AN ONLINE ACID7 BROTHER (I can hardly believe I found one)
Protech ==
Reference my recent post on Sony's Acid User forum:
HERE
I really like the
Korg nanoKONTROL for general DAW control, and the
Korg padKONTROL for drums and more. The pK pads can also control DAW operations, as they can be assigned to either Midi Note values or Continuous Control (CC) values.
As you'll see in my Sony post, Acid hardware control is lagging badly when
variable CC values are involved (where the value ranges from 0-127 as used to move a fader or pan knob). Sony tech support replied to me today, suggesting I turn off all the crap that resides in my Windows XP startup. I tried that and it helped a lot. I had to ask for more info, but if the problem really does turn out to be
not enough computer, I think I'm destined to build a new, modern, multi-core PC with at least 4mb of ram.
For the record, my PC is a stabile old Pentium4 at 2.53GHz, with just 1GB of ram. If yours is a newer multicore with more ram, you might not experience my problem at all (that is, IF my problem is due to old hardware rather than Acid 7 issues).
You can get
the nanoKONTROL on Amazon for $55, shipped free. 9 faders, 9 knobs, 18 buttons - and you can program them to function in several different ways (toggle, momentary, fade-up/fade-down, etc). Beyond that, you can switch among four onboard scenes, and an infinite number of scenes you've stored on your harddrive. The padKONTROL is comparable in terms of versatility and available for $149 via Amazon or NovaMusik. Both provide
excellent value.
Don't buy these
used unless you can test them first-hand (just trust me on that).
I suggest you look up
Stray411 on YouTube and watch his videos on nanoKONTROL and padKONTROL. And visit his
nativeKONTROL website to watch his product videos. It's a good basic education on what you can do with these relatively simple midi controllers.
EDITED: See image below.
The Presonus Fader Port driver appears in my Acid 7 Available Devices, but I don't have one. I
do use a
Presonus Firestudio Project firewire interface, so maybe it originates from there...
In any case,
be sure you install drivers for yours. You should be able to set it up as a
Generic Control Device, assigning fader and other controllers to operate on the active Audio Channel. You'll need to set that device's Number of Channels for the maximum number of channels you intend to control via hardware. IIRC, the Faderport controls only a single track, so you'll need to set up buttons for Channels > Channel Up and Channels > Channel Down to adjust which audio channel is active.
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