Rich_S
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I got an email last night from Sweetwater, containing Mitch Gallagher's demo of the new PreSonus FaderPort. I watched it, and thought it does a lot of useful/cool stuff. I've been thinking for a while that I ought to invest in a small control surface; it seems as though it would make a lot of tasks easier than the basic mouse-screen interface.
My question is, how well do these things work (or alternately, how hard is it to make them work) with Reaper? I see that the FaderPort has several modes. The first is a native mode to work with Studio One, but it also specs several other DAWs it will work with: "... Logic Pro X, Cubase, Live, and more via Mackie’s Control Universal emulation." Reaper is conspicuously absent.
And it's not just just PreSonus. I get the impression that most hardware control surfaces will work with a variety of DAWs (maybe some better than others), but nobody ever mentions Reaper in their marketing spiel.
How much hassle is it to set these little control surfaces up with Reaper, and what's the basic gist of the procedure (Cliff's notes version)? We're at it, I guess the same question applies to the small combination keyboard/drum pad/control surfaces.
My question is, how well do these things work (or alternately, how hard is it to make them work) with Reaper? I see that the FaderPort has several modes. The first is a native mode to work with Studio One, but it also specs several other DAWs it will work with: "... Logic Pro X, Cubase, Live, and more via Mackie’s Control Universal emulation." Reaper is conspicuously absent.
And it's not just just PreSonus. I get the impression that most hardware control surfaces will work with a variety of DAWs (maybe some better than others), but nobody ever mentions Reaper in their marketing spiel.
How much hassle is it to set these little control surfaces up with Reaper, and what's the basic gist of the procedure (Cliff's notes version)? We're at it, I guess the same question applies to the small combination keyboard/drum pad/control surfaces.