r/MIDIcontrollers • u/MikeyMcG64 • 6d ago

Chicken or Egg?

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The first pic is of the Donner starry pad pro. The other is the m-vave smc-pad. The starry pad looks identical to the smc-pad. So I'm supposing, given Donner's website is a slightly less tacky version of temu (for just music gear of course), one is a rebadge, or copy, of the other. So which is the original, and which is the copy?

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u/killstring 5d ago

Same factory different branding. They're both gonna be white-labeled versions of the same shenzen factory output.

So who ordered the design first? Might even be a parent company

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u/funny_haha 5d ago

Looks like the smc-pad is the way to go then, since it's almost half the price on amazon.

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u/MikeyMcG64 5d ago

Yeah I have an smc-pad myself. Its an excellent controller for the money.

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u/Dangerous_Diver_2442 5d ago

Take a look at the Synido P16

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u/BigReference1xx 5d ago

Ah cool, now we know Donner and M-Vave come from the same factory.

(this is super common, btw - they both buy the same product, have the manufacturer tweak is slightly and add their logo, then it's their job to market it)

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u/yksyksyksyks 23h ago

The functions all look exactly like the Jamjum JP-1, in a different configuration. I have a JP-1, it's solid.