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in control > in an ergonomic stand-alone unit that fits easily under the hand. The software can be configured to assign various features to most DAWs and video editors. The Pro V includes a silver easygrip jog wheel, and a rubberised and sprung shuttle wheel around it. There’s also an impressive complement of fifteen assignable buttons. These can be used to create your own favourite quickcut edit shortcuts – the whole not unlike a budget version of Fairlight’s Binnacle highly rated interface. Nine of the buttons have removable keytops for custom legending. The other six are conveniently placed for quick access, and even without legending muscle memor y soon makes them transparent. For users who want a smaller feature set there’s also an Xpress model with five buttons and a jog/ shuttle wheel for . eight assignable ring-illuminated rotary encoders, eight illuminated buttons, a single mm cross fader, and a dial that controls whichever on-screen parameter is under your mouse pointer. Automap is controlled with a separate selection of buttons which drive on-screen parameter viewing and plug-in switching. light enough to use while travelling. Two octaves of keys can be switched between velocity sensitive MIDI note transmission – there’s no aftertouch – or preset MIDI CC message triggers. A couple of extra modulation buttons can be set up to send extra messages. It’s easy to set up the whole for quick switching and muting of mixer tracks or sample triggering. There’s also a free cut-down software version of Korg’s M workstation synthesiser (although you may want more than notes to get the most from that). Korg Nanopad GB www.korg.co.uk GB www.novationmusic.com This minimal budget co n t ro l l e r t a k e s Novation’s clever automap technology and moves it into a tiny format designed to work next to a laptop or QWERTY keyboard. While the Nocturn is really aimed at cross-over and club use, the automated parameter assignment and easy page switching means it can also find a Project1home in a professional pm Page The controller 30/5/08 3:02 workspace. 3 complement is as basic as the price – there are Novation Noc turn Understated nano -inter face with some unexpectedly useful features. The touch pads are velocity sensitive and can send MIDI note and controller data, so they’re ideal for triggering samples for sound design, and can also be used for creative plug-in control and for soloing/muting mixer tracks. The XY pad includes roll and flam modes for drum programming, but can also send out any MIDI control change parameter for two-way control of plug-ins and effects. Four scene memories provide fast switching between set-ups, which can be programmed using software available as a free download from Korg’s website. Korg Nanokontrol GB www.korg.co.uk Korg Nanokey GB www.korg.co.uk Probably the smallest and cheapest keyboard controller available, the Nanokey is cheap and The last of the Korg nano-interfaces packs an impressive nine nano-channels with extra transport controls into a tiny interface. Each channel includes a (very) short-throw fader, an assignable rotary encoder, and two buttons. Assignments can be stored in four scenes. The default set-up assumes traditional mixing, with the faders assigned to volume, the switches to mutes and solos, and the rotaries to panning. But almost any parameter can be assigned to any of the controllers on each channel, so the unit is potentially far more flexible. The one catch is the lack of automapping – plug-in parameters have to be set up in a scene by hand. ∫ The Bricasti Design Model7 Stereo Reverb Processor The team: The Bricasti Design Model 7 provides the highest level of musicality and ease of control imaginable in a processor dedicated to the task of reverberation. A modern high resolution digital design, utilizing a stunning array of the latest DSP processors, provides a platform for the long overdue next step in reverb processing algorithms. A separate fully differential analogue section and dedicated transformer based linear power supply provide the finest analogy specifications of any product of its kind. The new Bricasti Design Model 10 remote console is a dedicated hardware remote Controller for use with the M7 stereo reverb processor, it can control up to 8 units. The people team behind Bricasti, Brian Zolner and Charles Dowdell, have been in the reverb business for a long time, with many years experience working on the cutting edge of reverb technology design. The design philosophy of the Model 7 is a carefully considered statement of Bricasti’s vision of what the evolution of reverberation processing in its most classic form can be. SCV London, 40 Chigwell Lane, Oakwood Hill Industrial Estate, Loughton, Essex, IG10 3NY UK Tel: 020 8418 1470 www.scvlondon.co.uk http://www.korg.co.uk http://www.korg.co.uk http://www.novationmusic.com http://www.korg.co.uk http://www.scvlondon.co.uk http://www.scvlondon.co.uk

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