Novation Nocturn Keyboard...What Were they thinking??

[jake noise]

Pretty sure its targeted more as a 'my first midi controler' type thing for beginners and what not. The SL series is very nice, but the pricepoint is arguably prohibitive for people just starting out.

Yeah, but what about Remote SL Compact? It was replaced by the nocturn series but I can't figure out why.

well the non-keys nocturn was advertised as a vst controller first and foremost, more of an add on to an established controller set up rather than the centrepiece. The SL series has always been marketed as being the whole one controller to rule them all type thing whether it's the zero or the key based SL's.

As for the nocturn keyboard, I don't see it as competing with the SL's more targetting a different market as I outlined above.

At the end of the day though it's horses for courses, which one best fits your need?

[phil909]

i had an SL originally but i eventually sold it and got the nocturn keyboard instead.
why?

i just didn't need all those knobs, sliders, buttons etc. they just confused me as i jumped from plugin to plugin.
i much prefer the nocturn - the speed dial button is great. it works on any control in any piece of software (even photoshop!).

as the previous poster said - horses for courses.