

That has many advantages, including multi-functional buttons and combinations, feedback, etc.: I have missed it so much that I have re-created that functionality there (till AZ Controller is written for REAPER).īut specialized controllers are working throw specialized route. That is great feature I was missing in REAPER when I have switched. That dialog serves just one purpose, enable some control over Cakewalk from keyboards/DPs which have no DAW controller functionality.įor example if you have Digital Piano with 3 pedals, that assignment allow you to use up to 88 commands when let say left pedal is pressed.

So I'm struggling to assign transport kontrols to keybord shortcuts. I really want to use my old favourite Cakewalk. Ableton has specific workflow targeting specific purpure, people use it in addition to conventional DAWs (when they need related functionality). But there are not many people which use it instead of Cakewalk/S1/Cubase/ProTools/REAPER/etc. Definitively manageable in 3 decades.Ībleton is a nice program. How hard can it be? At most deleting not existing devices in Windows device manager, deleting 2 files in Cakewalk and spending 10 minutes with documentation. Any from these 3 plug-ins can do the trick for any MIDI device (AZ Controller also can do this with OSC, so for S2, but no one has done that so far). Generic Surface, ACT MIDI, AZ Controller. If MIDI from transport buttons is working, it can work in Cakewalk (it theoretically should, but not sure in current firmware/future or with extra NI bridge.).

NI has decided to drop MIDI for controlling part in S 2 keyboards. Most people have no problems getting transport to work with any MIDI device. I'm on day 3 in learning Ableton, the demo. Even the workarounds are obsolete, and I can not even use the transport controls.

I had high expectations as I had briefly seen success stories in forums. I have struggled a couple of decades (three, more like it) to get Cakewalk to cooperate with gazillions of midi remotes and keyboards without stable success.Īnd this christmas I got the Komplete kontrol A61.
