Re: Ableton/Mobius consulting gig

[Sjaak Overgaauw <tcplugin@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Louie Angulo
<louie.angulo@googlemail.com> wrote:
> yes man! great that you are mentioning the Vestax VCM-600 midi
> controller gotta check it out,ive been debating which controller to
> use for Ableton
> right now im just using the cheap nano kontrol for basic stuff
> what made you choose this over the akai or novation pads anyway?

Plus
1) Physical layout and build quality: it feels like a quality analog
mixer and that's how I prefer to work
2) Visual feedback of mute, solo buttons etc. It's bi-directional. So
if you change a parameter in Ableton triggered by an external midi
controller like an FCB, the status of the LED on the VCM-600 will be
updated
3) It's flexible: Ableton comes with a default mapping for the Vestax,
but you can overrule that per button or fader if you want to adn
create your own mapping. Also: it will work with just any host, not
just ableton.
4) USB powered

Minus
1) Size and weight
2) Price, it's 625,- EUR at Thomann. I bought mine second hand though

Regarding the Akai (398 EUR) , that's a good controller too in terms
of build quality, the physical layout is less logical compared to the
Vestax and is smaller. The Novation Launchpad (158 EUR) is a sexy
beast but that's more oriented to clip functionality which I don't use
a lot yet, at least not live. But I'm thinking of building some
interesting midi automation clips and use these the same way as I used
Mobius scripts, and for triggering the clip, the  Novation is the max
I think.

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