:
sorry - i really don't want to come off like a moaner at all, but i'm really having a hard time with the keylab 61 mk2 - i was putting such high hopes on it based on the marketing buzz you do in the product videos, etc. all in all i must say that i'm quite disappointed by the unit - unless i'm fundamentally doing something wrong...