EDUARDO QUEZADA Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Which midi controller do you recommend that is full compatible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promidi Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 4 hours ago, EDUARDO QUEZADA said: Which midi controller do you recommend that is full compatible? Any standard MIDI controller that is visible to windows 10 as a MIDI device should be fine in Cakewalk. You are going to list what features you are after. How many keys, how many knobs, sliders, pads you're after. Whether you want velocity sensitive pads. The size of the pads. Whether you want aftertouch sensitivity on the keys. Whether you want to be able to split the keyboard, or send note data on dual channels. Whether you want to be able to program the sliders and pads to send what ever MIDI data you like. CCs, AFT, notes, or sysex Whether you want transport controlls How many a pitch bend or modulation wheels you're after. Whether you want to be able to add a sustain and/or foot controller pedal Whether you're using the MIDI controller as a straight MIDI controller or an ACT control surface Etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) Ableton Live probably has the most fully compatible choice of MIDI controllers available. But since we are talking about Cakewalk here, the controllers that work with the Cakewalk DAW controls usually require some manual configuration, and some features may not be available. Cakewalk can be used with any MIDI controller, although without an 'integrated' user experience. Now, if you are just interested in integrated control of instrument plug-ins, rather than full DAW control, then there are a couple of examples such as the Arturia and Native Instruments controllers. These are dedicated to their respective instruments such as Arturia Analog Lab, or NI Komplete, and should be fully compatible with these instruments in any DAW. They are also fully MIDI compliant and should work as generic MIDI controllers as well. Arturia has dedicated templates for certain DAWs as well, but unfortunately Cakewalk seems to fall into the "other" category, again. https://www.arturia.com/products/hybrid-synths/keylab-mkii/overview This controller includes overlays for Ableton Live, Logic Pro X, Pro Tools, Cubase, Studio One, Reaper, as well as standard Mackie and HUI setups. https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/keyboards/komplete-kontrol-s49-s61/ Works with all KOMPLETE and Native Kontrol Standard (NKS) instruments. Edited October 17, 2020 by abacab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinz Hupfer Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 HI:) Greetings;) Bassman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Fogle Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 @EDUARDO QUEZADA, Welcome to the forum and to Cakewalk by BandLab. Midi connectivity through USB is currently the most common method for connecting midi hardware. However many hardware midi controllers connect through 5 pin midi connectors. Generally USB connections use midi drivers already available in Windows 10 and to a lesser extent, Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 while 5 pin midi connectors will require midi drivers provided by the hardware manufacturer. I would stay away from 5 pin midi connectors unless your computer has dedicated 5 pin midi connectors. As others previously stated, compatibility depends more on what features you desire than the DAW. Again welcome. I hope you will update this thread and let us know your decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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