Thinking about getting a Behringer X-Touch

[dsteinschneider]

While I was working on the NanoKontrol2 setup I came across the videos covering the Behringer X-Touch.

I have a question. The video was all about the $450 X-Touch with 8 faders. There's a single fader model for $150. I mostly record myself playing bass, guitars, synths, drums or doing vocals. 

Is anyone using the single fader version?. 

Is there a setup for it like the 8 fader one I saw in the video?

Should I just hang with my NanoKontrol2? - 

Thanks

[MakerDP]

I would rather have one motorized fader than a whole bank of unmotorized any day.

Make sure you also check out the PreSonus Faderport lineup. Great stuff and out-of-the-box integration with Mixbus.

[dsteinschneider]

Agree about the motorized fader. With the NanoKontrol2 you have to sort of guestimate where you had the fader to "sync" with Mixbus. I'll check out the PreSonus Faderport.

[dsteinschneider]

After researching control surfaces I'm leaning towards the X-Touch One.

[arthie]

I got the x-touch recently and it works like a charme with mixbus, so not a mistake at all

[dsteinschneider]

Hi Arthie,

Which model did you get? I'm definitely going to just get the single fader one but curious what others are getting

[arthie]

I got the big 9 fader version, very happy with it.

[dsteinschneider]

I got the big 9 fader version, very happy with it.

I think I'll start with the single fader and see how I make out, if I upgrade should be easy to sell later. 

I have a couple of Lenovo X230's built in 2012 with i5 3360, 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD's mounted on a quick lok stand with a Behringer UMC202HD and a powered 4 port hub. I run Cantabile Performer on them to play VST's live. Never a hiccup. I think Lenovo laptops are particularly good for music after all power management is disabled and CPU's are set not to throttle. I turn off WiFi, Bluetooth etc also.

[dsteinschneider]

I haven't pulled the trigger on the X-Touch yet - in "analysis paralysis" between single fader and 9 fader. My leaning toward single fader is if I get good at whatever shortcuts there are for jumping between tracks, bus and master (or monitor? read that thread!) then it won't slow me down. 

I watched the Mixbus YouTube video on the X-Touch 9 fader unit and liked what was demonstrated. I see that the 9 knobs can be mapped to a single strip's various functions such as eq. I'm not sure I would use that - has anyone with the 9 fader X-Touch used that functionality? Sometimes getting used to something like that is more work than staying with mouse on the screen operation.  

Any comments on this would be much appreciated. 

[dsteinschneider]

I have a question about the X-Touch. 

Is communication is two way? 

If I set record on a track on the X-Touch and it lights up as set to record both on the X-Touch and in Mixbus and then I go into the Mixbus interface and turn off record for that track does it send a message to the X-Touch to turn off the record light?