Need help picking between two setups!

[buddha131]

disregard nanokontrol, acquire novation nocturn. all the knobs you need.

[ToOntown]

disregard nanokontrol, acquire novation nocturn. all the knobs you need.

8 knobs is all the knobs you need? i'm not even THAT into Ableton and I know 8 isn't enough.

I've been watching some pretty neat uses of the Launchpad and the BCR2000 and I think that's what I would use if I started performing in Ableton.

[zestoi]

disregard nanokontrol, acquire novation nocturn. all the knobs you need.

a) it doesn't have enough controls at all for most things

b) they're encoders not pots, which is better depends on what u want them for ofc. personally i prefer pots for most things, tho encoders are handy for some effects stuff and if u need to use them in multiple layers

[buddha131]

8 knobs is all the knobs you need? i'm not even THAT into Ableton and I know 8 isn't enough.

i can tell.

the launchpad has fader mode,
plus the middle knob on the nocturn is assignable to anything on the spot.
i dont even use knobs when i use abelton.
if you look at it from a really broad view, there are really only two decks so 8 is, in fact, a large enough number of knobs

edit: remember that there will be one, even two launchpads in this setup, which is more than complete. i am suggesting a nocturn as an alternative whatever the other thing was. It is good to have a crossfader, and some encoders to physically touch, as opposed to relying to the launchpad's touch sensitive thing. durrrrr

[ToOntown]

durrrrr

This was helpful.

[ToOntown]

*snip*

Wow... You must REALLY like the Novation Nocturn.

[zestoi]

Wow... You must REALLY like the Novation Nocturn.

it would seem so

it's not a bad controller and i have thought about picking one up to experiment with just to add some more encoders to my setup.

i don't like the layout of the encoders being offset in the way they are - tho thats only been done to add more space around them i presume.

also +1 on it giving a crossfader to the combined setup. any crossfader is better than no crossfader. can always be mapped to some effect if not needed.

[zimfella]

umm I think we need some moderating here...

http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/sho...ighlight=rules

don't meen to but in but some of the language here was out of hand.

[ToOntown]

it would seem so

it's not a bad controller and i have thought about picking one up to experiment with just to add some more encoders to my setup.

i don't like the layout of the encoders being offset in the way they are - tho thats only been done to add more space around them i presume.

also +1 on it giving a crossfader to the combined setup. any crossfader is better than no crossfader. can always be mapped to some effect if not needed.

I've read a lot more about it recently and I like the versatility, but I read that there are issues with mapping to VSTs and the Automap program seems a bit clunky. And for my money I'd rather have all of my controls available without running through the speed dial... still, might not be a bad setup to jam two of these in between two launchpads...

[zimfella]

I've read a lot more about it recently and I like the versatility, but I read that there are issues with mapping to VSTs and the Automap program seems a bit clunky. And for my money I'd rather have all of my controls available without running through the speed dial... still, might not be a bad setup to jam two of these in between two launchpads...

that does look like quite a sweet setup.