yoink Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Well, it's getting to be such that I'd really like a dedicated control surface for my home studio. Originally interested in a used Radikal Sac 2k... the lack of proper drivers (intel-mac compatible) for its USB interface makes it a little out of the question. I have been looking at CM Labs' products but it's very hard to find any information regarding the integration into Logic except for a bunch of problem posts about the MotorMix and Logic pre Pro 6. I do see the options in the control surfaces menu, but I'm looking for real-world examples. Anyone using a MotorMix? Or even better the new MotorMate? NB.: I didn't bring up Mackie because while there are problems with LP8 and the MCU Pro at the moment... the reason I'm not really considering it is that I have a problem with said company and I would like to avoid using them for anything ever again - but I'm not here to trash talk them, I'd simply like to find reasonable alternatives. (Although honestly it looks like there are so few comparably well-integrated options.) That being said I'd like at least 8 motorized faders, and I already have an audio interface I enjoy so combining the two is out of the question. But I'm open to options even ones that have 1 fader, if it works reliably. Jazzmutant's Dexter would be fun if: a) it didn't cost so much and b) had the ability to use it's nice EQ feature with something other than Channel EQ - which I don't use all that much anymore. My options are so limited. I am open to other alternatives, but I'd also like to keep the initial costs under about $1750 US. Many thanks for reading yet another gear post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morerecords Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 WEll no motorized faders but the bitstream 3x is one hell of a nice piece of hardware. On another slightly related topic,WHy does everyone want to emulate a Mackie control? I have always wondered. It's not as though Logic does not respond directly to MIDI cc...Isn't that all MCU is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoink Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 WEll no motorized faders but the bitstream 3x is one hell of a nice piece of hardware. On another slightly related topic,WHy does everyone want to emulate a Mackie control? I have always wondered. It's not as though Logic does not respond directly to MIDI cc...Isn't that all MCU is? 1024 step fader/automation resolution instead of 127 step MIDI resolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morerecords Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 So... why would you emulate an MCU wworking at a higher resolution with a piece of gear whose max resolution is 127? Logic is still only gonna read 127 res coming from the MIDI controller doing the emulating... Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoink Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 That's why there are dedicated modules for control surfaces, so they can work above and beyond the default MIDI resolution of 127 steps. Like CM Labs - Logic has a MotorMix control surface module. I'm just asking how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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