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thanx bud,but i think im inclining more towards the NI maschine,it does all im looking for and it seems awesome but we will see... Luis On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Sjaak Overgaauw <tcplugin@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > > -- > Sjaak Overgaauw > http://premonitionfactory.com/ > http://livelooping.be/ > > -- www.luis-angulo.com