Questions about Novation SL MKIII with Live

[SvenH]

BACKGROUND:
I currently have Novation Launchkey 49 MKIII. I am super happy with how well it works and how easy it is to use, but I consider upgrading to a Novation SL MKIII for two main reasons:
* Keys with aftertouch.
* Feedback on the controller. I like the idea of being able to read the labels on the displays under the rotary knobs to find the correct knob faster when I want to record automation.

QUESTIONS:
* Does the aftertouch work well and feel good on the SL MKIII? I have tried several keybeds with aftertouch in the past that work like this: press - no aftertouch, press harder - no aftertouch, press even harder - aftertouch maxed out - effectively leaving aftertouch as an on/off effect. That's not what I want.
* Does the controller always work well with Live? Is it bugfree? I have found quite a lot of discussions on WWW about bugs, e.g. the displays of the controller not updating correctly when paging through parameters. (Although most of those threads seem to be a couple of years old.) My Launchkey always works the second I plug it in without any hassle and I love it for that.
* Is the controller intuitive to use with Live? It has more functionality than I currently need. I will probably explore all its additional features in the future, but today I just want it to be easy to navigate and adjust parameters among Live devices in processing chains.

Thanks,
Sven

[seaotter]

Sven, did you ever go for the SL MKiii? I'm considering it for some of the same reasons you were. I'm using the Launchkey 49Mkii and I use Max to capture all of its midi signals then either perform some internal midi mapping or just pass the message through to Ableton.

I'm curious what your experience has been like.

[SvenH]

No, I never did. Later on, I ended up buying a Push 3 and it works well enough for my purpose.