New Toy - Novation SL Zero

[Romain Gros]

Paul ,
I got the 37SL MkI. My experience with
Novation seemed very attractive/sexy but in the end i was a bit  
disappointed for different reasons... (  maybe the first one is  for   
update of Automap 3 I must pay :-s)
I still use automap 2 cause I heard and read that the third version of  
automap was buggy ( maybe they did an update of it now days).
Automap template and universal automap mode work very well with  
Ableton IMO ( easy to learn in automap mode etc), but  in Logic 8 you  
can t control the third party of the plugins ...
you can still learn -manuelly in a 'non automap' mode  but you have to  
convert CC  to Fader number in the environment ... ( maybe this is  
solved with the 3rd version). but all those are a bit confusing in the  
end ...

My keys and knobs are ok on my novation SL 37 , I used to get problems  
with some buttons (stayed stuck),the 8 drums pad are ok for my test ,
the two screens are cool... the touch pad is not bad ... but i don t  
like the joystick ...

About the MkII The touch control seems to be cool  , but i will prefer  
some motorised fader + i miss the second screen ( why Novation put the  
second screen  away ? for  manufacture cost reasons ? I don t know )...

If I can advice you something don t buy it on the net, go in the shop  
with your computer if you can  and try it before on the daw you want  
to control to see if it will give you what you are looking for .
Some features of Automap 3 seems really cool tho ...
but I read already couple of problems on the net but maybe they are  
solved today ...
check it twice !!! :)

All in all, I m happy with it , but it took me a while to manage what  
I wanted to do with it ...

Romain



On Jun 14, 2009, at 12:14 AM, punkdISCO wrote:

> Hey all – back from LIMs and got one of these:
>
> http://www.novationmusic.com/products/midi_controller/zero_sl_mk_ii
>
> Its all pretty sexy. I think it will be replacing my Doepfer  
> Drehbank but will have to see how well it works with my lovely MKS80.
>
> I have been intrigued by the Novation Automap technology for a year  
> or two. Today I have had the usual setup nonsense but the small  
> success I have had have been very arousing.
>
> I got this version as I figures I needed knobs directly under my  
> monitor, along with a keyboard which had to be separate due to space  
> issues.
>
> I will give a bit more feedback after I have done more with it..
>
> (very quiet day btw)..
>
> Paul
> London
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