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Title of Equipment: Novation Nocturn (MIDI controller) Price New: £67.99 Year Manufactured: 2008 Specs: The Nocturn has 8 assignable endless rotary encoders (touch sensitive), 8 assignable buttons, an assignable cross fader (touch sensitive) and a few additional buttons that access the main features. Power is supplied via USB. The Nocturn is designed to work with Novation's Automap software, which is included on the driver CD. Equipment Quality: 4/5 For such an inexpensive unit it feels well built, although the rotary encoders don't feel as solid as those used on more expensive hardware. Usefullness: 5/5 The Automap software automatically maps (ahem...) instrument/FX/mixer parameters to the hardware. Pressing the 'view' button on the hardware brings up a transparent overlay on the screen which displays the current controller map. While the overlay is visible, pressing 'inst' or 'fx' on the hardware will show a list of every plugin of that type currently active in your project. The list is arranged so every plugin corresponds to one of the rotary encoders. Tap the encoder corresponding the the plugin you wish to control and its parameters will be mapped to the hardware. When more than 8 plugins are active you can scroll through them in the list view using 2 arrow buttons on the hardware. If the Automap software hasn't assigned the parameters the way you'd like it to it's very simple to alter assignments: press the 'learn' button on the hardware, click on a control in your host software then tap the encoder/button you wish to assign it to. If you're anything like me (i.e. very lazy when it comes to automation) this piece of kit is a godsend. It makes adjusting parameters/editing automation quick and easy. Overall Value: 5/5 If I had to sell my first-born to own this piece of kit we would be living in a terrible world indeed. But it would almost be worth it. When you consider the low retail price it's an absolute must-have for anyone doing computer recording/composing/DJing.
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