We are using Ableton Live 5, Ableton Operator with a laptop of course, a club/dj mixer and two cdj's or 1210's whatever..
The thing is we..By the way "we", are two, so we have 4 hands on live
What we are trying to do is something like this;
-We have our own productions which we are working on playin them on the fly..(Our productions are mostly between 10-15 channels with fxs)
-We also want to mix our productions with known productions on cdj's or 1210's
-And we want to use samples and loops on the fly while we are playing the known tracks from the cdj/1210's
Well here is what it is..
The choices that we are thinking about the best controller for us are;
-FaderFox Micromodul LV1 & LX1; (http://www.faderfox.de).
Pros: Perfectly made for Live!
Cons: We are not be able to use these controllers with another program like cubase or reason.
-Doepfer PocketDial and PocketFader (http://www.doepfer.de/home_e.htm).
Pros: Endless rotary, good design, compatible to all software production programs (almost).
Cons: One module has only knobs, the other module has only faders..But where is the buttons? (Solo, mute, play, stop rec..etc.)
-Evolution UC33e (http://www.evolution.co.uk/products/evo_uc33e.htm)
Pros: Overlays, cheaper than other controllers, you can use evolution librarian program to make your own preset bank
Cons: It looks like this controller has it all, but is it true? really..
PS: I know that WaveIdea's Bitstream 3x (http://www.waveidea.com/en/products/bit ... /index.php) is better than all but we can not afford it now..