Old 10-22-2020, 10:15 PM   #1
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we're new to Reaper after 25+ on PT and what is currently a "near perfect" EuCon surface integration.
Tho heavily invested in the mothership, we need to make a clean break.
Have read and physically explored pretty much every current option available regarding a multiple fader control surface under Reaper and it's far from solid.
Yes CSI is promising and some factory kit has touted integration, I can't get a straight answer or performance standard anywhere and this may be the deal breaker.
We have 5x systems that must be tour ready and stable.
What's hot and what's not???

MacPro 5,1 2x 3.66-6/128GB Mojave: Reaper_6.15 hosting all the usual suspects.

Currently we have access to but uncommitted to:
1. 2x AVID Artist Mix
2. SSL Nucleus v.1
3. ICON Pro X + XS
4. Mackie MCU (c.2018)

thank you much in advance and go...
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Old 10-24-2020, 03:23 AM   #2
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we're new to Reaper after 25+ on PT and what is currently a "near perfect" EuCon surface integration.
Tho heavily invested in the mothership, we need to make a clean break.
Have read and physically explored pretty much every current option available regarding a multiple fader control surface under Reaper and it's far from solid.
Yes CSI is promising and some factory kit has touted integration, I can't get a straight answer or performance standard anywhere and this may be the deal breaker.
We have 5x systems that must be tour ready and stable.
What's hot and what's not???

MacPro 5,1 2x 3.66-6/128GB Mojave: Reaper_6.15 hosting all the usual suspects.

Currently we have access to but uncommitted to:
1. 2x AVID Artist Mix
2. SSL Nucleus v.1
3. ICON Pro X + XS
4. Mackie MCU (c.2018)

thank you much in advance and go...
If I have understood correctly, PT programmers have a direct access to a EuCon code, so they have an advantage on that. CSI seem to have some bugs to solve, so it may take a while to sort them out. Sorry, but I do not have experience to recommend those other controllers you listed. My X-touch seems to be working well with CSI, except faders rattle with slow automation, but that may not be a CSI's fault I think.
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Old 10-24-2020, 11:41 PM   #3
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My X-touch seems to be working well with CSI, except faders rattle with slow automation, but that may not be a CSI's fault I think.
Did you ever definitively find out how many bits the XTouch (MC-type -> "Universal" and "One") faders send and receive ?

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Old 10-26-2020, 09:06 AM   #4
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Did you ever definitively find out how many bits the XTouch (MC-type -> "Universal" and "One") faders send and receive ?

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Not 100% sure, but very much in impression that they are 7 bit.
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Old 10-26-2020, 09:10 AM   #5
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If I have understood correctly, PT programmers have a direct access to a EuCon code, so they have an advantage on that. CSI seem to have some bugs to solve, so it may take a while to sort them out. Sorry, but I do not have experience to recommend those other controllers you listed. My X-touch seems to be working well with CSI, except faders rattle with slow automation, but that may not be a CSI's fault I think.
I just read that some recent EUCON problems has been cleared. There are still some, but Geoff is doing a good work.
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Old 10-26-2020, 09:17 AM   #6
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Yeah, haven't checked today's build yet, but Eucon is pretty darn solid on CSI. If you're looking to integrate all your controllers into a single hub, I think CSI will best fit the bill.

Sends are being reworked in CSI but I hope that they'll be back and fixed relatively soon now that some of the other issues have been solved for.
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Old 10-26-2020, 10:36 AM   #7
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as of right now, Faders are solid in Eucon through CSI. Rotaries seem to be good too now.
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Old 10-26-2020, 01:51 PM   #9
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but very much in impression that they are 7 bit.
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Old 10-26-2020, 11:20 PM   #10
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we're new to Reaper after 25+ on PT and what is currently a "near perfect" EuCon surface integration.
Tho heavily invested in the mothership, we need to make a clean break.
Have read and physically explored pretty much every current option available regarding a multiple fader control surface under Reaper and it's far from solid.
Yes CSI is promising and some factory kit has touted integration, I can't get a straight answer or performance standard anywhere and this may be the deal breaker.
We have 5x systems that must be tour ready and stable.
What's hot and what's not???

MacPro 5,1 2x 3.66-6/128GB Mojave: Reaper_6.15 hosting all the usual suspects.

Currently we have access to but uncommitted to:
1. 2x AVID Artist Mix
2. SSL Nucleus v.1
3. ICON Pro X + XS
4. Mackie MCU (c.2018)

thank you much in advance and go...
I'm not personally familiar with all those 4 options, but I do have a QCon Pro G2 which is very similar to the ICon Qcon Pro X + XS. and I believe plenty people have gotten their Pro X + XS to work well with Reaper via CSI. If you use it with the manufacturer's drivers, it also works but the functionality is limited and some buttons are not even being used.

Now CSI might be a little more difficult to set up. (not as much as it used to be. Now there are even some good tutorials on setup) But you will have more functionality out of your units.

Hope that helps.
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