To get the thing working in Reason took a while as well as the Midimix Editor software that can be downloaded from the Akai website. Although it is claimed that the thing is "Ableton ready", we did not check that over here. In reality, many used the term "Plug and Pray" because some serious tweaking was necessary for the devices to work, in many if not most cases. It meant that when you put hardware in your PC, it should work. Both devices also ship with a license for an version of Ableton Lite, by the way.īack in the days, there was a term called "Plug and Play". It has some more features and fancy flashlights, but not worth the double price. The next one that is comparable is about double in price, and that's the Novation Launch Control MK2. The first that came up was the Akai Pro Midimix. You need sliders and knobs to turn channels on and off and add effects through the auxiliaries to make Dub from your multitracks way more than knobs. Over here in the Dubroom, the choice was made for the Akai Professional Midimix as the best value for price.Ī search at Thomann's revealed how most DAW controllers have an enormous amount of (assignable) buttons, but very little (if any) sliders and knobs. Connect the thing to your computer by using an empty USB port and operate the console (plus other devices) in your DAW. And, after all, that's what you want as a Dub Producer. Mixes will become more intuitive, they are and therefore sound much more lively, resulting in a much more pleasant result for the listener. For mixing Dub, it's quite an improvement when instead of having to use your mouse you can move sliders, turn knobs and press buttons.
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