Originally posted by MartinHines They do seem to be pretty responsive in terms of updating their drivers: They even have a forum devoted to drivers: When I downloaded their latest driver, it was already two revisions past the one on my CD, but it still bombed my computer. The differences between revisions were minor, the pace of change glacial. For all I know it might take them another 10 revisions before they get it right, and I don't have the time. I can quite understand why they have a forum devoted to their drivers. Whereas Edirol, M-Audio, RME, MOTU don't need them--they seem to get it right the first time, at least most of the time. Originally posted by Birdienumnum Whereas Edirol, M-Audio, RME, MOTU don't need them--they seem to get it right the first time, at least most of the time.

There are definite advantages in buying a product from a company that has an established history. In the case of CME, I assume they are simply having 'growing pains' in their transition to being a 'retail company': -- they originally started out as a supplier of keyboard mechanisms to other music manufacturers (I assume this is still part of their business, similar to Fatar) -- they branched out into selling retail products in China -- they are now going international As an OEM supplier, they just had to figure out how to do one thing -- build a keybed.

With their UF products, they now have to be like Korg/Yamaha/Roland, etc. And be a complete integrator. Originally posted by Birdienumnum I have a UF5 and two Macs w/OS X. Driver sucks. That's for sure. I had a CME UF6 keyboard for a short time, and I made the mistake of installing the USB driver on my Mac.

USB class compliant for Win XP and Mac OS X, supporting hot plug. No driver needed. CME Ships the New UF Series Master Keyboard CME Announces Newly Designed Cme-pro website. More reviews about New UF v2 series Master Keyboard>> UFv2 Manual v1.0 [english] UFv2 Manual v1.1 [english] UF Brain v1.0 beta for Windows XP. Like the other updated UF series MIDI controllers, the UF-80 has a built-in duplex. Music styles, as well as the U-CTRL music software auto-recognition system for. USB MIDI port, Power can be supplied via USB; Win2000/XP and Mac OS X.

It caused a problem when I used Logic Pro 7, where a certain note would not sound when I was using software synths in Logic. It seems that the CME driver corrupted Core MIDI in OSX somehow, and I had to do a complete re-install of OS X to fix the problem. I'm using an E-mu X-Board 49 now via USB with no problems at all. I'll never buy a CME product again.

Originally posted by Ed A. It seems that the CME driver corrupted Core MIDI in OSX somehow. I'll never buy a CME product again.

Tamil serial actress navel photos. I wouldn't go that far. I also had to do a clean install after the CME driver killed my 'puter, and it was a miserable experience, but after setting it up with a reliable MIDI interface I am very happy with it. Amazing quality for very little money.

Besides the wonderful feel of the keybed, the aftertouch is superb, it's built like a tank, and it even has a breath controller jack! Originally posted by Ed A. Try the keybed on the E-mu X-Board. It is at least as good as the CME action and it also has aftertouch like the CME. Unlike the CME, the X-Board's aftertouch will work on USB bus power, the CME requires a wall wart if you want to use AT. I got my X-Board from here: I love E-mu, having owned the original Emulator and now a wonderful command station, but (not having played it yet) I kinda doubt their new keybed is quite as good as CME's, unless they have drastically improved them over their old line (PK-6, XK-6, etc.) Also, their aftertouch was 'off-on' and therefore unusable for expressive purposes such as vibrato, and again I kinda doubt they've improved it all that much, but next time I have a chance I'll check one out.