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jeanpaulpollue « very good stuff, but design could be improved under Live »
Published on 11/26/12 at 09:12I use it for 3 days with Ableton Live 8, and as you say I am completely satisfied.
For the same budget, I actually hesitated between AlphaTrack the BCF2000 and obviously FADERPORT.
But I found the Alphatrack may be a bit too cheap for my taste, as well as the BCF2000.
What I especially pushed this choice is the quality of the fader, it is extremely accurate with his fader 10cm long, its build quality and its silence.
And personal choices, the lack of space at home for a Mackie Control, and the fact that I often travel with my equipment for services outside of my home studio.
It is necessary to connect an external power supply to use the motorized fader, which is self-powered by USB, but that's the price to pay for a fader responsive, accurate and smooth.
It is said that on a lot of forums that it is not compatible with VST plugins, but there is in Live mode "plugin control."
That being said, it is sufficient to position on runway plugin to control; press the button Touch the FADERPORT to put in "control plugin" to navigate through the various plugins (there is no indicator to tell you what level you are, so be it head) with the left or right and then select the one you want to control with the Bank button.
Then you navigate through the various controls of the plugin in question with the left or right.
(The number steps to reach the desired setting can actually daunting one, which is why I advise you to directly assign the controls you want to Racks Instruments Live)
Once we understand how it works, we can finally use the fader (with a resolution of 1024 points I think) to control all the envelopes that you want!
Finished envelopes with the effects of stairs which sometimes can be heard
Finally, I would say that I struggled to make it work with Live, he had to go through several steps to update the firmware, understand that the material was not "natively" Live compatible and that it was necessary to go to Live carry a key combination to each ignition (all this was not indicated on the paper manual mode because obviously appeared to Live As a measure of firmware updates, so for all additional information, refer to the ENGLISH site)
I also regret that the potentiometer is notched pan ...
The price / quality ratio is very decent for what is proposed.
I remake that choice without hesitation if it falls behind.
For the same budget, I actually hesitated between AlphaTrack the BCF2000 and obviously FADERPORT.
But I found the Alphatrack may be a bit too cheap for my taste, as well as the BCF2000.
What I especially pushed this choice is the quality of the fader, it is extremely accurate with his fader 10cm long, its build quality and its silence.
And personal choices, the lack of space at home for a Mackie Control, and the fact that I often travel with my equipment for services outside of my home studio.
It is necessary to connect an external power supply to use the motorized fader, which is self-powered by USB, but that's the price to pay for a fader responsive, accurate and smooth.
It is said that on a lot of forums that it is not compatible with VST plugins, but there is in Live mode "plugin control."
That being said, it is sufficient to position on runway plugin to control; press the button Touch the FADERPORT to put in "control plugin" to navigate through the various plugins (there is no indicator to tell you what level you are, so be it head) with the left or right and then select the one you want to control with the Bank button.
Then you navigate through the various controls of the plugin in question with the left or right.
(The number steps to reach the desired setting can actually daunting one, which is why I advise you to directly assign the controls you want to Racks Instruments Live)
Once we understand how it works, we can finally use the fader (with a resolution of 1024 points I think) to control all the envelopes that you want!
Finished envelopes with the effects of stairs which sometimes can be heard
Finally, I would say that I struggled to make it work with Live, he had to go through several steps to update the firmware, understand that the material was not "natively" Live compatible and that it was necessary to go to Live carry a key combination to each ignition (all this was not indicated on the paper manual mode because obviously appeared to Live As a measure of firmware updates, so for all additional information, refer to the ENGLISH site)
I also regret that the potentiometer is notched pan ...
The price / quality ratio is very decent for what is proposed.
I remake that choice without hesitation if it falls behind.