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| Controller for you guys who are using Steiny native systems [message #84419] |
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Deej [4]
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Registered: January 2007
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I'm currently using a Steinberg Houston controller. I had been thinking
about getting one of those Mackie control units (MCU) for quite a while but
I wanted to try one out first. When I was in Denver, I had a chance to look
one over while Aaron and I were at GC. What a cheap, flimsy feeling POS
compared to the Houston. Really inferior as far as workmanship, IMO. The
ability to add more faders is nice on these , but I'm liking being able to
just jump to different fader sets on the Houston and stay right in the sweet
spot. If you're using Cubase or Nuendo, I would recommend getting the
Houston..........yeah, I know it's been discontinued and may not really
integrate as well with other programs (though it will work in HUI mode) ,
but, with the exception of the USB driver, they will continue to support it
and it maps itself flawlessly to Cubase or Nuendo. Since it will work with
midi, the USB driver isn't an issue so this will allow it to move into the
64 bit software when it is released. The only bummer about it is that I
can't get it to enable/disable the track monitoring buttons on the Cubase
GUI. I'm looking into this though and maybe I've missed something. Other
than having to mouse these, it's functionality with the Steiny products is
very nice and they are cheap on EBay compared to the Mackie stuff.
I wish Paris would have had something like this.
Deej
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| Re: Controller for you guys who are using Steiny native systems [message #84421 is a reply to message #84419] |
Sat, 12 May 2007 16:32  |
Chris Ludwig
Messages: 868
Registered: May 2006
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HI DJ,
You talking about the new one or the old?
The Mackie is still the best one overall. Outside of the Houston it is
the best made and best supported of the bunch. The MIxed Logic is the
only that is more well made but is kinda of a boat and is way over
priced IMHO. Don't forget that the Mackie will work with allot of th
other software unlike the Houston. The Mackie Control can even control
the Total Mix.
Chris
DJ wrote:
> I'm currently using a Steinberg Houston controller. I had been thinking
> about getting one of those Mackie control units (MCU) for quite a while but
> I wanted to try one out first. When I was in Denver, I had a chance to look
> one over while Aaron and I were at GC. What a cheap, flimsy feeling POS
> compared to the Houston. Really inferior as far as workmanship, IMO. The
> ability to add more faders is nice on these , but I'm liking being able to
> just jump to different fader sets on the Houston and stay right in the sweet
> spot. If you're using Cubase or Nuendo, I would recommend getting the
> Houston..........yeah, I know it's been discontinued and may not really
> integrate as well with other programs (though it will work in HUI mode) ,
> but, with the exception of the USB driver, they will continue to support it
> and it maps itself flawlessly to Cubase or Nuendo. Since it will work with
> midi, the USB driver isn't an issue so this will allow it to move into the
> 64 bit software when it is released. The only bummer about it is that I
> can't get it to enable/disable the track monitoring buttons on the Cubase
> GUI. I'm looking into this though and maybe I've missed something. Other
> than having to mouse these, it's functionality with the Steiny products is
> very nice and they are cheap on EBay compared to the Mackie stuff.
>
> I wish Paris would have had something like this.
>
> Deej
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Chris Ludwig
ADK
chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
(859) 635-5762
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| Re: Controller for you guys who are using Steiny native systems [message #84423 is a reply to message #84421] |
Sat, 12 May 2007 16:51 |
Deej [4]
Messages: 1292
Registered: January 2007
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Understood Chris,
I'm talking strictly for Steinberg, nothing else. The old MCU is flimsy by
comparison in just about every way.
Deej
"Chris Ludwig" <chrisl@adkproaudio.com> wrote in message
news:4646501b@linux...
> HI DJ,
> You talking about the new one or the old?
> The Mackie is still the best one overall. Outside of the Houston it is the
> best made and best supported of the bunch. The MIxed Logic is the only
> that is more well made but is kinda of a boat and is way over priced IMHO.
> Don't forget that the Mackie will work with allot of th other software
> unlike the Houston. The Mackie Control can even control the Total Mix.
>
>
> Chris
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> DJ wrote:
>> I'm currently using a Steinberg Houston controller. I had been thinking
>> about getting one of those Mackie control units (MCU) for quite a while
>> but I wanted to try one out first. When I was in Denver, I had a chance
>> to look one over while Aaron and I were at GC. What a cheap, flimsy
>> feeling POS compared to the Houston. Really inferior as far as
>> workmanship, IMO. The ability to add more faders is nice on these , but
>> I'm liking being able to just jump to different fader sets on the Houston
>> and stay right in the sweet spot. If you're using Cubase or Nuendo, I
>> would recommend getting the Houston..........yeah, I know it's been
>> discontinued and may not really integrate as well with other programs
>> (though it will work in HUI mode) , but, with the exception of the USB
>> driver, they will continue to support it and it maps itself flawlessly to
>> Cubase or Nuendo. Since it will work with midi, the USB driver isn't an
>> issue so this will allow it to move into the 64 bit software when it is
>> released. The only bummer about it is that I can't get it to
>> enable/disable the track monitoring buttons on the Cubase GUI. I'm
>> looking into this though and maybe I've missed something. Other than
>> having to mouse these, it's functionality with the Steiny products is
>> very nice and they are cheap on EBay compared to the Mackie stuff.
>>
>> I wish Paris would have had something like this.
>>
>> Deej
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>>
>>
>
> --
> Chris Ludwig
> ADK
> chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
> www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
> (859) 635-5762
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| Re: Controller for you guys who are using Steiny native systems [message #84445 is a reply to message #84423] |
Sun, 13 May 2007 07:54 |
Chris Ludwig
Messages: 868
Registered: May 2006
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HI DJ,
Yes I agree. The new one does seem allot nicer overall.
Chris
Chris
DJ wrote:
> Understood Chris,
>
> I'm talking strictly for Steinberg, nothing else. The old MCU is flimsy by
> comparison in just about every way.
>
> Deej
>
> "Chris Ludwig" <chrisl@adkproaudio.com> wrote in message
> news:4646501b@linux...
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>> HI DJ,
>> You talking about the new one or the old?
>> The Mackie is still the best one overall. Outside of the Houston it is the
>> best made and best supported of the bunch. The MIxed Logic is the only
>> that is more well made but is kinda of a boat and is way over priced IMHO.
>> Don't forget that the Mackie will work with allot of th other software
>> unlike the Houston. The Mackie Control can even control the Total Mix.
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
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>>
>> DJ wrote:
>>
>>> I'm currently using a Steinberg Houston controller. I had been thinking
>>> about getting one of those Mackie control units (MCU) for quite a while
>>> but I wanted to try one out first. When I was in Denver, I had a chance
>>> to look one over while Aaron and I were at GC. What a cheap, flimsy
>>> feeling POS compared to the Houston. Really inferior as far as
>>> workmanship, IMO. The ability to add more faders is nice on these , but
>>> I'm liking being able to just jump to different fader sets on the Houston
>>> and stay right in the sweet spot. If you're using Cubase or Nuendo, I
>>> would recommend getting the Houston..........yeah, I know it's been
>>> discontinued and may not really integrate as well with other programs
>>> (though it will work in HUI mode) , but, with the exception of the USB
>>> driver, they will continue to support it and it maps itself flawlessly to
>>> Cubase or Nuendo. Since it will work with midi, the USB driver isn't an
>>> issue so this will allow it to move into the 64 bit software when it is
>>> released. The only bummer about it is that I can't get it to
>>> enable/disable the track monitoring buttons on the Cubase GUI. I'm
>>> looking into this though and maybe I've missed something. Other than
>>> having to mouse these, it's functionality with the Steiny products is
>>> very nice and they are cheap on EBay compared to the Mackie stuff.
>>>
>>> I wish Paris would have had something like this.
>>>
>>> Deej
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> --
>> Chris Ludwig
>> ADK
>> chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
>> www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
>> (859) 635-5762
>>
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Chris Ludwig
ADK
chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
(859) 635-5762
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| Re: Controller for you guys who are using Steiny native systems [message #84474 is a reply to message #84445] |
Sun, 13 May 2007 15:21 |
Martin Harrington
Messages: 560
Registered: September 2005
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I've just bought the M-Audio MixControl, and I think, for multi DAW work,
that it's fantastic.
I'm using it as a front end for PT M-Powered, and also for Nuendo, and to me
, it seems to integrate better with Nuendo than PT.
One drawback that I can see is the fact that in Nuendo mode, and maybe PT
mode as well, the input mic level can only be controlled by the trim pots at
the top of the mixer, not the main faders ,,,, unless I'm doing something
wrong, which is more than likely.
It doesn't seem to control the record input faders on Nuendo, just the mix
faders, and I assume it does the same for PT.
Anyone have any ideas as to why this is the case, if it is?
--
Martin Harrington
www.lendanear-sound.com
"Chris Ludwig" <chrisl@adkproaudio.com> wrote in message
news:46472805$1@linux...
> HI DJ,
> Yes I agree. The new one does seem allot nicer overall.
>
> Chris
>
> Chris
>
>
> DJ wrote:
>> Understood Chris,
>>
>> I'm talking strictly for Steinberg, nothing else. The old MCU is flimsy
>> by comparison in just about every way.
>>
>> Deej
>>
>> "Chris Ludwig" <chrisl@adkproaudio.com> wrote in message
>> news:4646501b@linux...
>>
>>> HI DJ,
>>> You talking about the new one or the old?
>>> The Mackie is still the best one overall. Outside of the Houston it is
>>> the best made and best supported of the bunch. The MIxed Logic is the
>>> only that is more well made but is kinda of a boat and is way over
>>> priced IMHO. Don't forget that the Mackie will work with allot of th
>>> other software unlike the Houston. The Mackie Control can even control
>>> the Total Mix.
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> DJ wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm currently using a Steinberg Houston controller. I had been thinking
>>>> about getting one of those Mackie control units (MCU) for quite a while
>>>> but I wanted to try one out first. When I was in Denver, I had a chance
>>>> to look one over while Aaron and I were at GC. What a cheap, flimsy
>>>> feeling POS compared to the Houston. Really inferior as far as
>>>> workmanship, IMO. The ability to add more faders is nice on these , but
>>>> I'm liking being able to just jump to different fader sets on the
>>>> Houston and stay right in the sweet spot. If you're using Cubase or
>>>> Nuendo, I would recommend getting the Houston..........yeah, I know
>>>> it's been discontinued and may not really integrate as well with other
>>>> programs (though it will work in HUI mode) , but, with the exception of
>>>> the USB driver, they will continue to support it and it maps itself
>>>> flawlessly to Cubase or Nuendo. Since it will work with midi, the USB
>>>> driver isn't an issue so this will allow it to move into the 64 bit
>>>> software when it is released. The only bummer about it is that I can't
>>>> get it to enable/disable the track monitoring buttons on the Cubase
>>>> GUI. I'm looking into this though and maybe I've missed something.
>>>> Other than having to mouse these, it's functionality with the Steiny
>>>> products is very nice and they are cheap on EBay compared to the Mackie
>>>> stuff.
>>>>
>>>> I wish Paris would have had something like this.
>>>>
>>>> Deej
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> --
>>> Chris Ludwig
>>> ADK
>>> chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
>>> www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
>>> (859) 635-5762
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>>
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> --
> Chris Ludwig
> ADK
> chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
> www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
> (859) 635-5762
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