Hi All, I know that neither Presonus' Faderport or Frontier Design's AlphaTrack are natively supported in Logic, but I'm working on a project in Logic and ProTools and need a fader controller pronto. The AlphaTrack has more features and quieter buttons. Are there any strong opinions about either of them? I've read the LUG archives and shall take the plunge early this week. I'm hoping that Logic 8 will support both of these natively. When oh when....... Thanks, Judith Gruber-Stitzer film composer Montreal

On 09.09.2007, at 15:22, Judith Gruber-Stitzer wrote: > I know that neither Presonus' Faderport or Frontier Design's > AlphaTrack are natively supported in Logic, but I'm working on a > project in Logic and ProTools and need a fader controller pronto. > > The AlphaTrack has more features and quieter buttons. Are there any > strong opinions about either of them? I've read the LUG archives and > shall take the plunge early this week. They are both supported because both run the HUI protocol. Frontier Designs hopes that it will soon be natively supported by Logic. Their Tranzport is already supported and Final Cut Pro is already on their software list. I would say the chances for native support are good. It is basically a question of technics and features. If you want more features, then you want the Alphatrack. If you rely rather on technology you might go for the Faderport because it has an ALPS fader with a separate power supply. That makes of course sense for a quick motorfader. I didn't want one of these devices but finally got a Faderport just for fader riding. Yes, the fader is very good and the buttons are a bit loud. ___ Peter Ostry

<quotes repositioned and trimmed, footers removed by admin> On Sep 9, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Peter Ostry wrote: > They are both supported because both run the HUI protocol. Frontier > Designs hopes that it will soon be natively supported by Logic. Their > Tranzport is already supported and Final Cut Pro is already on their > software list. I would say the chances for native support are good. > > It is basically a question of technics and features. If you want more > features, then you want the Alphatrack. If you rely rather on > technology you might go for the Faderport because it has an ALPS > fader with a separate power supply. That makes of course sense for a > quick motorfader. > > I didn't want one of these devices but finally got a Faderport just > for fader riding. Yes, the fader is very good and the buttons are a > bit loud. I don't know nothin bout this loud button thing but I have a faderport and like it a lot.

On 9 Sep 2007, at 14:22, Judith Gruber-Stitzer wrote: >Hi All >I know that neither Presonus' Faderport or Frontier Design's >AlphaTrack are natively supported in Logic, but I'm working on a project in >Logic and ProTools and need a fader controller pronto. >The AlphaTrack has more features and quieter buttons. Are there any >strong opinions about either of them? Hi Judith, I went for the Faderport and really like it, but haven't tried the AlphaTrack. Cheers DB