Best Controllers?

Silas · Postby **Silas** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 18:47

Can anyone give me some basic advice on what to look for in a controller for PMX? I am primarily interested in fader control but assignable knobs would be good as well.

Should I stick with MIDI controllers if I can't afford one with Oasis protocol?

Can anyone confirm if the JLCooper controllers work well with PMX?

Thanks,
Silas

tim · Postby **tim** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 00:35

Hi Silas,

See my recent post on the Tascam US-2400:

http://forum.merging.com/viewtopic.php?t=1685

Give me a call anytime, we can discuss...

Best wishes,

Tim

Paulo M · Postby **Paulo M** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 14:29

Hi,

I work with Merging´s Isis controller with extension fader unit and works wonderfully. If 8 physical faders is enough for you, I don´t see the point of having anything else, as Isis was designed for Pyramix. As far as the JL Cooper goes, I think its a nightmare to work with Pyramix. Regards,

Paulo

Julian Gough · Postby **Julian Gough** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 23:12

tim wrote:Hi Silas,

See my recent post on the Tascam US-2400:

http://forum.merging.com/viewtopic.php?t=1685

Give me a call anytime, we can discuss...

Best wishes,

Tim

Sorry I'm late,

I am also interested in this subject, but I'm looking for lots of faders. 8 just will not be enough. I liked the look of the US-2400, but I understand this to be no longer available.

Does anyone know of a similar device. I've already looked at the SmartAV and I am aware of what Euphonics can do.

Regards,

Julian

tim · Postby **tim** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 05:58

I do see Tascam US-2400 units available on Ebay from time to time, in fact there are two listed at the moment.

Tim Martyn

spoons · Postby **spoons** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:36

http://www.presonus.com/faderport.html

This hasn't got many faders ... infact just one ... check out the quicktime movie ... looks nice ....

and at £100 ...

could it work with pyramix ?

klaukholm · Postby **klaukholm** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:29

I would like to report that the Motormix is working quite well with Enhanced MIDI control.
I believe there is even more functionality to gain from it if Merging were to release a specific preset rather than the HUI mode.

Pierre-André Aebischer · Postby **Pierre-André Aebischer** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:43

Hello,

I believe there is even more functionality to gain from it if Merging were to release a specific preset rather than the HUI mode.

In fact, it would be HUI mode anyhow, but if you look in:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Merging Technologies\Controllers

you will find some XML files, these are the description files you are using when selecting US_2400, Raditek, or Mackie HUI, all originated from the same file and customized for specific controllers.

So while yes, we could/should/will provide more templates for more controllers, you are also perfectly free to experiment with editing and fine tune to your needs one that is already suitable for you.

... with an editor like Wordpad, a midi sniffer like Midiox to see what's coming form the controller and a bit of patience.

I will try to post a Tech Note with some more help as soon as I can, and perhaps, if needs be, we could create a place (in the forum) for posting custom templates.

klaukholm · Postby **klaukholm** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 01:09

A place to post custom templates would indeed be very helpful.

audioadvantage · Postby **audioadvantage** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 09:34

More a general question here, is anyone running a Yamaha DM100V2 with PMX? If so what mode (MIDI or HUI) and how much do they like each other? I had a Tascam DM 24 for a while (now have a ISIS and very happy) running MIDI and the PMX mixer would freeze….often. Just looking at some mixer options for down the track.
Thanks in advance and Merry Christmas!
John

klaukholm · Postby **klaukholm** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:22

We had the freezing problem and found it was the midi interface.
When we changed interface the problem was gone.

audioadvantage · Postby **audioadvantage** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:58

Thanks Kjetil, what midi interface were/are you using? At the time of using the DM 24 I had a an M-Audio Midi to USB converter….could that have been the problem??
And ooops, yes I did mean a Yamaha DM1000-V2….tis the silly season

klaukholm · Postby **klaukholm** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 14:22

That is the very MIDI interface we had problems with.
We are using edirol now and that works fine.
Merging has a few midi/usb interfaces listed that are confirmed to work.

audioadvantage · Postby **audioadvantage** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 14:33

Hey thanks for that Kjetil, that puts my mind at rest re the M-Audio converter.
John

Postby **J.Wajer** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 20:33

Major *BUMP*

Is there anyone out there working with Pyramix and a Euphonics MC Pro controller? I would love to recieve some in-depth information concerning this combination. I have seen the Richard Meredith's videos on YouTube and the Euphonics site, but they dont really go in-depth into the MC Pro controller surface.
Can the soft knobs, rotaries and keys of the MC Pro control any Pyramix function/parameter? Can you assign transport, locators, macros, automation (fader and plugin) to the controller? Is the Eucon protocol (via Oasis) fully implemented in Pyramix?