pocket dial or pocket control or phatboy or ..

[vandeti]

hi ..

I'm new in using MIDI-equipment to control a video-show
but willing to go for it ..

but what do I need,
and what are the differences between the ones above ??

I work with Vlight and flowmotion

is it possible to control them by MIDI
and what about effects ..

[robotfunk]

phatboy has 13 controllers
pocket control has 16
pocket dial has 16 x 4 banks = 64 controllers

so thats what I went for .. also doepfer controllers are much more flexible than the phatboy.

In flowmotion you can assign any screen fader to a midi knob/fader. I use a pocket dial with flowmotion but the others should work too.

check out http://www.vjcentral.com/hardware/show/991 for my mini review of the pocket dial

[vandeti]

hmm .. okey

and what about the midiman ??

http://www.midiman.com/products/midiman/oxygen8.php

[vandeti]

okey .. I've been searching and reading the net now for a while and it seems that the pocketdial wil be the one I'm gonnan buy
but how do I connect it to my laptop ?

do I need a special input in my pc
or are there cables that convert the signal
(to .. lets say USB or something)

[konsumgrafik]

You can plug it to an midi to usb converter I?m using a midisport 2x2 it?s from midiman an selfpowered. It has 2 in and 2 outs.
Costs about 80 EUR.

BTW: Does someone is using the Peavey StudioMix? I need some advice on it.

[MoRpH]

vandeti check out the reviews on VJC for info about the oxygen8.

konsum I would love to know how you get on with the studio pro it looks like a great box.... even if it is a little overprice (but it seems all midi controllers are :( ) would be great to see to see the jogwheel used for scratching, etc :)

The kenton control freak also looks like a great little unit too..... with wheels, sliders, buttons.....http://www.kenton.co.uk/productspecs/cfrkintro.html

Now I'm just waiting still for someone to write that CommandPost to midi software :) combine that with a midi slider box or the elusive midiman surface one and there you go.... EVERYTHING in 2 small boxes :)

[MoRpH]

http://www.radikaltechnologies.com/studiored.jpg
BTW that is connected to the PC and MAC via USB... but also has normal midi output aswell :)
http://www.radikaltechnologies.com/Products/SAC-2_2/sac-2_2_0.html