vicontrolu
Senior Member
The problem with the Control is there is no display on the 4 faders. I can't emphasise enough how important that display is - I'm constantly switching between volume, pan, sends, CCs etc and switching between single and multichannel mode. And of course roaming round projects with hundreds of channels. Without clear displays, it comes just a big dumb nightmare. Also the touchscreen on the control is not really that big a deal IMO - it tends to just get used for a few softkeys. And finally being able to mix on 8 faders is preferable to 4 for me - I do tend to grab whole armfuls at once on occasion.
The names of the 4 channels are displayed on the screen. While i agree is better to have them on top of the fader, it takes very little time to adapt to this (its just something like 10 degrees on the right anyway). Due to the fact that its just 4 channel info, you never get too lost there.
The soft keys shouldnt be overlooked, they can be used for basically anything you can think of (they can send QWERTY commands too). You can, for example, add your plugin(s) with a single touch on the screen, and map every parameter as you wish to the rotary knobs. You can define your own sets of softkeys, creating your own customized intefrace.
Its actually the closest thing to "not looking at the screen" controller type, and not limited just for the mixing stage.