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Penguinologist
I've been using the free MIDI Touchbar software lately which is a good option if you have a relatively new Mac Book Pro. Especially useful if I'm working away from my keyboard. Really smooth controls! Especially good when I'm getting into the details and trying to put together some performative automation.
It's totally customisable so I have it set up with two main faders for modulation and expression and then a few extra faders in little submenus for some CC signals and a few buttons which I rarely use at all. Love it!
I'm an Ableton Live user so it fully integrates with my DAW (I think it does the same for Cubase and Bitwig). So you can quickly access controls for any device. Here I can control whatever track I have open or any device I have selected (e.g. sampler settings or reverb controls etc.).
As a side note. The Ableton Live Sampler (and the simplified version called Simpler) are fantastic. I've been getting a lot of mileage from them lately. Incredibly useful for making very quick sampler instruments in productions.
It's totally customisable so I have it set up with two main faders for modulation and expression and then a few extra faders in little submenus for some CC signals and a few buttons which I rarely use at all. Love it!
I'm an Ableton Live user so it fully integrates with my DAW (I think it does the same for Cubase and Bitwig). So you can quickly access controls for any device. Here I can control whatever track I have open or any device I have selected (e.g. sampler settings or reverb controls etc.).
As a side note. The Ableton Live Sampler (and the simplified version called Simpler) are fantastic. I've been getting a lot of mileage from them lately. Incredibly useful for making very quick sampler instruments in productions.
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