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    Hi everyone,

    I'm thinking about getting a Novation Nocturn to control FX in traktor. I just wanted to know if the "speed dial" encoder and the green buttons on the bottom row send midi data? or are they just for bank changes and stuff?

    thanks for any answers

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    Why the nocturn? it is extremely overpriced imo, an LPD8 can do pretty much the same. you could buy two lpd8s for the price of 1 nocturn..

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    The LPD 8 doesn't do LED feedback as far as I know. The nocturn has encoders, which would be more useful than knobs, and they are lit so they are easier to see in the dark. Also I don't need the pads..

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    Considered the BCR2000 then? way more bang for the buck.

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    too large, I need something small to use alongside other gear...and i'd rather invest in a higher quality product i guess

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    be warned the nocturn NEEDS automap software in order to work at all, there are NO onboard midi messages, it will not appear in your audio midi preferences, I got rid of my nocturn for these very reasons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by faeruithir View Post
    too large, I need something small to use alongside other gear...and i'd rather invest in a higher quality product i guess
    Daft Punk uses two, to each their own though.

    And no the buttons on the bottom of the Nocturn cannot be remapped they have fixed functions in automap. If there is a hack for this I have no idea.

    I believe all the green lighted stuff is automap stuff.

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    I used a nocturn for controlling fx in traktor alongside my vci300 and it worked brilliantly mate.

    The four encoders and buttons each side match the fx section perfectly and you can save loads of different presets / scenes that you can easily move between using those bottom buttons.

    So you can have fx1 & fx2 set up, then press a button at the bottom and it changes to fx3 & fx4 instantly.

    Then press again and it changes back, or changes to a custom fx - like ean's drum roll etc.
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    thanks for the replies guys

    do you have to start up automap every time you use the nocturn? I've never used novation products before and I don't really know what automap is...

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    Yeah you start it every time you want to use it.
    It just runs minimised to the tray though - does not get in the way.

    Its just novation's interface to convert their hardware signals to midi.
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