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Sonic LAB: Novation ZeRO SL MkII and Launchpad
  14-May-10

excellent review, nick! FAR better and more entertaining than the "ableton/novation live beats" event i attended last evening in NYC.

14-May-10 12:38 PM

Thanks Nick, enjoyed this review. You always do a great job.

14-May-10 08:43 PM

novation usually has a rich feature set but poor build quality. the sl 61 remote (original) that I owned once had a beautiful dual blue LCD display but very poor plastic finish...sharp bits coming off; some keys too tight, etc. (kinda like M-audio).

I am looking forward to this though, since Novation's automap is so revolutionary and useful.

I do hope Novation gets some external finish design cues from Japan (especially Yamaha that has impeccable build quality, even compared to Korg/Roland).

15-May-10 01:09 AM

Is it true that you have to use the mouse to highlight the effects to control them with the zero? can't you select them from the zero itself?

16-May-10 01:05 PM

whats the music at the end?

16-May-10 04:47 PM

Psych, as far as I could tell yes, you do need the mouse, but it may be possible to assign something with the un-mapped controls to perform that function - though it wasnt immediately obvious to me.

elvii - the music is all in-house

16-May-10 05:02 PM

Hey Nick, do you know if this works the same way with the original Zero SLs or only for MKII?

19-May-10 10:40 AM

Screw Ableton. Fire up that Roland Jupiter6 sitting behind you. beautiful!

23-May-10 08:48 PM

as you select tracks on the hardware, the display can be made to follow the first effect in the chain (Useful for live performance)

24-May-10 03:10 AM

Thanks for the clarification Matt. I'm guessing this must wit in Live rather than the zero setup.

24-May-10 08:37 AM