The Best USB Midi Controller anyone? I quite like the look of the M-audio stuff but its canny cheap and i'd rather pay the extra for it not to fall apart after a few uses. whats everyone else using?>
i like the look of the M-Audio Torq Xponent has 64 assignable back light button touchpad control surface effect control only has 8 assignable nobs tho, shame the other 10 aint assignable l price is around £460
It depend on the sofware your using. If your using something like Traktor you want Jog wheels really. The Behringer BCD 2000 is ideal for this and costs £105. For Ableton get the BCR or BCF 2000, both cheap and both really good!
im using ableton and the M Audio X Session Pro seems to be what i need it retails @ 69.99 (is quite cheap was wondering if anyone has one of these to tell me if its durable) Also the problem im having is im using my midi keyboard's nobs atm and the rotary EQ nobs sync with ableton but not at the zero mark like they would on a mixer in the middle. is this a problem im faced with on any midi controller???
it has 4 MIDI sliders 12 MIDI knobs 10 MIDI buttons MIDI crossfader all of these are assignable 27 is enough i thought
Dont bother with that one its means to be shit, I've got the original X-Session some people might not like it as you use Rotary for the faders but i think its alright, plus its cheap so if you spill a pint over it then its not that big an issue....came recommended by James Z which is usually a good sign. This is the best one on a budget imo, about £60 i think My mate Martin (whos an absolute ableton boff) reckons the Faderfox is the best controller out there....you dont have the touch the mouse at all as the FFox has a controller dial on it for navigating between clips in the session view...think they are about £150 As for the other problem, you can fix that by clicking on Midi Map, it then brings up a window on the left (where you usually see the FX/Files). You then need to change the (i cant remember the exact names but its something like) "From:" and "To:" settings...... (it might be called Threshold) For example you would set your EQ from about -50db to +0db (or +1db if you want your eqs a bit more "heavy") I usually set all my faders so they peak at 0 but this means you will need to assign other dials as a Gain setting (Gain is in EQ8) to compensate for quiter files (although you can change the gain settings for each individual file) hope this makes sense, its hard to remember off the top of my head
In principle that looks good but i thought one of the main benefits of Digital/Ableton/Traktor etc was that you could manipulate more than 2 channels at once?
