[LAU] is there a controller like this?
andy baxter
andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk
Tue Jul 28 05:44:51 EDT 2009
michael noble wrote:
> Andy,
>
> If you don't need the keyboard then I'd also recommend a Behringger
> BFC2000, which has 8 motorized faders and 8 encoders and is well
> supprted under linux. It's also fairly cheap considering the
> featureset. I'm pretty sure there are a number of users in this list.
>
Thanks. I found a link to the Behringer BCR2000 on a page about the
BCF2000, which has more encoders and no motorised faders - this appeals
to me more as motorised faders seem a bit clunky to me.
I was thinking something like this would cost hundreds of pounds, but
it's more like UKP 100-120.
andy
> -michael
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:37 PM, andy baxter
> <andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk
> <mailto:andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk>> wrote:
>
> Hi michael,
>
> Thanks for the info about the remote25. It looks good (just
> skimming through the review in 'sound on sound'), but I don't
> really want to get another device with a keyboard when I've just
> bought one.
>
> What I really want is a 'bare bones' device with just some
> encoders, buttons, and an lcd screen. An x-y pad would be nice as
> well but not essential.
>
> andy
>
> michael noble wrote:
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> I'm not sure exactly if it is what you need, but I would have
> thought that any class compliant midi controller with encoders
> and some facility for controller banks will serve your
> purpose. The novation remote25 which I have has 8 encoders, 8
> knobs, 8 sliders, an x/y pad, joystick and 16 buttons, plus
> instant recall of any of 64 stored presets of controller
> mapping. To be honest that's all overkill for me as the only
> thing I use beside the keyboard are the encoders and the
> banks, but it serves its purpose. Editing the controllers is
> not as direct as you seem to wish for, but setting up a new
> controller with the editing mode takes about 15 seconds and
> I've done so in live situations when needed. To my knowledge
> many midi controllers offer similar capabilities.
>
> As for displaying the current level of a synth or software
> based parameter on the controller lcd, that all depends mostly
> on whether the software implements midi feedback or not.
> Without knowing your specific software its difficult to say
> what the status of support is.
>
> -michael n
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:28 PM, andy baxter
> <andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk
> <mailto:andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk>
> <mailto:andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk
> <mailto:andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk>>> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have just bought a second hand keyboard, (edirol PCR-500)
> which has
> loads of knobs and sliders on it. The trouble is that all the
> knobs are
> pots, not rotary encoders; encoders would be much more
> useful I think
> because it would mean that if you press a button to switch
> to a new
> synth or effects patch, the correct defaults for it could be
> automatically loaded to each of the knobs when you switch.
> Without
> that,
> it seems like whenever you switch to a new instrument you would
> have to
> spend a while tweaking all the knobs to get the right basic
> sound.
>
> What I would like is a device with a couple of rotary
> encoders on it
> (you only have two hands), maybe 16 buttons, and a
> character LCD
> screen.
>
> The way it would work is (something-like):
>
> - one of the buttons would be for loading new instruments. To
> switch to
> a new instrument, you would press the button and then turn
> either
> encoder. The LCD would show which instrument you were
> choosing from a
> list, and you would press the button again to make the switch.
> - most of the buttons would be for accessing different midi
> controls.
> You could assign a midi control to an encoder by pressing the
> button for
> that control first, then pressing a button underneath the
> encoder you
> were assigning.
> - having done this, that encoder would be bound to that
> midi control -
> turning it would send out midi messages for that control,
> and also
> update a display on the LCD saying what the level of that
> control is
> currently set at.
> - loading a new instrument would automatically set the
> right default
> levels for each controller that that instrument used.
>
> Does anyone know of anything like this that's already being
> made?
> If so
> I might get hold of one and see if I can hack it to work with
> linux; if
> not I'm thinking of having a go at making my own some time.
>
> cheers,
>
> andy baxter.
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