jagged lotus
Hi all. I’m interested to get an idea of what controllers people in the forum use/prefer to use for controlling effects and things like that on the fly.
I’m quite comfortable using a mouse/track pad for laying down my beats ect, but I feel like I’d benefit from some type of midi controller for when it comes to adding delays and bits and pieces to give my tracks some character, something I like to do on “the fly” almost in a performance mind set (if that makes sense)
Any input would be useful.
raw fractal
The nanoKontrol2 is a good one if you want something small. There's also a very helpful controller script for it for bitwig
visual blade
I've been using an Akai MPK mini (mark 2 I think) which is a keyboard/drumpad thing mainly of course but has eight rotaries which meet this sort of need for me, provided you put the time into setting up performance controls on the devices/tracks in BW
was thinking of getting more of a 'desk-like' controller with faders etc though
jagged lotus
Sweet. Thanks for the replies!
rustic blade
I use an APC mini for device control, which is... fine. My main issues with it are that the faders are pretty low quality, there is no feedback to the currently set value and I don't use the grid so it's a big chunk of wasted space. Eventually I'll finish the controller script I started writing to turn the big grid into a value readout for the device remotes though.
Down the line I want to upgrade to a small encoder controller that has some sort of value feedback, the two on the short list are the midifighter twister and the faderfox encoder version. I'm leaning towards the twister at the moment as I just like idea of having the led surrounds to indicate the set value, but really I'm trying to wait as long as possible until I decide as there are new devices being launched in this space fairly regularly, although most of them are small creators who are charging an arm and a leg. Behringer are supposedly working on a product called the BCR32 which on the surface seems an ideal controller but as with most behringer products it's been in the works for ages and there are no signs of it being a reality any time soon
verbal bear
atm i use for controlling stuff in my daw, the machine jam. Its quiet nice and there is a insane deep mapping for Bitwig released from Jürgen Moßgraber online. When i am more jamming with Hardware i use the midi Tracks from the Digitakt to controll my fx Chains. All important hardware fx i own are nice made to be controlled and modulated via midi cc ( exapt my eurorack of course. )
jagged lotus
Man that machine jam might be just what I’m looking for.
turbid nebula
Particularly for mixing and tweaking, I keep coming back to my touchscreen
verbal bear
Man that machine jam might be just what I’m looking for.
my biggest point why i search for a new alternative is that the pads are not velocity sensetive. So my other options i think about is push 2 and the arturia keystep 51 mk2. Push would be also nice for live , but the keystep would be a amazing keyboard. Both are nice to control all you want
static canyon
I like the monogram controllers. Pretty fine - except the price
But in my case I can use it in my main profession as a graphic artist to switch fast in photoshop, illustrator and all the video editing stuff
foggy dew
I use an APC mini for device control, which is... fine. My main issues with it a...
Agree on the endless encoders with led feedback. It's bizzare to me that so many of the controllers on the market have gone to potentiometer style absolute position knobs. The only thing I can see that being good for is DJ eq/filter effects. Sooo many very obvious controller uses are so much better suited to encoders with LED. It's crazy that the midi fighter seems to be the ONE thing on the market still using that style of knob.