We've tested and fine-tuned Ph@Controller for these wireless Ring Mice, Air Gesture Mice, Gamepads, Page Turners and Audio Interfaces, and they worked well in testing. Most have lower latency for music work and some come with a 2.4G USB Dongle for the fastest (low latency) operation.
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RING MICE
The D06 PRO, RM10 and D01 Ultra all worked very well in our testing. These are wireless and rechargeable with charging cases. D06 PRO uses a low latency 2.4G USB Dongle. Worn on a finger or attached to an instrument (the D06 PRO and D01 PRO have flexible half-ring design), these are great for quick access and fast changes.
D06 PRO and RM10 have scroll wheels, buttons and trackpads that work smoothly for expressive musical creativity.
The D01 Ultra is a small, lightweight, comfortable Ring with 7 actions.
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AIR MICE
The D13 PRO is not quite as small as a Ring Mouse, but offers a very nice palm-sized wireless 2.4G (USB dongle) device with a wrist strap, and ‘air’ mouse comprising a larger trackpad, buttons and wheel. This could easily be attached to an instrument as well! We really liked this device in use with Ph@Controller!
The G20S PRO (black) is a full Air Mouse Remote allowing expressive air gestures, and has a multitude of buttons that can be used in Ph@Controller.
Our experimental ‘drumstick’ function also allows mid-air drumming!
GAMEPADS AND GAMING KEYBOARDS
Many of these offer extremely low latency for drum hits and note triggering, either in wired mode or with 2.4G USB receivers.
IINE Retro Pocket is a superb and tiny (small enough to ‘tack’ to an instrument temporarily!) controller with an excellent rumble, usable by whole bands for haptic synchronisation (metronome). It has the full suite of buttons, hall joysticks and gyro! Ph@Controller can use the gyroscope for expressive air gestures and the rumble can be used as a silent metronome, keeping a whole band in time with each other.
The Joysticks, buttons, and pressure sensitive triggers can be used for note and drum velocity, and used for continuous MIDI CC messages. Ph@Controller even has an experimental drumstick function allowing all Air Mice and Gamepads with Gyroscopes to be used like drumsticks in mid-air, triggering drums or any other feature.
GAMING KEYBOARDS
Gaming keyboards offer extremely low latency for triggering timing-sensitive notes, drums or other MIDI messages. They can also be mounted on some instruments.
PAGE TURNERS
These tend to work well with Ph@Controller. They offer a comfortable, very low profile, tactile foot (or feet!) operation, whether in shoes, or barefoot with painted spotted feet! The Lekato WT-2 has four separate usable pedals (most have two).
LIVE SITUATIONS
For Live work, we recommend also purchasing backup devices when you purchase a Ring Mouse, Air Mouse, Gamepad, etc, so you can keep another fully charged in case of failure
Audio Devices
AUDIO INTERFACES
We recommend purchasing an ASIO compatible Audio Interface for lowest latency and highest quality sound from the Ph@Controller Synthesizer and Drum machine.
Our current recommendation, having tested this with the software, is the Focusrite Solo Generation 3 or 4.
RECHARGING AND BACKUP DEVICES ON STAGE
We also recommend you have Powerbanks on hand and backup Ring Mice, Air Mice or Gamepads to ensure a reliable Live Set. The RSHTECH USB Hubs are excellent for connecting multiple devices when you run out of USB ports on your laptop
Of course we cannot test all of the devices on this page, although we have tried many. Please test them for yourself, as devices may vary and their use is at your own risk.
Expressive Devices
