I target a different group which does not bite each other. Their controllers are beautiful and if you have the money go for it. In general it is of course a pitty we have no (free) access to the api, which would open up a next level of control without having to jump through hoops but i can live with it and understand it from BM's perspective and respect it. Its pure love and passion project at such a small scale Took me in total about 2-3 years the get to this level with zero financial benefits. The amount of effort you need to put into creating a full controller (rather then just random mapping a few features you need) has to be worth it so you better pick the best controller for the job and thats why i atm only cover 2 controllers (one large and one small portable.) with little reason to extend that. So hardwarewise, even if it would get or has a dumb midi mode, it looks sweet but i see atm no future for it for Resolve but am happy to be proven wrong. )Īnd it has no features for user feedback at all. for the apc40, which has the most ideal midi implementation for this sort of stuff i found, i can set each button/knob status via midi. Ideally, but not absolutely required, a controller has bidirectional midi (so e.g. The loopdeck has been too much designed and layed out with lightroom in mind rather then a general layout but for that it is a beauty and well worth it, but i would not choose it for Resolve. And with programmable lights you can program the all important user feedback absolutely required when mapping a thousand functions on a few knobs and buttons and still have it user friendly. For control itself, endless knobs is what you need the most ,but with buttons you can create logic and a user friendly controller. Hence i would have still chosen for the beatstep due to the perfect combinations of sufficient number of buttons and "endless" knobs, a useful midi implementation and super important programmable leds for feedback. And just that it sends out midi will also not mean the type of message or how (looped, endless, etc etc) wil be very usefull. Ok for a buttons box (like i use a launchpad mini or for the popular other small button boxes around). Just beeing able to map a few things means nothing without logic and user feedback. Separately and more to the specific hardware, you cant just randomly pick any midi controller as it needs to be "suitable" for the purpose of creating a logically laid out control surface and the physical features need to be suitable for dynamic changing controls of the type usefull for resolve. So for it to be usefull at all for treating it as a midi controller like i do and attach programming/logic etc to it, it needs to have some sort of dumb midi mode, sending out a (suitable !!) midi message for reach controller touched. Correct me if i am wrong, but it seemed to only work with a proprietary software. Had already adressed the Loupedeck in a few other post, but here we go.Īs far as i know (and i looked at it in my search for a new portable target controller after my apc40 project and when i ultimately decided to go for the beatstep), the loopdeck is NOT just a midi controller.
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