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WHICH CONTROLLER? PLEASE HELP!!
Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 10:58 am
by The_Lost_Jedi
Dear all
I am an artist who is new to the whole Ableton Live thing, and although its straight forward to use Im getting ready for my first gig and want to get a control unit/keyboard so as to eliminate, as much as possible, the use of the mouse, and feel more 'hands on'.
My set is made up of .wavs, stripped from my tracks, so really Im looking for a controller to punch in loops, fade in/out, and tweak and mess with effects on each channel
My problem is, having looked through most of this forum, and others, I still dont know the best, and most suitable controller to go for...
PLEASE HELP/ADVISE....my gig is in 5 weeks and want to be ready!
If you contact me with a good tip/piece of advise that sorts me out, Ill send you a cd of my set
Many Thanks
Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 11:20 am
by hoffman2k
Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 12:45 pm
by The_Lost_Jedi
Thanks for the links, Ill check them out now....
No specific advise or personal preference?
Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 12:50 pm
by hoffman2k
Uc33 from evolution + an Lx-1 micromodule from faderfox is a good combo.
More buttons, knobs and faders then you can handle.
Cheers
Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 2:13 pm
by colin_h
the behringer bcr2000 + the uc33 make a nice combo.
Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 7:37 pm
by lab-77
I've been using the novation remote 25 and I love it!
http://www.novationmusic.com/product.asp?id=2&Type=1
Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 3:40 pm
by Machinate
colin_h wrote:the behringer bcr2000 + the uc33 make a nice combo.
yup. although in retrospect, it seems almost silly that I paid about 80€ more for the UC33 than for my bcr2k - the bcr is really classy compared to the U
Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 5:27 am
by colin_h
Machinate wrote:colin_h wrote:the behringer bcr2000 + the uc33 make a nice combo.
yup. although in retrospect, it seems almost silly that I paid about 80€ more for the UC33 than for my bcr2k - the bcr is really classy compared to the U
ditto!
both good tools though...
Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 6:07 am
by D K
the m audio trigger finger and the bcr2000 combination is pretty killer
so far.
i like to use pads for live and keys for composition,
so i also have an edirol pcm1 keyboard.
i would suggest thinking about the type of control you feel most comfortable with..
do you need something more like a traditional mixer set up?
do you want to trigger buttons, hit pads, or play keys?
how complex will your set be?
how many triggers per als will you need?
d
Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 2:47 pm
by Diskclaimer
Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 2:46 am
by montrealbreaks
It really depends on what you're going to do with your controller. If you want to trigger one shot samples or trigger your loops on the quantized beat, go for something with lots of buttons.
For instance:
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_ca/T ... -main.html
http://www.akaipro.com/productsMPD16.html
http://www.faderfox.de/Faderfox-Homepag ... glish.html
If you want to play virtual instruments like a synth, go for a keyboard.
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_ca/Oxygen8-main.html
http://www.novationmusic.com/product.as ... hive=False
http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=14
If you want to do live mixing with multiple tracks, go for something with lots of knobs and faders
http://www.behringer.com/BCF2000/index.cfm?lang=ENG
http://www.behringer.com/BCR2000/index.cfm?lang=ENG
http://www.evolution.co.uk/products/evo_uc33e.htm
http://www.faderfox.de/Faderfox-Homepag ... glish.html
Naturally, you have a bijillion choices. If you want a one piece does it all solution, the Korg is pretty good - it has 8 knobs, 8 sliders and 16 drum pads for triggering things, and it's a one piece jobby.
I am quite impressed with this, it's really the best "jack of all trades" out there...
http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?a_pro ... egory_id=1
The best competition for the Kort Kontrol 49 is the ReMote series from Novation - I am quite happy with mine.
http://www.novationmusic.com/product.as ... hive=False
Hope this helps.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:55 am
by zizi
I use the bcf2000 + bcr2000 combo. You can midi link them so live thinks its only 1 instrument.
Plenty of faders, knobs and buttons. The feedback is very nice, so you always now what state a button has.