Control Surface for Nuendo

Oliver.Lucas · November 3, 2019, 8:24pm

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For me Nuage is too big.
I love the idea of having a computer keyboard and mouse, small midi keys and moving faders all within the reach of my hands. When I bought our first WK Id I had Lothar deliver a system that had room for a normal wooden table in the middle. (cut in 2 parts)
I personally think that large consoles are more of a hinderance for my workflow than helping me to get things done. (then again I do not do theatrical mixes in large teams where they might help a lot I admit)
I went with the S3 because it was the only option in the smaller form factor that does not have an entirely crappy feel to it although I would have loved to have an option to pay more for better faders.

The size is a problem for me as well. But the bigger irritant about the fader module is that there is no visible feedback, save the track color bar!
Nuage 05b_16 Ch. Fader Module (Close Up).jpg
You HAVE TO HAVE A MONITOR to know what the module is doing. Now Avid is doing the same thing with the S1, which is ridiculous! It’s like buying a car with the all of the windows blacked out! At least with the Artist Series you had a small window over each fader telling you what channel you were on an the status of that channel. I was really surprised when I realized this omission on the Nuage fader module.

I think Fairlight nailed it when they made Xynergi. It’s what the S3 SHOULD have been, modular, well built and professional! You could scale that system all the way up to a large format console. But if you had a small shop with a small space, you could buy just the master module with a couple of fader modules (or none) and have all of the function of the full console!
XYNERGI Controller with 12 Faders 00.jpg
XYNERGI Controller with 12 Faders 03_Close-up View.jpg

I would love to have been able to purchase this setup for use with Nuendo. But, of course, with all the tribalism involved with the market, this wasn’t possible and now, with the Black Magic Design takeover, even their hardware is unreliably diminished!

I feel exactly the same way. Xinergi is outstanding. Very unfortunate that it does not speak EuCon.