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Panorama P4 First Integrated Reason Controller

Moving fader, mixer control, channel strip and more 18/12/11

This one rather slipped under my radar, but fortunately the people at Nektar Technology gave me a call to let me know that they will be performing a full reveal of this brand-new Reason/Record integrated controller at NAMM.

The Panorama P4 uses a custom control protocol to integrate it more deeply with Reason than a generic MIDI controller. This does rather promise some kind of link up with Propellerheads themselves - we shall see. I am told that it will of course function as a raw MIDI controller, with the promise of deeper integration with other DAWs hinted at.

As far as I know this is a first, though of course Reason has been eminently controllable for a long while, there’s never been anything specifically dedicated to it.

Details are still sparse, but it does appear to be a nicely designed unit, with what looks like a quality, four octave key-bed and the ubiquitous 4x4 pads. There’s also a Mixer Section, consisting of 8 faders, each with assignable pot and button, plus a ninth fader, which generally acts as the master fader or main volume.
Channel Strip - 8 rotary encoders, five function keys, plus five transport controls (also assignable)
But what piqued my interest was the inclusion of a single 100mm motorized fader (ALPS no less) - nothing in itself new, but when combined with a full MIDI controller its an interesting proposition.

We hope to get up close and personal with the Panorama at NAMM and bring you more details then. Nektar have been drip-feeding it via their website for a little while now aiming (and succeeding) to build up a little frenzy on the forums.

But in the mean-time you’ll have to stay tuned to their website for more details.

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Koshdukai Said...

Specifically for Reason and it's missing 4 Pads ?!

It's missing 12 keys, IMHO but most importantly, it's missing 4 pads for Kong control, unless they're thinking of shifting the upper 4 to work in dual 9-12 / 13-16 mode.

Also found funny this "custom control protocol to integrate it more deeply with Reason".

Heck, if it's a feedback aware controller with flexible display addressing through SysEx, isn't that an expected feature to allow a proper use of Propellerhead Remote technology ? Sure it is, and... (thankfully) not a new thing.

21-Dec-11 05:37 AM

Panorama P4 First Integrated Reason Controller

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