[LAU] DIY digital control surfaces

[Len Ovens]

On Tue, 1 Jul 2014, Joe Hartley wrote:

> On Tue, 01 Jul 2014 11:27:39 -0700
> Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc at cosgroves.us> wrote:
>> I want to run more than one slider at a time.  When running live
>> sound I usually have >4 sliders under my fingers at all times.
>> That use pattern follows me to a control surface at times.
>
> I'm an old analog recording/live sound guy and have the same feeling
> about the faders.  The Behringer BCF2000 control surface has worked really
> well for me when I get to the mixing phase of my projects (and I also used
> it to simulate a radio station console for a web station I help with).
> The first time I saw its flying faders responding to the automation in
> my project I reached nerdvana.
>
> It was $199 US when I got mine a few years ago, it looks like retail's now
> $299.  Less of a value, but I'd be hard-pressed to build anything close to
> it myself for less.

Just the faders and encoders + led rings would cost that much I think. Add 
case, knobs, and innards... The X-touch is due out in about 2 weeks... 
$600.


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Len Ovens
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