Midi Controllers for ableton

Beato · Post by **Beato** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:32 am

looking for a good midi controller along the same lay out as a mixer with fader capabilities, so far only found the begringer, and Evo X and some fader fox one....any other suggestions.

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 4:44 pm

there's the encore Slidemate, the Doepfer Pocket Fader, the Kenton Control Freak Original and Control Freak Studio,

these all just have 8 to 16 faders.

i prefer the Evolution UC-33 myself. Its lasted me about 2 years now and i beat the shit out of it.

smart1123 · Post by **smart1123** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:01 pm

Take a UC-33 and turn it 90 degrees, 9 crossfaders, 24 knobs, 10 buttons

smart1123 · Post by **smart1123** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:02 pm

by using drawbar mode you can have the knobs on either side

rictheobscene · Post by **rictheobscene** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:42 pm

I played with the new Trigger Finger from M-Audio. That will be my controller of choice for Live when it shows up.

D K · Post by **D K** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:16 pm

triggerfinger is out
got one on the way
novation remote 25 is great
if you want keys too
cheers
d

rictheobscene · Post by **rictheobscene** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:43 pm

D K wrote:triggerfinger is out
got one on the way
novation remote 25 is great
if you want keys too
cheers
d

Thanks dude. Unfortunately Musicians Friend doesn't have it in stock yet. I have some fundage on the cuff with them, so I will wait until they get it in stock.

AndrewDuke · Post by **AndrewDuke** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:05 am

AdamJay wrote:there's the encore Slidemate, the Doepfer Pocket Fader, the Kenton Control Freak Original and Control Freak Studio,

these all just have 8 to 16 faders.

i prefer the Evolution UC-33 myself. Its lasted me about 2 years now and i beat the shit out of it.

i'll put a vote in for the uc33 as well. nice to have all those faders plus the programmable knobs and buttons too. andrew

krushing · Post by **krushing** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:23 am

And let's not forget Faderfox!

noborders · Post by **noborders** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:06 am

Korg microKontrol. It has 16 trigger pads/buttons, 8 knobs, 8 sliders and color coded lcd text display for each knob and slider, 37 velocity sensitive keys, joy stick, usb bus-powered, built like a tank.

The Mysterious Flying Pum · Post by **The Mysterious Flying Pum** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:08 pm

noborders wrote:Korg microKontrol. It has 16 trigger pads/buttons, 8 knobs, 8 sliders and color coded lcd text display for each knob and slider, 37 velocity sensitive keys, joy stick, usb bus-powered, built like a tank.

Is it possible to use the joystick to select clips in the session view? Are the pads velocity sensitive?
Thanks!

noborders · Post by **noborders** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:26 pm

The Mysterious Flying Pum wrote:
noborders wrote:Korg microKontrol. It has 16 trigger pads/buttons, 8 knobs, 8 sliders and color coded lcd text display for each knob and slider, 37 velocity sensitive keys, joy stick, usb bus-powered, built like a tank.

Is it possible to use the joystick to select clips in the session view? Are the pads velocity sensitive?
Thanks!

The joystick can be assigned to any midi message, so I believe you can do that.

And yes, the pads are velocity sensitive.

headquest · Post by **headquest** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:09 pm

M-Audio Ozonic is working well here... firewire connection, audio interface included, three octave keys, nine faders, seperate mix for phones, pitch bend, mod wheel and joystick, more.... worth a look. Audio sounds great through this one, too.

xfive · Post by **xfive** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:48 pm

I got my triggerfinger yesterday, and I must say it rules.
It switches presets very quickly and easily, so I'm setting one up for mutes, one for loop triggers, one for fx... etc etc

Spot on.

rictheobscene · Post by **rictheobscene** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:25 pm

xfive wrote:I got my triggerfinger yesterday, and I must say it rules.
It switches presets very quickly and easily, so I'm setting one up for mutes, one for loop triggers, one for fx... etc etc

Spot on.

gotta rub it in on a brother don't ya

Just kidding, I am glad that you find it as easy to use as it looks. Are you on Mac or PC? Are the drivers pretty stable?

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