All user reviews of 4/5 for the PreSonus FaderPort Classic

Use for over 2 years. Protools 9 at baseline and 10 currently on Macbook Pro 2012 and OS 10.9.

Accustomed to more pro solutions (ProTools HD2 with C | 24 in the post-prod), I was looking for a motorized fader and touch for use at home or mobile. After some research and user reviews, I stopped on the Faderport, and I do not regret it! Especially for the price that I wanted to put on and it cost me

I need to pre-mix or act on writing automation with other mice, especially being a musician and sound designer (shorts, institutional, museum, audio book) with me in my modest home studio.

I love its simplicity, its motorized fader, stability and transport functions or some other.
I would have liked to have a direct access to the first plug in insert key example, with a possible increment in the inserts of the selected slice. Especially since in protools, a button is unused. But I quibble!

If I would do this choice? Yes, definitely, especially for basic functions I was looking for; never had a problem with (I know for others on the other hand ...) even after a flash EPROM. Only a message from time to time (but rare) telling me that my périf is offline: just disconnect and reconnect the usb it works again (it takes 1s). But I have the same problems with my other devices (a master keyboard)

The faderport is a compact desktop daw controller with a motorized fader for automation.

I switched to this unit from the behringer contril surface bcf2000. The faderport is $129 brand new, I got it for $80 off craigslist. Though the bcf2000 has 8 motorized faders, no led screen to know what track you are on can get confusing when banking through tracks. Since the faderport only has one fader I always know what track I'm on.

The unit has a nice compact size to it. It doesn't take up much space on my desk. The fader feels good and responds well. I've tested it with Logic 8 and Pro Tools 8. Works great in Logic! and is very easy to set up. Actually there is no set up. Logic sees it upon starting the program and your good to go. Way to go presonus. Pro Tools has dedicated mix and edit which are really nice if you main DAW is pro tools. The fader response is the second best I've seen on a control surface, the first would be the euphonix controllers, which are way more in price to the faderport. So for the price I feel you can't beat the faderport.

Logic worked great Pro Tools however acted a little funny, as expected. Since the faderport tricks Protools into thinking its a HUI device (which is the protocol Pro Tools uses for its control surfaces) I didn't expect it to work flawlessly. Sometimes buttons won't respond and I have to unplug the usb connection to restart the unit.
Also the buttons feel stiff to me, this may get better after continued use.
My final gripe is firmware update process. I downloaded the newest drivers and tried to check the firmware but that turned out to be frustrating, the unit just react like the manual said it should for when checking or installing the latest firmware.

Build quality is nice, besides the stiff buttons I do not have any complaints.

for $129 for a motorized fader you can not beat the faderport. Since it has one fader you always know what track your on. Also note that the motorized fader will not work unless its getting electrical power, however the unit will work with just usb power. This is a great way to do some manual automation with a fader for an affordable price.

This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I Read up on this item an decided to give it a try. This being my first presonus component. The drivers that come with it just do not work on some daw platforms. Mine being cubase studio 4.1. Just had some very weird reactions. At any rate the unit is very sturdy and the slider is smooth and all buttons solidly built. Contacted presonus about the problem, after a little prying I got them to send me a v1.2 beta driver for my cubase system. Everything works as it should after the update. I'm told when cubase did thier update, they changed some coding that presonus had to then rewrite the drivers to correct. At any rate, after that rocky start, this has to be the best thing other than growing another hand! It's very intuitive to use (and I'm left handed) the touch sensitive slider saves tons of mousework on volume control and the other controls are very usefull to speed up the workload. Highly recommend this item, but make shure you don't get frustrated out of the box until you get the correct updated driver.



All of the features work very well except for the pan control. It is either very jumpy or very precise, and sometimes jumps between being both. The only other thing I see wrong with the faderport is that the fader scrapes against the sides (very slightly) when reading automation. This doesn't seem to have any negative effects besides being slightly annoying.
Other than that it works flawlessly, and responds instantaneously, which is the most important factor.

This is an excellent product. FaderPort utilizes the same ultra high-quality Alps fader that is used in professional control surfaces and digital mixing consoles costing 200 times the price including DigiDesign's D-Command. The fader is very high quality and performs as promised. I only need, and would rather have, one very high quality fader than multiple lesser quality faders.

According to the representative of the brand Presonus at Namm 2006, the product will be available only in July and the price will be around 199 euros! (A bit expensive for me but ...) I board never heard of a sale with sound card?? As written below, the product may, as far as I entered, bought separately!
For my part I tried it and the beta version works pretty well, I tried to do the planting in vain. You get used much and after a while of use it can be used with eyes closed, the fader is well made and its course is flexible enough, at least it is a product that interests me, given I do not really need several motorized fader as the price is not the same, although of course FaderPort get the possibility to control multiple tracks simultaneously, track group, for example. But all this is a matter of utilitée, and this little gadget is quite handy.

I use it for a month ... It's great, I can not do without.
It is good quality trs (trs motorized fader prcis, buttons enjoyable, although it does not move ballast). It gives a professional impression, not that of a plastic toy.
We quickly took over trs. Rel is a comfort.

It is very practical for the particular part Mix. At every track change buttons for s'clairent reflter the state of the track and the motorized fader located one position.

One little snag to power the fader must connect a power supply, USB is not enough. But it's really not a problem compared to the benefits!
I would do without this choice hsiter.

Petite Modified: APRS several months of use, still convinced. Re not say.

It'll be a few months that I have.
I hesitate to take larger, but in the end mouse in the right hand and on the left and FaderPort not need 36faders is doing very well like that
The fader is rather quiet, super adjustable by cubase4, drivers work fine (once you've transferred all of its Logitech USB PC, there were many people bored with it, the FaderPort not recognized as "USB Audio Device" in windobe in the presence of Logitech USB audio driver on some machine, then useless, and just know everything is in order)

Some negatives though:
The buttons, I expected to have a flexible rubber buttons and silent, and no, they are plastoc and rather noisy, we have the right to a "fake" Each time, I find rather unpleasant, so that with rubber buttons, all was silent.
And pan is notched! How horrible! at least it does not stop (but do not really trust issue strength), but the notches and buttons is two points lower without these two features a little disturbing to me was the perfect product for the budget wishing to mix with their ears, not eyes on the screen to nab the good faders with the mouse.

The PreSonus Fader Port is a motorized MIDI based mini control surface, designed for use with your digital audio workstation. It is nice and small and is perfect for controlling your basic functions without having to control everything inside the box. This controller has a single fader, transport buttons like rewind, fast forward, stop, play, and record, as well as options for automation, channel selection, mute, solo, record ready, and pan. It also has buttons for window viewing options and other transport functions. This model is very easy to use and is quite helpful if you are looking to go outside the box and use some actual buttons. It is perfect for those on a budget who don't want to get a full fledged control surface either for price reasons or size. The PreSonus Fader Port is easy to move around and is also great for the portable studio. The price of the PreSonus Fader Port is probably the best part, as it is aimed at home studio owners more than the professional studio owner. PreSonus makes some good products at a cheap prices, and this is another great innovation from the company. While this isn't the most sturdily built piece of equipment, if you treat it right it should last a while. The look of the PreSonus Fader Port is pretty nice, with all types of colors and flashing lights that will be sure to impress the clients. Everything is laid out smartly and is easy to find, making it easy to use overall. While I don't always use all of the functions possible on this unit, I find that it is worth it to use for the basic transport and fader options alone. All in all, the PreSonus Fader Port is a nice little control surface perfect for home and small recording studio owners.