Melbourne Instruments Roto-Control
Reddit take
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Pros
- Loving everything else about this device tho! Its awesome!
- I just got mine and I'm loving it as well! I remember when I first started using Ableton I searched for something like this, but couldn't find anything, and now it's a real thing! So cool!
- But these guys have gone the extra mile with the touch-sensitive motorized knobs, lovely tactile old school keyboard style buttons, which all feel super solid, and the decision to auto-save everything you do locally on the device, which...
- tl;dr: It's awesome - if you're like me and you've been wanting a controller like this for about a decade now -- something with 8 Rotary controls, each with digital scribble strips to see what param you're actually controlling, which alw...
- At first I was skeptical about the motorized knobs, because to me, encoders with LED rings seem a lot more cost effective and durable. But I didn't realize that the motors allow these knobs to behave as endless encoders, endless encoders...
Cons
- Parent context: did you find this out? Reply: No I tried a few things but I don’t have the time to dive deep and work things out I’d rather focus on production. I use it as a midi controller for my Octatrack and other Elektron gear. It’s...
- My main issue with it is no power button...or option to power down from the device as far as I can tell (no manual available to check...so maybe there is hope)
- Bug: in Mix mode, a track name that includes a macron breaks the display. i.e. an Ableton track named “Pākuru” causes the display to go completely blank - top and bottom half.
Sentiment
6 positive (60%) · 1 mixed (10%) · 3 negative (30%)
Trust + time weighted score: +20% · raw score 30%
What redditors said (10 of 10)
Parent context: did you find this out? Reply: No I tried a few things but I don’t have the time to dive deep and work things out I’d rather focus on production. I use it as a midi controller for my Octatrack and other Elektron gear. It’s still not very stable I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone looking to buy a midi controller
Loving everything else about this device tho! Its awesome!
I just got mine and I'm loving it as well! I remember when I first started using Ableton I searched for something like this, but couldn't find anything, and now it's a real thing! So cool!
My main issue with it is no power button...or option to power down from the device as far as I can tell (no manual available to check...so maybe there is hope)
My main issue with it is no power button...or option to power down from the device as far as I can tell (no manual available to check...so maybe there is hope) Really does not play nice with my mioXL because of that. The MioXL doesn't seem to have enough juice to power it alone, so I have to plug in a separate power adapter. That's not a problem... But as far as I can tell, there is no way to manually turn the device off from the unit. So I have to manually unplug both usb cables every time I want to turn it on or off. So annoying!
Bug: in Mix mode, a track name that includes a macron breaks the display. i.e. an Ableton track named “Pākuru” causes the display to go completely blank - top and bottom half.
But these guys have gone the extra mile with the touch-sensitive motorized knobs, lovely tactile old school keyboard style buttons, which all feel super solid, and the decision to auto-save everything you do locally on the device, which makes mapping super fast.
tl;dr: It's awesome - if you're like me and you've been wanting a controller like this for about a decade now -- something with 8 Rotary controls, each with digital scribble strips to see what param you're actually controlling, which always reflect the correct value of the param being controlled, in a compact, slim form factor that doesn't take over your whole desk, and also a mix mode that's auto-mapped to Ableton, this is exactly what I'd hoped it would be, and it's made both producing and performing in Ableton so much more fun.
At first I was skeptical about the motorized knobs, because to me, encoders with LED rings seem a lot more cost effective and durable. But I didn't realize that the motors allow these knobs to behave as endless encoders, endless encoders with discrete steps, knobs with a detent in the middle, and switches with an arbitrary number of positions - whatever you want. And the knobs auto-adjust super quickly and quietly. It honestly feels like magic.
The motorized knobs allow these knobs to behave as endless encoders, endless encoders with discrete steps, knobs with a detent in the middle, and switches with an arbitrary number of positions - whatever you want. And the knobs auto-adjust super quickly and quietly. It honestly feels like magic.
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