Which Control Surface? Mackie good with Live/Sampler?

jengyi · Post by **jengyi** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:10 pm

Hello,

I'm a mild Logic Pro user (mainly for composition), but also want to learn Live/Sampler for live performance.

I would like to get a control surface in the very near future to ease the pain of my mouse arm.

I have considered the following:

1) Mackie MCU Pro
2) Novation ReMOTE SL series (I could always use another keyboard controller!)
3) One of the controllers in Ableton bundles (UC-33e, Faderbox,...)

I would first like to ask how is the Mackie with Live/Sampler? I plan to use Sampler to create a new percussion kit and would like to get a controller to help me in the process. I don't really see myself using the controller much in a live setting.

I know they are hard to compare, but which one would you recommend?

I would also love to take a poll of which control surfaces people have/use.

Thanks

jengyi · Post by **jengyi** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:13 pm

also would like to add and emphasis that I really do dread fiddling around with technical stuff. So ease of use and integration is of utmost importance.

I considered the Mackie but it seems as if it was made with Logic in mind.

3dot... · Post by **3dot...** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:23 pm

MCU is great in live!!!

the only downside is working with live6's 'racks'....
where you can only automate the 8 'macros' and you can't go in and edit each device in the rack....
but lives midi mapping is really easy so I wouldn't worry about fiddling around with it...
my recommendation is either the BCR2000 or bitstream3x....
if you really want a NICE piece of gear...I'd go for the new Korg Zero series.
although Mackie controllers are very nice...