New Control Surface

[LawrenceF]

Have you guys seen this? Looks pretty cool. [img]http://www.jlcooper.com/images/products/CS-32_bigger.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.sonicstate.com/news/images/jlc_cs32.jpg[/img] [url=http://www.jlcooper.com]JL Cooper[/url] Lawrence

[soapbox]

[b]Lawrence[/b], I saw one at AES last month. Man those things are small! Those images you posted are just about life-size! I got the feeling that I'd have to have guitar player-style calluses on my fingers to comfortably move those tiny faders all day! However, I didn't try it out. It looks like a toy in person; but then again so do many small, but powerful gadgets.

[Groovepusher Sly]

32 faders is kinda cool, I'd have to check out the little nubs to see how they feel. How much? Sly :cool:

[Anderton]

I got to play with it and was surprised that it was much easier to manipulate than I would have expected. It is indeed a very cool box. I wrote a First Look on this in the December issue of EQ, which will be out in a couple weeks.

[Anderton]

I forgot to mention...it's CS-10 compatible, so pretty much everything will work with it.

[velvetoceansound]

Craig, Do you mid explaining a little about what CS-10 is? A communication protocol? Does PTLE speak CS-10? Thanks. James

[LawrenceF]

I think CS-10 is one of JL Coopers earlier fader boxes that's supported by most daws. I think. Lawrence

[Valkyrie Sound]

[quote]Originally posted by velvetoceansound: [b]Craig, Do you mid explaining a little about what CS-10 is? A communication protocol? Does PTLE speak CS-10? Thanks. James[/b][/quote]Yes PTLE will woek with any control surface that can emulate a original JL Cooper CS-10. CS-10 was one of the first control surfaces for PT that Digi added into their software. Digi won't add many new 3rd party control surfaces so folks are developing products that "emulate" the CS-10 or Mackie's HUI so they can work with PT. For example, the Tascam US-428 emulates a CS-10 in PT while a Panasonic DA7 emulates a Mackie HUI to work with PT. Hope that helps... Valky

[Nraki]

Looks really cool!! Is it gonna work with PT??

[Jotown]

How much does it cost?

[LawrenceF]

[quote]Originally posted by Jotown: [b]How much does it cost?[/b][/quote]I've seen two different prices in print. One review had it listed at $399 while Sweetwater has it listed at $459 I think. I'd guess that SW's price is more accurate. One down side is no fader motors but hey at that size & price you can't have the world. The upside is it has 32 faders and will be available in USB or MIDI models. Looks good. Lawrence

[Bunny Knutson]

Wow, that little gadget looks pretty cool! They say it will work with most audio software, including: Pro Tools, Cubase SX, VST, Digital Performer, Cakewalk/Sonar, Logic, Nuendo, Sonic Foundry, X-Track, Pyramix, and Ableton Live. Here's a link to a PDF about it. [url=http://www.jlcooper.com/downloads/CS-32_Prelim.pdf]Click here.[/url]