Hi
Recently my mate got himself this peavey studiomix control surface for 80€.
It was designed to work specifically with Cakewalk 8 back in 1999 and it is in a metal case with motorized (!) faders. These units are now floating about the internet dirt cheap because this unit sends NRPN instead of CC, but with an app called studiomixmap you can convert the NRPN to CC and assign each fader, knob and toggle switch to a CC, which you can then send to ableton live, and back from ableton live to the unit to get motorized faders working!
Me and this mate of mine performed a live gig where he was using the studiomix with ableton live and it worked so fantastic, I decided to get one too.. so I searched on the net and on some forums, and some generous soul form the states sent me this unit for free because it had been collecting dust on the shelves for the last 6 years !
The unit has 9 motorized faders, 18 endless knobs, 19 toggle switches and a jog wheel, and like I said it's in a metal case so it is fawking sturdy for stage performances.
I've seen these units go for about 80USD-100USD .. so if you're on a tight budget .. this is _definately_ a worthy product to check out....
