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Third party wings with Nomad

Hi all,

TL;DR: Poor uni student with Nomad dongle needs faders but cheap ones please so I can afford to eat.

First post, so hopefully not too stupid.

I have seen the lxkey [http://www.lxkey.co.uk/] for Nomad for about £300 (minus student discount) that looks like a decent alternative to the Ion programming wing despite not having the intensity wheel, but are there any more third party fader wings? As much as I'd like to, I just can't justify (or afford) to drop £1k+ on an official set of faders or a programming wing... :(

Firstly, does Nomad even support third party wings? (I'm guessing the lxkey can get away with it as it is effectively just a keyboard with some funky keymapping) If so do you have any suggestions for the cheapest you can find? If not, is there any kind of student deal for the wings?

As a bit of background I am a student at the University of Edinburgh. We have an Element in the student theatre here, so when I was tech managing a show in an external venue I opted to rent a Nomad with the 2x10 universal fader wing - I loved it so much that I ordered myself a Nomad with the (fab) student deal, although the wing is well out of my budget.

I'd like to build up a small collection of my own kit so I can learn it inside out and hopefully be able to turn up anywhere and have the core kit I need already with me. Also remote controlling an Element with Nomad running on my laptop from downstairs is fantastic for get-ins. (and kinda funny watching people in the tech box when stuff moves without them asking it to)

Cheers,

Rob :D

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    Nomad supports OSC which allows for all kinds of accessories. Not many have been built yet but prototypes and one off have been made for faders, encoders, buttons, etc. If you are just looking to get the functionality without the physical hardware elements I would suggest looking at oscRFR. It is an iOS and android app that gives you encoders, faders, and almost every button that exists on the console. There are ways to make other hardware talk to the console but it generally involves additional software and setup to convert midi/usb/other things to osc that the console understands.
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    Ahh, that's really great to hear, I was beginning to fear that ETC had locked it down to their proprietary equipment. Hmm, it looks like there are OSC libraries for Arduino - I feel a project coming on..... also oscRFR looks fantastic - very glad I haven't bought the ETC one (whatever it is called). I shall have a dig around for some documentation on ETCs OSC support.
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  • 0 in reply to Druuka
    Ahh, that's really great to hear, I was beginning to fear that ETC had locked it down to their proprietary equipment. Hmm, it looks like there are OSC libraries for Arduino - I feel a project coming on..... also oscRFR looks fantastic - very glad I haven't bought the ETC one (whatever it is called). I shall have a dig around for some documentation on ETCs OSC support.
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    The arduino libraries are good. I have built several projects with arduino as the controller. I've also used particle photons for wireless devices. The osc implementation on the eos platform is the best in the business. It is being used for remote controls, integration with other software for live tracking and updating of paperwork and ml tracking. It is very exciting.
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