Novation SL V Korg Kontrol (dum, dum, dum...)

Ok all you virtual Synth and Midi Guru's, Whats the deal with these two controllers? Who's going to win? Who's got the coolest product? Cast your vote... and help me pick one...

Yeah I too would prefer Digi fix basic MIDI editing before an Automap. I just felt that an Automap would be such an easy thing to do, whereas PT MIDI really needs a complete overhaul. As Digi has already said, they are working on PT MIDI but we are only going to see improvements in bits and pieces, not in great chunks. Either way, it seems I am forever waiting for PT to have things that other apps have had for ages. I see your point regarding the non-edless encoders. The Remote SL has a choice of "jump" or "pick up" mode. With jump mode, the value will jump to wherever the control is when it is moved. With pick up it will not change the value until the control is moved through the current value. I generally prefer pick-up mode as this saves values being lost accidently. It doesnt completely fix the problem of having a control in the wrong position when a new parameter is assigned but the pick up function (I'm not sure if its a common option on MIDI controllers today?) makes it not so bad. In the end id prefer to have sliders than not have them but I concur that non-endless rotary encoders are more flexible.

Thanks for all of the great information. There is so much to consider with the layout of each controller, but when you add on the varying support (or lack thereof) it makes it downright confusing. Can I save controller presets for my Virtual instruments within a protools session or is that just out of the question as far as digi is concerned?

no you would save VI presets as "templates" on your controller.

This just in... Currently the only way to control ProTools using the ReMOTE SL is to emulate one of the supported control surfaces. Using the manual MIDI CC templates it is possible to emulate the JL Cooper CS-10. However it may be possible in a future SL update to be able to emulate the Mackie HUI, which would incorporate feedback from ProTools to the SL, allowing it to operate in a similar way to the Automap with Cubase etc. This is something that we are looking into and hope to implement, but has not yet been confirmed, and may be some time before it is implemented. - Mick Gilbert - Novation Support Hmmmmm.

Though I would relight this as we still have no way of controlling Pro Tools automation unless we all buy a Digi control surface and that sucks! I have a Kontrol49 and it is near impossible to do anything with it in Pro Tools ( Or am I missing something??)