I am looking for a MIDI-controller / -keyboard that not only works as a MIDI input device but that also let me control cakewalk (including transport and mixer settings) and VST-Plugin. Many of the great options in the market support more then on DAW but they seam to ignore cakewalk, so no presets for CbB delivered.
So far I found the following options, that look promising to me:
Nektar Impact LX49+ - promises a good integration in CbB but seams to have a terrible key bed
Roland A-300/500 Pro - far superior IMHO, was once bundled with SONAR, not really sure how this translates to CbB
Any experience with one of these in CbB? Any recommendations? Did I miss some good alternatives?
Of course there is also the option to buy a controller without build-in compatibility and typ to configure the mapping myself.
How complicated is this and how far do I get? How do I get to know which functions can be mapped and which cannot (because of the implementation of the keyboard manufacturer)? Any recommendations for a good MIDI-keyboard that was successfully integrated?
Looking forward to the answers and really hope for some advice. So far it is all a great mess - so many options, so many different or misleading information.
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Marco Hattemer
I am looking for a MIDI-controller / -keyboard that not only works as a MIDI input device but that also let me control cakewalk (including transport and mixer settings) and VST-Plugin. Many of the great options in the market support more then on DAW but they seam to ignore cakewalk, so no presets for CbB delivered.
So far I found the following options, that look promising to me:
Any experience with one of these in CbB? Any recommendations? Did I miss some good alternatives?
Of course there is also the option to buy a controller without build-in compatibility and typ to configure the mapping myself.
How complicated is this and how far do I get? How do I get to know which functions can be mapped and which cannot (because of the implementation of the keyboard manufacturer)? Any recommendations for a good MIDI-keyboard that was successfully integrated?
Looking forward to the answers and really hope for some advice. So far it is all a great mess - so many options, so many different or misleading information.
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