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MACKIE DESIGNS Mackie Control 

Sep 1, 2003,

By Nick Peck

Mackie Control is a full-featured expandable MIDI control surface offering automated 100 mm touch-sensitive motorized faders as well as transport controls. It supports most software DAWs on Mac and PC....

MACKIEBABY HUI 

May 1, 2003,

By Nick Peck

The original Mackie HUI (Human User Interface) MIDI control surface debuted in 1997 and transformed mixing in Pro Tools by offering a physical interface...

DIGIDESIGN DIGI 002 

Apr 1, 2003,

By Nick Peck

Digidesign has dominated professional music and post production with their TDM-based Pro Tools hardware and software. They have also made strong inroads into the project-studio market with the Digi 001 and Mbox products. With the introduction of the Digi 002, Digidesign creates a high resolution, portable host-based Pro Tools system with robust, flexible I/O and a comprehensive integrated control surface....

Event Electronics EZbus 

Sep 1, 2002,

By Brian Smithers

The EZbus from Event Electronics is an impressive hybrid that combines a digital mixer, a virtual control surface, and an audio/MIDI interface into a...

C-Mexx MIR (MIDI Interactive Remote) 

Jun 1, 2002,

By Brian Smithers

For every one of my students who ever cried out in frustration, Why, oh, why do we have to learn hexadecimal numbers? I have the best answer yet: the...

Take Control! 

Feb 1, 2002,

By Rob Shrock and Brian Smithers

In today's digital audio workstation environment, a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse are still the primary means of control. But as many desktop musicians have discovered, these are not the best or most intuitive tools for mixing audio. Enter the MIDI control surface....

Inexpensive Control Surfaces 

Feb 1, 2002,

By Brian Smithers

Those with limited budgets need not suffer the dread mixitis rodentus, the horrible condition caused by excessive mouse-handling while mixing. Indeed,...

High-End Control Surfaces 

Feb 1, 2002,

By Rob Shrock

Although it's possible to tackle some DAW-based mixing and automation tasks using simple MIDI controllers, that approach has clear limitations. If you...

Top-Notch for Pro Tools 

Feb 1, 2002,

Larry the O

Although control surfaces like HUI and MotorMix are made to interface nicely with Pro Tools, Digidesign makes its own Pro Tools control surfaces for high-end,...

Social Mixer 

Feb 1, 2002,

Larry the O

Use your mixer as a control surface, too... most digital mixers on the market (and even a few analog mixers) allow you to do that to one degree or another through MIDI....

Radikal SAC-2K Software Assigned Controller Review 

Jan 1, 2002,

By Brian Smithers

Radikal's SAC-2K occupies a market niche somewhere between generic MIDI fader devices and high-end proprietary control surfaces. When used with a compliant...

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