So yeah. Cuddle Core. Was able to do the software update without any problems. The OS installer works for all versions of the SL except the compact so it should be working for you. Hope you get it sorted! Post by beats me » Sun Jan 13, pm Nope that didn't do it. The controller says it's waiting for the operating system update but when I hit "OK" on the software it just comes back after a couple seconds telling me to make sure it's connected.
Could that be an issue? Post by beats me » Sun Jan 13, pm Sorted, although not sure how or why. One has an icon of a MIDI interface and the other has an icon of a keyboard. Post by beats me » Mon Jan 14, am What a friggin mess.
Just so you know I went from software version 1. So now that I've got it up it seems like it is working ass backwards. The right side of the controller that I believe is supposed to automap to Live itself with the faders and buttons is now somehow mapping to the plugins and obviously not mapping to anything useful.
The left side of the controller isn't really mapping to anything. So now I've lost the ability to control Live's parameters and gained the ability to do nothing useful with plugins. Nice software update. Post by tricil » Mon Jan 14, am beats me wrote: What a friggin mess.
Post by tricil » Mon Jan 14, am oh, and since you renamed the device, make sure your MIDI info orange boxes, port 2, etc is set up in your Live Prefs properly.
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Click here for more details: You will find instructions at the link below. Launchpad MK2 firmware updater. The earlier Remotes managed better than many, but their displays were still compact; most of us would continue to glimpse at our computer monitor while working with the controller.
It's perhaps just as well, then, that Novation have been improving their Remote concept. The result is the hardware controller under review here, the Remote 25SL. There are no prizes for guessing that the 25SL is a compact, note controller keyboard.
Your deduction would also be correct if you'd imagine the new keyboard to be festooned with controls, like its predecessor.
But then there's that SL suffix: it stands for 'soft label' and refers to the first of this device's two major innovations. Look again at the big picture on the left; you can't fail to notice a pair of long liquid-crystal display strips that dominate the SL's front panel. As far as possible, Novation have designed their controller Templates for the 25SL to use these LCDs in a way that encourages the user not to look at their computer monitor.
As for that second major innovation, it's a new technology dubbed 'Automap' which takes a lot of the pain out of assigning SL controls to software parameters by actively reading parameters and their current values from your instrument plug-ins in real time, and auto-assigning them to the SL's sliders, buttons and pots.
This feature is only compatible with two sequencer plug-in hosts at the moment, but more are planned. The SL offers some other nice touches, too, but we'll come to them over the course of the next few pages.
First impressions can count for a lot, and the Remote SL's sleek finish starts us off on a positive note. I've already alluded to the dual two-line by character LCDs — that's characters of feedback, plus various LEDs, to keep you on top of your tweaking. Using the displays is fairly straightforward; the top line tends, most of the time, to show parameter names usually abbreviated , and the lower line displays parameter values.
I welcome the appearance of the XY touchpad, inherited from the original Remote: the joystick, from the same product range, is sturdy but not my favourite. The 25SL has the innovative joystick controller top seen on previous Novation Remotes; its action can be sprung or not, depending on how you set the sliding switch on the underside of the unit.
These are lucid and informative — inveterate non-manual users, and complete beginners, should start here for a painless introduction to the SL. The software widgets provided on the DVD are largely related to the Automap features, which we'll discuss later. They're not strictly necessary, since the Remote SL is truly plug and play: no drivers are required, and Mac OS X or Windows will recognise it immediately.
An anomaly lists the controller as a USB audio device within Windows, but that happens with similar products from other manufacturers. This is pretty good, though I have a couple of reservations.
The best bit about it is the way in which extra information is 'hot-linked' to many of the pictures within the text — again, a nice touch for beginners. I did find it a bit sluggish to read on screen, though, and that hot-link feature would mean that a printed-out version wouldn't necessarily contain all the information available. It does have a power socket, though, and if you're working with a notebook running from its battery, you'd be advised to invest in a PSU. The alternative is to use four 'C'-sized batteries, and if you use rechargeables, you can even charge them via the USB connection.
It may be window dressing, but it's a nice touch. Here, it's a VST instrument freebie, which is most generous in a package that already offers so much. Needless to say, there's a template that works with this software, and in any case Automap sees the plug-in when an instance is created inside Cubase. This isn't the place for a VBS review particularly as we've already done that , but it's definitely a plug-in worth having — it's rich, 'subby', meaty and squelchy, and many other bass-related adjectives besides!
The synth is also capable of handling more generic duties though always monophonically , but bass sounds are all you get in the preset list!
Beneath the left display, you'll find from the top down a row of eight buttons, eight rotary controllers continuous travel, stepped , another row of buttons, the eight normal knobs stopped end to end, and perfect for use as pan pots and, finally, eight trigger pads. Pads seem to be fairly common amongst hi-tech manufacturers these days, and are a welcome alternative to using the main keyboard for triggering drum sounds or samples, not to mention 'triggering' controller data.
Other than that, the connectors are fairly standard, with two MIDI ports, the USB socket for connection to your computer, and sustain- and expression-pedal jacks. Photo: Original Mark Ewing The other half of the panel is similarly laid out, though there are just three rows of controllers: 40mm sliders and two rows of buttons.
It doesn't take a great leap to realise that in most modes the LCDs will show a maximum of eight parameters that line up vertically with the controls below. Each control row also has, at its left or right edge, a selector button and attendant LED; pressing the button, which lights the LED, selects the relevant row for parameter display in the LCD above.
As we'll discover, there are cases where pressing these a second, and sometimes a third, time reveals up to three levels of assigned parameters to each control. In addition to the above, we're provided with what are labelled as transport controls, and this is how they function in most situations.
However, these buttons may be just as flexibly assigned as all the other controls. Round the back, we have two pedal sockets for footswitch and expression pedal , and last of all we have the velocity and aftertouch-sensitive note keyboard. This is a nice semi-weighted example that plays rather better than you might expect.
It can be transposed over a full eight-octave range, and also has zone options, just like the original Remote. Add up all the controls, including the trigger pads, foot-controller sockets joystick, and the four points on the touchpad, and you have no less than 78 control sources, plus the aftertouch transmitted by the keyboard — an impressive tally for such a compact device.
All I haven't mentioned so far is the vertical row of knobs and buttons that runs up the middle, and introducing these also leads me to talk about some basic operating principles of the Remote SL. Four of the buttons select operating modes: Play where you simply use the SL to control soft or hardware synths , Edit where the data transmitted by each control can be customised , Template where the common settings for an entire Template full of controls are managed and Global mode, where overall settings for the whole controller are managed.
One further button, Write, lets you easily save an edited Template or altered Global settings, and the last button, Tap Tempo, allows you to do exactly as it suggests! The latter encoder also has a push element that accesses four selection functions — tempo selection is just one of these.
Template selection is another; you use the encoder to scroll through the 40 onboard Controller Templates see the box below. Below, for your info, is a list of the plug-ins supported by the stand-alone Templates supplied with a Remote 25SL.
You won't see any sequencer mixer maps, as were provided with the original Remote, as these weren't available at the time of my review, although Novation are apparently developing them as I write this, and the plan is to make them available from the company's web site.
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