Unsurpassed MIDI controlling technology from the true pioneers,
Novation, is soon to be available in its most compact format to
date. The stylish ReMOTE LE 25-, 49- and 61-key USB controller
keyboards include some of the best features of the highly
regarded ReMOTE Series, tailored down into a smaller, more
portable package.
Amongst the features to be carried through is the extremely
popular X/Y Touchpad, allowing up to four parameters (two per
axis) to be modified simultaneously with just a simple finger
glide. The pitch bend/modulation joystick is another of the
ReMOTE’s useful tools to be featured, enabling a host of
interesting performance effects. Dedicated Transport control is
provided, but now with an additional Loop button.
A total of nine buttons and nine knobs can be found on the
hardware, together with a Group switch that doubles this number
to eighteen, so that any area of the receiving MIDI device
(hardware or software) can be modified with ease. The MIDI spec
enables any MIDI message to be assigned to any of the controls
(buttons, knobs, X/Y Touchpad and joystick) to an unrivalled
level of detail, providing endless configuration options to suit
even the most demanding user’s needs.
There are 16 onboard Template memories for saving ReMOTE LE
setups, 12 of which are factory preset for use with the most
popular software applications, in addition to many more
available for free on this site. Also featured on the
accompanying CDROM is a powerful Template Editor, which makes
constructing Templates even simpler and more intuitive than is
possible with the hardware alone. Meanwhile, in the box there
are 10 physical Template overlays, 7 printed and 3 blank, to
help customize the ReMOTE LE for the software being controlled;
the user simply places these over the ReMOTE LE to see what
control is assigned to what parameter, avoiding having to
memorize the function of each knob/button.
The keyboard is semi-weighted and velocity-sensitive, offering
the highest quality action and setting a new keyboard standard
for affordable controllers. This gives the ReMOTE LE more of a
synthesizer feel than many other controller keyboards, which
often seem more like computer peripherals than actual
instruments.
And finally, as if the hardware weren’t enough, ReMOTE LE ships
with Novation’s ‘Bass Station’, a VST and Audio Unit plug-in
which flawlessly re-creates the warmth, character and ‘oomph’ of
the enormously successful Bass Station keyboard and rack
analogue instruments, which have established themselves as a
turning point in synthesizer history.
The combination of funky performance tools, an unrivalled range
of MIDI controls and options and a Soft Synth classic bundled
for free, make the ReMOTE LE series the number one choice for
musicians wanting to trigger samples, lay down bass-lines or
control a sequencer with flair. Whether completely new to MIDI
controlling or at a relatively advanced level, the ReMOTE LE
series won’t fail to satisfy. |
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