Recommend a rotary/slider based midi controller to record Automation in Ableton?

[kbridge]

Are there any good Rotary or Slider based midi controllers on the market at the moment that I haven't seen?

There must be because I have been looking for a midi controller to record automation into my Ableton productions to give a more natural feel for a while now and haven't seen any good solutions!

I work with a Midi keyboard and will be getting Maschine as soon as possible, but am still looking for a rotary-style controller for editing parameters on the fly without the use of a mouse!

Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated!

[amadeus]

I'm curently wondering about this:

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/novat...ive/505153-01/

But can't imagine it being the nicest, looks a bit plasticy.

[kbridge]

I'm curently wondering about this:

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/novat...ive/505153-01/

But can't imagine it being the nicest, looks a bit plasticy.

Doesn't look too bad, I just thought there would be more solutions for what I want - might have to end up selling my midi keyboard and get one with rotaries as well instead of having two different pieces of kit.

[3heads]

Be a bit more specific, what exactly do you want (how many faders? how many pots? normal ones or endless? andsoonandsoforth)

Maybe a Novation Nocturn (8 endless encoders and a couple of buttons I think) could just be what you need. A rather pricy option would be a Novation Remote Zero SL. Or look at a Behringer BCR 2000 for more endless encoders than you could ever need. As a very budget friendly option you could consider an Akai LPD8 (if you exchange the normal pots for something more usable). Or you could look for a 2nd hand M-Audio UC33e (24 pots, 9 faders, a bunch of buttons), but I'm not sure how easy they are to find nowadays.

[synthet1c]

I would go for a couple of behringer BCF-2000's they have 8 motorised faders, 8 led ringed encoders and enough buttons to play your clips/record etc...

[Tarekith]

What about something like the APC40? It's made for Live...

[Patch]

UC-33e.

Or like you say - a keyboard w/faders and knobs...

[liam1895]

I use Studio One with the FaderPort which is great. I am not sure if its what you are looking for but I do know it can be mapped to ableton and mapped well.

http://www.presonus.com/products/faderport

[botstein]

+1 for BCF2000

[poltergeist]

I have the keyboard version of this, and if that's anything to go by, it's amazing. It's also not insanely expensive... http://uk.novationmusic.com/midi-con...s/zero-sl-mkii

That, with your existing midi keyboard, plus a Launchpad = a fairly comprehensive Ableton setup.

Alternatively, you could always go the DIY route and adding a couple of faders to this design shouldn't be too hard http://m.musicradar.com/news/tech/ho...minutes-526753

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