MCU and Mix Console 2 & 3

NBS-Studio · July 12, 2020, 7:09am

ChrisDuncan:

If you can find one (you probably can’t), the AI is absolutely indispensable, and I wish I’d bought more when they were available.

I’ve never seen a hardware controller solution to working with plugins that wasn’t more trouble than just grabbing the mouse. Admittedly, it’s a tough problem to solve as every plugin can have a huge number of controls and there’s no consistency between them.

Including the AI is the most intuitive setup I’ve found. Looking forward, I have the computer qwerty keyboard, then the MCU, then my monitor. To the right of the keyboard is my mouse, and to the left is the AI.

For most operations I use the MCU or the keyboard, but when it’s a plugin, I use the AI. Left hand on the AI, right hand on the mouse. Easy to reach for via muscle memory and a breeze to use. Hover with the mouse, turn the AI knob. I have no idea why no one else has done this. It’s the only plugin hardware solution I’ve ever seen that works.

Thanks for the description! To be clear, I was referring to the AI knob featured on the CC121.