Wacom Nextbeat - Any thoughts/experiences

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October 18, 2012 at 7:48 am #1013906

Terry_42
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Looks to me more like a gimmick, but could not try one yet.

October 18, 2012 at 12:37 pm #1013916

Mark Pennington
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I looked at this again and it would seem that in fact it is more of an all in one device. There is no way to control SW on a laptop or to even connect to an external hard drive, its a memory card only job. It’s a shame really as in principle it looks like a fun device. For a £100 it may be worth it just for shits and giggles with a proper controller alongside through an external mixer.

February 7, 2013 at 3:14 pm #36360

DJ Hombre
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Amazon are selling them at $90 : http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-Nextbeat-X-1000-2-Channel-Controller/dp/B0032TF7XG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360249899&sr=8-1&keywords=wacom nextbeat

…or £90 if you’re in the UK! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wacom-Nextbeat-NXB-1000-Controller-Channel/dp/B0032TF7XG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360249935&sr=8-1

If you get one, grab the latest firmware (still old though); ftp://ftp.wacom-europe.com/pub/tech_support/ALLF_01-11-04-06-02-03.nbu drop it onto a blank (must be blank) CF card (type I) and pop it into the device…at least then it should be working as best it can!

I’ll be interested to see if anyone’s going to pick one up at these crazy low prices.

February 7, 2013 at 3:19 pm #36361

DJ Hombre
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btw…the Tonium Pacemaker although dead as a product, has a new website ( http://pacemakerdevice.org/ ) where you can download a new firmware release.

I only started sniffing around these products again recently in preparation for a review article coming soon.
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