This is a NEW VERSION of the Behringer X-Touch review, built completely from scratch with: - new thoughts - news about the small problems I used to have (expecially the problem with the fighting faders which is now solved 100%) - more images of the x touch itself and less of my face lol Let me know what you think! Cheers
For REAPER, use the Mackie Control Klinke extension. It works extremely well compared to the out-of-the-box experience, and appears to still be in active development. I can't comment on this specific device, but it's good for other Mackie-compatible controllers.
I love my xtouch I tried to go to keyboard and mouse after using my xtouch and I can't go without. Like I said I tried when I went on a vacation cuz didn't want to bring it with me and had such a hard time. I use Cubase its awesome with this control surface. Especially cuz i can customize the function keys to all my shortcuts. Agree workflow ×1000 lol. Great video.
To answer this I had to think about it because I'm not mixing a lot recently Still use it a lot when mixing Volume, panning, solo, mute, moving aroung, play, stop and the related, general solo, general mute, automations, and the shortcuts I personally created for studio ones, like opening or closing plugins A little less the sends and plugins but sometimes too. Even if I have this, still a bit thorn between the question "Since I use studio one, woulnd't it have been better to get a faderport 16?" but... the one rotary for all the pannings is kind of a nono for me So yep! Still using it and worked flawlessly ever since! 😁 Cheers! 🎹
I have the full X-Touch and I mostly use the transport section and jog wheel. Its useful for automation if you like riding the faders. Its good for tweaking plug in settings (I still use the mouse to load plugins because I like seeing the entire plugin list before me.). It is far superior to see all your tracks on the X-Touch as just one single track. I wouldnt recommend X-Touch One. I suppose you have to own one to appreciate my comments. One quirk: in Logic, every time a project is loaded, I have to turn it off and on as to reset it.
I use the X-Touch with Harrison Mixbus and there color scribbles work just fine. You just need to check the firmware for the X-Touch so it support color scribbles through the Mackie protocol.
Just a quick question. I have both Ableton and Studio One. I plan to use your mappings and maybe add some of my own. What I want to know is how do you let the x-touch know that you are using Ableton or Studio One? What is the procedure when moving from one DAW to the other? Thanks.
Glad you liked it and bought it!! 💪🏻💪🏻 If you need it, check out the walkthrough of the daw you're using to know how it specifically works I've created one for ableton and one for s1. For Cubase and logic, in the original videos from behringer there's a lot of info and for pto tools and reaper I'm sure there's something here on the tube 😉 If u have any question let me know!!
for the loose jog wheel, press down on it kind of firmly, you might have to grab it by the sides and bring it back up a hair or two, and it will be just as good as any other jog wheel. Mine was pretty loose when i first got it.
This controller is also a game-changer for live use thanks to Mixing Station. Even desks which had no ability whatsoever for external hardware control (Soundcraft Ui24R for example) can be controlled flawlessly now with the X-touch.
Great man! Thanks a lot! How many scenes (layers) of my 8 faders can I use on the XT? For example if I have 80 channels in my mix, can I have so many scenes available to cover that? Thank you!!!
I remember when a company called GoldStar was bought out by "LG" how their products were rubbish in the beginning. But now, LG make great quality gear. Same can apply for Behringer. Back 15-18 years ago their products were junky, cheap and something was always breaking. Nowdays, Behringer have great invitations out there and build quality is heaps better.
Nice video - thanks! 😎 I love my X-Touch... One question: would you please share how you got your X-Touch to do Vegas Mode (aka: Flying Faders) during the intro of your video? I didn't know that the X-Touch could do that (ala Avid Pro Tools Control 24 consoles), etc. I am using mine with Logic Pro X (hopefully Vegas Mode initiates with Logic) Thanks in advance for your reply. 👍🏼Cheers!
Nice point on the colored strips only working with the Behringer mixer stuff! I had no idea. I don’t feel so bad now that my StudioLive only has blue screens also. ;)
Yeah that's a shame they decided not to implement the control of them with mackie but I feel like it's more difficult than I think 🙃 Maybe an electrical engineer could help us
Ciao complimenti per i tuoi video, vorrei prendere il controller in questione per utilizzarlo con Pro Tools per gestire anche i plugin, lo consigli oppure è meglio l'Icon Platform M+
Ciao, grazie! Domanda difficile....personalmente non ho super esperienza con Pro tools e tutto quello che recepisco dalla maggior parte delle info di colleghi/conoscenti/internet sia che questo programma sia facilmente controllabile quasi solo dai controller per lui studiati 🤔 Prova a dare un'occhiata su Gearslutz! E non dimenticarti di iscriverti al canale di Nyroh ita! ruclips.net/channel/UCH1L9DOLw8L6eiz2qVHh_Gg? Verranno caricati quasi sempre gli stessi video ma...in versione ita! 😊 Buona musica e perdona la non conoscenza dell'argomento! Ciao 🎹
Ciaoooo e grazie per la review! Ma per usare EQ, compressione, noise gate, etc. su canale per canale in una DAW come Logic Pro come funziona? E' semplice e funzionale? Grazie mille! Ahhh dimenticavo, quanti fader totali ha disponibili, nel senso, assegnabili, a parte il limite dei 9 fisici?
The xtouch does not work perfectly with Cubase. I have problem after problem with Xtouch in Cubase … especially the fader bank selector. It will not work in Cubase!
Great review! For the price I think it's a great controller too. I use it with Pro Tools (and it does have very limited functionality). But it definitely gets me through projects so much faster. I sometimes like being able to write automation with a physical controller, and it saves me some screen real estate not having to flip between windows so often. I especially find it useful when I'm working with plugins on my screen. Instead of having to constantly click between the plugin window and the edit window so that I can use the usual keyboard shortcuts, I can keep my plugin windows active and use the Xtouch to play/record/loop/save etc. Oh, and the little save button that lights up red when there is unsaved data...huge life saver! Whenever I see it red, I reach over and double tap it to save the session...it has saved me several times when my DAW crashed and I would have otherwise not saved as frequently and lost a lot of work. Great video!
Hi Connor, I'm considering buying this for Pro Tools could you elaborate on your point on limited functionality? Does it not do all of the things it should do when using Pro Tools? Thanks
Nyron please could you help me. I have the Behringer controller as well. I am using studio one and I see in your video you are too. Do you have a pdf or a text file that tells what buttons works for studio one, and how to set it up please?
It is possible to control more than 8 Channels by switching the banks, right? How many banks can I use with this controller? How many channels can I control with the controller?
guys I need help. I'm really tired to print automations with the mouse and I'm looking for a fader controller. I'm in a small room and I don't have a lot of space. I've seen scheps uses the fader port. but I would like to use it also as controller for volume/esperssion/vibrato with the sample libraries. I'm on a MacBook pro i5 with 16gb , I use logic pro. please help
Ciao Massimo! Grazie! No, non ho mai avuto modo di utilizzare l'icon m+ nonostante ai tempi lo avessi valutato come altro possibile controller candidato 😎 L'x touch funziona abbastanza bene con i Plugin, Diciamo in linea con tutti gli altri controller aventi 8 parametri controllabili. I controlli possono anche essere rigirati sui fader il che rende la regolazione ancora più precisa. Peccato non avere più di 8 controlli alla volta regolabili! Purtroppo siamo ormai nel 2021 ma di ottimi controller per la regolazione dei plugin ancora non ne vedo haha Ciao e buona musica 🎹
Hey! I checked but sorry, don't know how to do that and it depends if your DAW is sending the right signal. In my case on ableton and studio one, they PROBABLY work all right and I said probably because there's really no situation that comes to my mind, in which I clipped the channel Sorry! 😢 Cheers 🎹
Hi! Great presentation and good english! I'm a studio engineer working on SSL. I have Pro Tools at home. And I definitely want to get rid as much as possible of the mouse. workflow is too slow for me. My doubts go between buying a second hand Command 8 from Avid (which of course won't give me any bad surprises) or a X-Touch... I checked the Behringer site. In the presentation they say it's compatible with PT. When I check some forums, it's another story. Apparently no access to the plug ins. What's your experience with this? I understand PT wasn't on the top of your Hit parade. What is working and what not? I really like the look and the possibilities of the XT, like the scrolling button... Could you tell me more about this? thx!
Hey! Thank you, glad you liked it! The problem with Pro Tools, as I understand (since I don't have it) is that its compatibility varies depending on each device and it sometimes limits things to basic... This is because the EUCON protocol is what Pro Tools relies on and as you can understand it is present only on bigger more costly controllers (like the command 8 or Avid S3 or ssl Nucleus 1/2 (damn how much would I love one lol!) Plugin control, routing, grouping, etc work on a "fingers crossed" basis. I'm 99% sure that you would have transport, faders, flip, rotaries, solo/mute/rec/select, fader banks/channel banks and feel like also the jog should be available, but really don't know 100%... If you find that the Mackie series of controllers work for plugins in Pro Tools you might be a lot closer to saying that this might work too (since this is close to 100% a copy of what an MCU controller do) but I just couldn't say without trying... I'll look on the internet al let you know if there's anything new Here's a comment from down here! Let me know if you decide anything ;D Cheers! "Great review! For the price I think it's a great controller too. I use it with Pro Tools (and it does have very limited functionality). But it definitely gets me through projects so much faster. I sometimes like being able to write automation with a physical controller, and it saves me some screen real estate not having to flip between windows so often. I especially find it useful when I'm working with plugins on my screen. Instead of having to constantly click between the plugin window and the edit window so that I can use the usual keyboard shortcuts, I can keep my plugin windows active and use the Xtouch to play/record/loop/save etc. Oh, and the little save button that lights up red when there is unsaved data...huge life saver! Whenever I see it red, I reach over and double tap it to save the session...it has saved me several times when my DAW crashed and I would have otherwise not saved as frequently and lost a lot of work. Great video! " (comment by Connor Chee)
Nyroh grazie mille! I think I might give it a try. The shop where I would buy it have a few week return policy so I could test it for a while. On the other hand I can get a Command 8. Looks more boring but maybe better... ciao!
Found this in the meantime... www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2018/6/14/control-surfaces-for-pro-tools-you-can-buy-for-under-500-budget-studio-bargains "... Until we hear otherwise, we believe the X-Touch has limited compatibility with Pro Tools." I guess I'll try something else... The thing is HUI is not supported anymore by Avid. :( Which make things difficult... Stay safe.
Ciao! Bel video complimenti! Volevo solo chiederti come si comporta con Logic? È portato per essere usato con Logic? Un ultima domanda conviene prendere questo, che sicuramente è più completo, oppure provare a prendere la versione compact ? Grazie per l’eventuale risposta Buona musica
Il delta fra compact e non compact secondo me è così tanta a pari di poco prezzo che non sia troppo conveniente prendere la versione compact. E personalmente trovavo il non compact anche fatto un po' meglio Scusa la poca specificità ma è solo e solamente perché siano giorni incasinati e non riesco a rispondere in modo completo a nessuno 😢 Con logic funziona benone! Dai un'occhiata direttamente su youtube e guarda il video di presentazione dell'x-touch. Troverai spiegazioni più specifiche ruclips.net/video/Ff898fWlPA8/видео.html Ciao e buona musica a te!! 🎹
My x-touch just stopped working. I have used endless hours to try to reconnect it, but without any result. I am using it with Sony Vegas Pro. Any idea what could be wrong? It just about six month old.
Sorry but can't really help. Reinstall the DAW after removing EVERYTHING and all the mackie control files already present usually works. Then you'll have to try to update the firmware (if not already updated), try a different cable, try a different port in your computer and at the end of everything...if nothing else work, use that warranty and ask directly to the seller of try to contact behringer! Sorry for the delay Cheers
I haven't... I actually haven't yet found an email to which I could write If I remember well I wrote on the "Music Tribe" group since seems like it's one of the only things you can do, asking about the colors of the scribble strips, but absolutely no answer
@@soundrocketstudios Sounds awesome! :O I am planning to get this. Is it of better build quality than the X-Touch One? (that one wobbles badly when pressing on the buttons)
Apart from eventual feel difference (on which I can't express because I haven't tried the mcu pro), what you get is close to the same. The x touch costs less then a third, and works real close to the mcu The only thing I could think about that I definitely prefer on the mcu is the fact that the scribble strips are tilted so I can see them clearly even without thinking at the position of the controller itself 😁 If anyone has tested both please let us know! And thank you for commenting Cheers
@@soundrocketstudios yeah man thanks for your helpful reply man yeah mcu pro has those 2 screens extra but yeah cost is a big reason why anyone would go for x touch I have to make up my mind soon thanks for your opinion 👍
thank u bro for these video i want to ask u some question Do u know most of Audio interface such as UA apollo twin its support the CPU of PC to put alot of plugins and tracks .. What about this mixer its well help my CPU ?? or i should buy a twin x and connected to any mic preamp to expand my tracks ?
This is not an audio interface and doesn't transport audio in any way. It's just a midi controller (aka "a control surface") so it's not interchangeable with an apollo twin or any other audio interface. For the other question, it won't weight in any way on your cpu, don't worry about that
Hey! Thank you for commenting I really don't know much about reason.....used it in the past but something like 7 years ago lol From this chat seems like mcu protocol works forum.reasontalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=7343641 (at least for controlling "ssl reason mixer" so probably for everything else too) and they're mentioning also and one of the bought the x touch so....give it a read ;) It may help! Best I could find! Thank you Cheers
Ciao Nyroh, nel video riporti come l'utilizzo dell'XTouch con Cubase sia assolutamente consigliabile, ma se vedi in rete diversi video / recensioni non si fa altro che riportare problematiche di pulsanti non assegnati, funzionalità ridotte ecc. La stessa Behringer, in risposta ad un ticket da me aperto, risponde: "This will be dependent on how Cubase implements the Mackie Control Protocol. Some features may not work as expected.". Da che parte sta la verità? Grazie mille! :)
Ciaoo! Allora si, alcune cose potrebbero non essere perfette. Come per esempio l'apertura dei plugin ma sia Cubase che logic sono come detto da behringer stessa i programmi effettivamente meglio implementati per l'x touch e nei quali le funzioni presenti su quasi tutti i buttons siano state meglio adattate. I buttons non assegnati sono assegnabili via script (a parte quelli in alto, più difficili da mappare) mentre per i problemi "strutturali" di mapping, è possibile scaricare degli script aggiornati e migliori di quelli originali. In qualsiasi caso, I problemi presenti per l'x touch sono purtroppo spesso presenti in quasi tutte le altre control surface 🙁 Quindi.... Volendo essere severi, se non 10 darei volentieri un 9 sia per Cubase che per logic, e scalerei di quasi uno le altre valutazioni
@@soundrocketstudios Grazie Nyroh, in effetti io la stavo valutando ma volendo proprio smanettare sui plugin (insert) mi metti dei forti dubbi...Stavo proprio per questo valutando in alternativa la QCON Pro G2, appena uscita, non so se la conosci...
Io ce l'ho ma sono un po' pentito dell'acquisto. Ma è possibile che non c'è un manuale come per gli altri controller (Qcon, Faderport, ecc)? Possibile che si debba imparare ad usarlo solo con quei 4 video che hanno fatto? Io non credo di essere proprio negato ma, come dovrei fare ad es., per scoprire che quando vado in eq e questo ha 4 "pagine" io per scrollare tra queste devo usare le frecce di zoom orizzontale? per tentativi? Boh
Più che d'accordo! Questa è una pecca a cui non avevo pensato nel video perché ora (dopo un anno) sicuramente non trovo rilevante ma... All'inizio è effettivamente un po' scomodo dover capire un po' tutto da sé 🙁 Peccato per behringer, su questo avrebbe potuto fare molto meglio. Per studio one e ableton ho i walkthrough io, per logic e Cubase bisogna purtroppo accontentarsi di quelli direttamente fatti da loro 😅 Grazie per il comment e abbi pazienza: con un po' di tempo ti ci troverai benissimo! 😉 Buona musica!! 🎹
I Have a Behringer X Touch One and Love it. I am considering getting the SSL UF8 because its Rack-mountable... My question is the Behringer X Touch Rack-mountable? thanks in Advance.
Hey Jono! Thank you, glad you liked it I have buuuut not actual use in real life. I compared the two directly in a local store and definitely liked the feel of the x touch more The materials used makes the faderport look and feel more like a toy to me and then there's two things: no pan pots and faders too incredibly close. Man, I just can't stand the fact that without looking, I had to "force" my fingers to stay closer one another to move two or three faders together. Not a super hard thing to do but...I mean... it is really too close for me. And I don't even have big fingers (I'm a pianist and piano teacher too) And the no pan pots thing is just not a great idea for me. Hope for a better version two for the faderport 8/16 series. But for now, I'm an x touch guy Thank you for commenting! Cheers!
I understand that your review about Reaper compatibility is based on other peoples opinions, right? However, I had read from Reaper user that only 2 buttons do not work if one installs extension made by Klinke. So why don't you check it properly with Reaper and inform us how it really works?
It worked pretty much perfectly apart from the jog loosing some signal here and there and I would have kept it 100% if it wasn't for the fact that... lately I pretty much found myself mixing via mouse, keyboard and a single fader so.... I bought a faderport V2 (since I'm using studio one 6) and sold the behringer 😄 This is the ONLY motivation for selling it. Great piece of equipment apart from the bulkiness lol Cheers 🎹
@@soundrocketstudios thats a shame it has that issue... Seems most of these controllers have issues... I use trackball and keyboard but im starting to get hand injuries.... looking for something to help but i find the cost to quality quite troubling... Thanks for reply... All the best⚡👍
Secondo te, a prescindere ovviamente dalla grande differenza di costo, è meglio un controller fisico come questo di cui parli tu, oppure una cosa touch tipo lo slate raven mti2 ?
È una domanda alla quale avrei voluto rispondere con un video ma... Domani vengono a ritirare il mio monitor touch 21.5 pollici della hannspree 😕 Provato, testato ma.... Niente. Non lo trovo affatto naturale. Nessun movimento a parte quello dei fader (essendo questo un movimento verticale quindi "comodo" anche su monitor) mi da soddisfazione. Non mi trovo "a casa" La selezione degli effetti, delle tracce e tutto ciò che ha a che fare con la daw, con il monitor da me testato, no ha in alcun modo accelerato quello che potevo fare con il mouse o con la rotella del mouse Per me è un totale no. Non ho fatto un video perché sarebbe sinceramente stata solo una recensione negativa Se vuoi provare il "feel" scarica un'app utilizzabile come midi controller e metti un po' di faders e rotaries/knobs. Prova, poi prendi un x touch 😉😉
@@soundrocketstudios Ti ringrazio per la celere risposta. Hai confermato i miei dubbi...Ero rimasto affascinato dal discorso di gestire i plug in con il monito touch, ti da un'idea di futurismo, fico. Però in effetti perdi totalmente la manualità e comunque non so se si possa integrare il touch lasciando anche il monitor normale o devi usarlo da solo. Comunque avendo anche una tavoletta grafica con la penna, sono abbastanza veloce nei movimenti. E' che queste cose ti allettano, sono specchietti per le allodole. In effetti il Behringer, oltre ad essere bello, penso sia veramente utile. Tempo fa era sparito dai siti e ne avevano fatto una versione piccolissima. Ora è sparita quella e si ritrova questo ad un prezzo veramente allettante. Grazie, a presto! :-)
E altro problema: dopo averlo preso mi sono accorto che quello che volevo non era solo più controllo diretto ma anche più "fisicità" nel senso di meno occhi puntati sul monitor. Ora ho tolto addirittura lo schermo che avevo davanti posizionato in mezzo ai monitor e ne ho tenuto solamente uno inclinato subito immediatamente dopo l'x touch. Super cool. Occhi chiusi e... Si mixa! Ciao buona musica!! 🎹
Seat Nyroh, in the video you say that every button does work in cubase. I tried it but several buttons do not work. For instance the click and the function buttons. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong? I can't figure it out. Thanx for responding. Kind regards, Wim
Hey Wim!! Sorry but can't really help with Cubase 😔 This videos might help you with the usual setup (just to be sure your x touch works properly) ruclips.net/video/LrVWRgJbSyw/видео.html ruclips.net/video/dA-Pzkpj1-M/видео.html But after that.... Unfortunately can't help! Sorry 🙏🏻 Cheers 🎹
@@soundrocketstudios thanx for your response. It seemed that cubase reacts different on some buttons. I bought a magnetic overlay with the cubase functions. problem solved! (-;
My x-touch is getting quite hot on the upper right corner of the surface. Did anyone else notice that? The controller works well though, but that warm is worrisome.
Allora, dovessi scegliere metterei nel seguente i 3 controller nel seguente ordine: x touch, qcon pro g2 e qcon pro. QUASI x touch e qcon pro g2 alla pari ma personalmente la fattura del qcon non mi ispira moltissimo. Potrei essere un po' di parte perché ho già un giudizio sul mio x touch e so che col mio programma cioè studio one funzioni già abbastanza bene per me ;) Sono tutti e 3 mackie quindi tecnicamente dovresti PIU' O MENO avere le stesse capacità di controllo
Hello I'm trying desperately to set up my control surface. (I had read that it was simple under Logic ... hmmm) Yet I respected the start (let Press Select from the first slice and turn on the table, select the protocol MC I put the 1.14 1.03 activated) The problem is that I already use a Komplete Kontrol S88 keyboard under the Mackie protocol. Maybe it's a duplicate of the shot? In short I do not know if we can use both at the same time under the MC protocol? always is that when my keyboard is off my table is still not recognized ... So I do not understand. I went in Logic ProX -> Control Surface but it does not appear in the list of products. I saw that there was an update 1.15 but normally it should be able to work without? no ? I thought it was plug and play ... here is my config: Mac OS Yosemite 10.10.1 / Logic Pro X 10.1.0
Sorry you're having all this trouble! 😢 I used to use logic when I had a mac but actually don't have one right now so can't help you directly. If you're having BOTH the "control surfaces" on at the same time (even if the s88 is not a control surface, you can set it up as one of it to use the play/stop buttons etc, which is probably what you're trying to do) YOU HAVE to be sure to have both the controllers ins/outs setted up right so please, check the ins/outs The name changes on osx so I can't tell you even the specific names 😢 Please check out these two and see if everything is setted up right. www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/how-do-i-set-up-my-behringer-x-touch-in-logic-pro-x/ support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/210279905-Setting-Up-Apple-Logic-X-for-KOMPLETE-KONTROL It's sure that you can use multiple control surfaces in logic but....really sorry, at the moment, not having a mac, can't help more then that 😊 Let me know if you get it to work though!!
@@soundrocketstudios just bought the X touch mini as I'm on a tight budget! Cheers man. I'm going to use this in conjunction with the Presonus Atom for beat making :)
Also btw... it looks like you have Kontrol Mk2 in the background... I realize it doesn’t have faders but it seems to work very well with Cubase overall! Just not at all with Studio One... hence my choice to add the StudioLive.
Sorry forgot to answer this. I don't use s1 for production but for mixing work only (ableton for production) so no prob there! Thank you for sharing! Have a nice day full of music 🎹
Hey, real sorry but I actually can't answer this question 🤔 Never worked with FL and checking on the FL site, since I'm not an FL products user I can't see the answers to anyone questioning this (maybe I don't understand how to create an account on the FL site 🙈 To me it seems like the mackie implementation with FL is not that advanced....maybe someone else can help? If you're an FL user here's some links I found: www.gearslutz.com/board/music-computers/1160070-narrowed-down-x-touch-faderport-8-advice-2.html forum.image-line.com/viewtopic.php?t=151903 forum.image-line.com/viewtopic.php?t=197633
Samsung 27 inch curved monitor! You'll find plenty similar on amazon 😊 Actually solid build. It fell from my table like....3 to 4 times lately and the frame opened in a few spots but still perfectly works WON'T MAKE IT FALL ANY OTHER TIME SOON ._. Cheers 🎹🎹
Ableton over Reaper? Ive found with Reaper its more compatible . Everything goes along with the layout , the only exception is the sends have no way to be dialed and the fact that you have to modify it to Unselect everything every time you chaging to another track otherwise youll be changing things like volume , solo and mute in the channels that stay selected. But thats something youll get used to it the more you use it with Reaper. Like right now , im using it with Ableton and ive found myself hitting the button I had assigned to unselect all by accident when I dont really need It. But I tell you this ....Ive found myself using less the mouse and the keyboard with Ableton than Reaper. The only thing I dont like about using it with Ableton is that the layout is completely messed up. Like if Ableton could have a way to modify the layout it would definitely be my #1 choice for mixing. For now Ableton its used for producing and Reaper for mixing.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for letting us know about how it now works with reaper! I was stuck with the idea that it didn't really work that well but seems like now everything is close to where it should be (: Super glad to hear that! How do u feel about the x touch itself? I'm still liking it and using it everyday Will update you guys asap Thanks again! Cheers!
@@soundrocketstudios I still use it ...but I got very disappointed after my purchase because I received some offers from sweet water (where I got it) and one of them was the Behringer Motor 49. Which its basically a midi controller with the heart of the X touch controller build in. Motorized faders , Mackie control...everything. And since now I have this constant fight for what device would be my center piece 90% of the time , I feel that the Motor 49 was the perfect piece . That way nothing have to be remove or put aside to make space for others. Very disappointed with Sweetwater on that one cuz that never showed up on my search for behringer controllers on their site. But the x touch is working perfectly fine , very happy with the functionality and everything. Ive heard ppl complaining about the faders noise...but cmon is nothing crazy unless you mixing on a anechoic chamber or some crazy space like that. And I just noticed we had the same conversation 6 months ago...sorry😂
@@AudioReplica2023 Damn! Didn't even notice haha No problem absolutely, always love to talk about music and music equiment Never heard of the motor 49. I have a komplete kontrol 61 but don't really use it since I'm not creating that much music for myself nowadays
Question: I hold the button as instructed and turn on devise , I can not see Xcontrol (Xctl) on the scribble strip . I'm hook to a modem by cat 5 what's wrong?
Don't really understand how you're trying to connect If you're using a cat5 cable you're trying to connect via network but I'm not used to it and can't really help...Sorry! Cheers
Ignore the negative comments and keep doing what you do best. I liked your video😁 I own this X touch controller and I use it with logic pro. It's a very decent midi control surface for the price range imo
I dont think it works better with Ableton than reaper. Ableton you are stuck with the crazy configuration out of the box. Reaper on the other hand its fully customizable. Plus the automation section is very well implemented. The only good thing about using it with Ableton is when you riding the faders for automation which in a weird way uses the "Reaper v3 scale 2.3" setting. Which makes the automation smoother ....but other than that the Ableton mapping implementation with x touch is horrible....workable but horrible. Your order from good to worst should be. Logic >studio one>Reaper>Ableton ...and forget about protools.
Hey! Thank you for commenting 🎹 Some things are just sooo well implemented in ableton. Like plugin and sends. The only things that are surely better in logic/cubase are SOME of the secondary (other) buttons which are close to 100% what is written on the controller. On the other hand with reaper if you wanna use it, you mandatory have to use the Klinke's MCU integration to make it work which, btw, is only for windows (cuttin out a big chunk of musicians). And none of it is mapped, so you have to map it all by yourself which is not usually what clients are looking for I'll still surely keep an eye opened to know if anything changes! Have you tried it? Any support for MCU?
Sorry for that! Have you tried changing the USB cable and using a short one? (possibly high quality) If it's not the cable..... I'm no pro tools expert and can't help you unfortunately 😔 Glad you like the feel of it though
Should work great! If u have an extender you should be able to spill all the parameters you wanna control on it too Notice that if u have the x touch only only, I don't know if there's a "page" function to scroll through all the parameters controllable but I think I saw a video of a modified script for the x touch which made it a lot better to control plugins too I'll have to check some more on youtube 🤔 Have'nt had the possibility to test it on cubase since even with the demo you have to buy the dongle anyway... Thank you for your comment! Have a nice day full of music 🎹
Hi! I just bought an X-Touch One controller for Pro Tools. Everything works except the LED SIGNAL. How can I make it work? (Firmware 1.08 / PTHD 12.5) Thank you for your answers
Never used FL studio. If it is compatible with the MCU protocol it's gonna work with the x touch but haven't seen any test anywhere on the internet Cheers
Ciao! Non comprendo al 100% la domanda, come mai chiedi? Comunque eravamo e siamo tuttora fermi all'1.15, uscito ormai da quasi 4 anni Ciao e buona musica 🎶
Sorry but I'm not a pro tools user and unfortunately as explained the x touch doesn't really work well with pro tools 😕 Seems like they'll have to upgrade their "Mackie Control policy" if they wanna let us have some fun lol
@@soundrocketstudios oh. I caught that from the video. Maybe I should rephrase the question-- Did you test it with pro tools? Or did you get second hand information?
No that was not a test I did. I always look for news and updates for the x touch and it's compatibility but seems like there's no news on how anything got better with it 😕 Always felt like pro tools guys are a bit behind for controllers and control surfaces. Their artist mix and "S" series are still the best of the best for it
Thanks for the video, your dialog microphone setup needs a lot of work though, it sounds like you're inside a box or a tube... Your "room" looks very small though... and your acoustic treatment isn't for anything below 2500hz... so that might be the reason.
This is a NEW VERSION of the Behringer X-Touch review, built completely from scratch with:
- new thoughts
- news about the small problems I used to have (expecially the problem with the fighting faders which is now solved 100%)
- more images of the x touch itself and less of my face lol
Let me know what you think! Cheers
the best video about x touch i've ever seen on yt. Grazie fratello
For REAPER, use the Mackie Control Klinke extension. It works extremely well compared to the out-of-the-box experience, and appears to still be in active development. I can't comment on this specific device, but it's good for other Mackie-compatible controllers.
I love my xtouch I tried to go to keyboard and mouse after using my xtouch and I can't go without. Like I said I tried when I went on a vacation cuz didn't want to bring it with me and had such a hard time. I use Cubase its awesome with this control surface. Especially cuz i can customize the function keys to all my shortcuts. Agree workflow ×1000 lol. Great video.
Looks like a nice controller. After owning for a little did you find yourself going back to keyboard and mouse?
To answer this I had to think about it because I'm not mixing a lot recently
Still use it a lot when mixing
Volume, panning, solo, mute, moving aroung, play, stop and the related, general solo, general mute, automations, and the shortcuts I personally created for studio ones, like opening or closing plugins
A little less the sends and plugins but sometimes too. Even if I have this, still a bit thorn between the question "Since I use studio one, woulnd't it have been better to get a faderport 16?" but... the one rotary for all the pannings is kind of a nono for me
So yep! Still using it and worked flawlessly ever since! 😁
Cheers! 🎹
I have the full X-Touch and I mostly use the transport section and jog wheel. Its useful for automation if you like riding the faders. Its good for tweaking plug in settings (I still use the mouse to load plugins because I like seeing the entire plugin list before me.). It is far superior to see all your tracks on the X-Touch as just one single track. I wouldnt recommend X-Touch One. I suppose you have to own one to appreciate my comments. One quirk: in Logic, every time a project is loaded, I have to turn it off and on as to reset it.
Excellent presentation.
And the best italian accent I've ever heard, if I may!
Glad u liked it and thank you!! If it was for me I'd use English everyday lol
Have a nice day full of music 🎹🎹🎧🎶😁
I use the X-Touch with Harrison Mixbus and there color scribbles work just fine. You just need to check the firmware for the X-Touch so it support color scribbles through the Mackie protocol.
Just a quick question. I have both Ableton and Studio One. I plan to use your mappings and maybe add some of my own. What I want to know is how do you let the x-touch know that you are using Ableton or Studio One? What is the procedure when moving from one DAW to the other? Thanks.
Hey mate, thanks for this great review, I just ordered this controller for my new studio, the review definitely helped! :)
Glad you liked it and bought it!! 💪🏻💪🏻
If you need it, check out the walkthrough of the daw you're using to know how it specifically works
I've created one for ableton and one for s1. For Cubase and logic, in the original videos from behringer there's a lot of info and for pto tools and reaper I'm sure there's something here on the tube 😉
If u have any question let me know!!
for the loose jog wheel, press down on it kind of firmly, you might have to grab it by the sides and bring it back up a hair or two, and it will be just as good as any other jog wheel. Mine was pretty loose when i first got it.
Thank you, I'll give it a try asap!
For Reaper, I can't make my mind up between the X-Touch, faderport or the Icon Qcon Pro G2
"Get this controller and get back to work!" 😂 Best! CIAO 👋
This controller is also a game-changer for live use thanks to Mixing Station. Even desks which had no ability whatsoever for external hardware control (Soundcraft Ui24R for example) can be controlled flawlessly now with the X-touch.
Great man! Thanks a lot!
How many scenes (layers) of my 8 faders can I use on the XT? For example if I have 80 channels in my mix, can I have so many scenes available to cover that? Thank you!!!
Great review. Was looking for an excuse to buy it and this has convinced me! Thanks so much
I remember when a company called GoldStar was bought out by "LG" how their products were rubbish in the beginning. But now, LG make great quality gear. Same can apply for Behringer. Back 15-18 years ago their products were junky, cheap and something was always breaking. Nowdays, Behringer have great invitations out there and build quality is heaps better.
Nice video - thanks! 😎 I love my X-Touch... One question: would you please share how you got your X-Touch to do Vegas Mode (aka: Flying Faders) during the intro of your video? I didn't know that the X-Touch could do that (ala Avid Pro Tools Control 24 consoles), etc. I am using mine with Logic Pro X (hopefully Vegas Mode initiates with Logic) Thanks in advance for your reply. 👍🏼Cheers!
No Vegas mode for me too man!! Just good old volume/Panning/solo/mute buttons automation haha 😁
Thank you for commenting! Glad you like it too
Nice point on the colored strips only working with the Behringer mixer stuff! I had no idea. I don’t feel so bad now that my StudioLive only has blue screens also. ;)
Yeah that's a shame they decided not to implement the control of them with mackie but I feel like it's more difficult than I think 🙃
Maybe an electrical engineer could help us
Just order mines today can’t wait 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽
Great video. How did you connect monitor screen with this controller? What kind of monitor screen was it? Thanks
Ciao complimenti per i tuoi video, vorrei prendere il controller in questione per utilizzarlo con Pro Tools per gestire anche i plugin, lo consigli oppure è meglio l'Icon Platform M+
Ciao, grazie! Domanda difficile....personalmente non ho super esperienza con Pro tools e tutto quello che recepisco dalla maggior parte delle info di colleghi/conoscenti/internet sia che questo programma sia facilmente controllabile quasi solo dai controller per lui studiati 🤔
Prova a dare un'occhiata su Gearslutz! E non dimenticarti di iscriverti al canale di Nyroh ita!
ruclips.net/channel/UCH1L9DOLw8L6eiz2qVHh_Gg?
Verranno caricati quasi sempre gli stessi video ma...in versione ita! 😊
Buona musica e perdona la non conoscenza dell'argomento!
Ciao 🎹
@@soundrocketstudios ok grazie, vado ad iscrivermi subito ✌️👍
Hi Nayroh, congratulations on the video. Please, how do I make the TRACK, PAN / SURROUD, EQ, SEND, PLUG-IN and INST buttons active? thanks
didnt realize it had foot pedal option that just gave me somthing play around with more since once mine arrives
Soo, you still need an audio interface to get mics, instruments into the puter?
Yo your ranting was perfect that’s exactly how I feel about mouse and keyboard
Ciaoooo e grazie per la review! Ma per usare EQ, compressione, noise gate, etc. su canale per canale in una DAW come Logic Pro come funziona? E' semplice e funzionale? Grazie mille!
Ahhh dimenticavo, quanti fader totali ha disponibili, nel senso, assegnabili, a parte il limite dei 9 fisici?
The xtouch does not work perfectly with Cubase. I have problem after problem with Xtouch in Cubase … especially the fader bank selector. It will not work in Cubase!
Great review! For the price I think it's a great controller too. I use it with Pro Tools (and it does have very limited functionality). But it definitely gets me through projects so much faster. I sometimes like being able to write automation with a physical controller, and it saves me some screen real estate not having to flip between windows so often. I especially find it useful when I'm working with plugins on my screen. Instead of having to constantly click between the plugin window and the edit window so that I can use the usual keyboard shortcuts, I can keep my plugin windows active and use the Xtouch to play/record/loop/save etc. Oh, and the little save button that lights up red when there is unsaved data...huge life saver! Whenever I see it red, I reach over and double tap it to save the session...it has saved me several times when my DAW crashed and I would have otherwise not saved as frequently and lost a lot of work. Great video!
Glad to know it's working for you on Pro Tools!! 👍👍
Hi Connor, I'm considering buying this for Pro Tools could you elaborate on your point on limited functionality?
Does it not do all of the things it should do when using Pro Tools?
Thanks
@@Ktiger305 I'm also planning to buy it for Pro Tools so I would like to know in what is limited too. Thank you
@@GiuseppeCorcella Dude I never heard back but I got the icon platform m+ and have extended to two x+s too. Woks great apart from master fader :)
Nyron please could you help me. I have the Behringer controller as well. I am using studio one and I see in your video you are too. Do you have a pdf or a text file that tells what buttons works for studio one, and how to set it up please?
It is possible to control more than 8 Channels by switching the banks, right? How many banks can I use with this controller? How many channels can I control with the controller?
1) Yes
2) No limits, you switch and move to the next bank
3) No limits
@@soundrocketstudios Thank you Homie!
Is there any way to map the "F" buttons while keeping the device in Mackie mode?
How well does this work with cakewalk and the control of vst cc's?
4:48 and 8:34 made my day :D Thanks for the video :) I'll go with X-Touch instead of Faderport 8, then buy an X-Touch EXTENDER later on.
Haha thank you!!! That's great, let me know how you find them 😌😌
Cheers 🎹
Nyroh
Is Pro Tools use still bad in 2022? looking to buy one
If you can, go with studio one because from what I see and her, it is still a problem in pro tools.
Hello! Can you control the volume of group channels with the faders? Or only solo audiochannels? Thank you!
guys I need help. I'm really tired to print automations with the mouse and I'm looking for a fader controller. I'm in a small room and I don't have a lot of space. I've seen scheps uses the fader port. but I would like to use it also as controller for volume/esperssion/vibrato with the sample libraries. I'm on a MacBook pro i5 with 16gb , I use logic pro. please help
Thanks for Your Video! Have you ever worked with Icon M+?
How does works X Touch with Plugin?
Hi from Sicily 🙂
Ciao Massimo! Grazie! No, non ho mai avuto modo di utilizzare l'icon m+ nonostante ai tempi lo avessi valutato come altro possibile controller candidato 😎
L'x touch funziona abbastanza bene con i Plugin, Diciamo in linea con tutti gli altri controller aventi 8 parametri controllabili. I controlli possono anche essere rigirati sui fader il che rende la regolazione ancora più precisa. Peccato non avere più di 8 controlli alla volta regolabili!
Purtroppo siamo ormai nel 2021 ma di ottimi controller per la regolazione dei plugin ancora non ne vedo haha
Ciao e buona musica 🎹
@@soundrocketstudios GRAZIE MILLE!! BEL CANALE, TI SEGUO 🙂🙏
@@soundrocketstudios sto pensando all'Icon Pro G2, vedremo... intanto devo ancora ultimare cinque brani, mi regalerò il controlercome premio!
@@MASSIMODARRIGO Ottimo! Fammi sapere cosa decidi 😊
Buona musica cia cia! 🎹
exelent video , how clear the cliping leds? you know?
Hey! I checked but sorry, don't know how to do that and it depends if your DAW is sending the right signal. In my case on ableton and studio one, they PROBABLY work all right and I said probably because there's really no situation that comes to my mind, in which I clipped the channel
Sorry! 😢
Cheers 🎹
Hi! Great presentation and good english! I'm a studio engineer working on SSL. I have Pro Tools at home. And I definitely want to get rid as much as possible of the mouse. workflow is too slow for me. My doubts go between buying a second hand Command 8 from Avid (which of course won't give me any bad surprises) or a X-Touch... I checked the Behringer site. In the presentation they say it's compatible with PT. When I check some forums, it's another story. Apparently no access to the plug ins. What's your experience with this? I understand PT wasn't on the top of your Hit parade. What is working and what not? I really like the look and the possibilities of the XT, like the scrolling button... Could you tell me more about this? thx!
Hey! Thank you, glad you liked it!
The problem with Pro Tools, as I understand (since I don't have it) is that its compatibility varies depending on each device and it sometimes limits things to basic... This is because the EUCON protocol is what Pro Tools relies on and as you can understand it is present only on bigger more costly controllers (like the command 8 or Avid S3 or ssl Nucleus 1/2 (damn how much would I love one lol!)
Plugin control, routing, grouping, etc work on a "fingers crossed" basis. I'm 99% sure that you would have transport, faders, flip, rotaries, solo/mute/rec/select, fader banks/channel banks and feel like also the jog should be available, but really don't know 100%...
If you find that the Mackie series of controllers work for plugins in Pro Tools you might be a lot closer to saying that this might work too (since this is close to 100% a copy of what an MCU controller do) but I just couldn't say without trying...
I'll look on the internet al let you know if there's anything new
Here's a comment from down here! Let me know if you decide anything ;D
Cheers!
"Great review! For the price I think it's a great controller too. I use it with Pro Tools (and it does have very limited functionality). But it definitely gets me through projects so much faster. I sometimes like being able to write automation with a physical controller, and it saves me some screen real estate not having to flip between windows so often. I especially find it useful when I'm working with plugins on my screen. Instead of having to constantly click between the plugin window and the edit window so that I can use the usual keyboard shortcuts, I can keep my plugin windows active and use the Xtouch to play/record/loop/save etc. Oh, and the little save button that lights up red when there is unsaved data...huge life saver! Whenever I see it red, I reach over and double tap it to save the session...it has saved me several times when my DAW crashed and I would have otherwise not saved as frequently and lost a lot of work. Great video!
" (comment by Connor Chee)
Nyroh grazie mille! I think I might give it a try. The shop where I would buy it have a few week return policy so I could test it for a while. On the other hand I can get a Command 8. Looks more boring but maybe better... ciao!
@@didiermoens9303 great!! Would love to know how it works on Pro Tools
Have a nice day full of music! 🎹
Cheers!
Found this in the meantime... www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2018/6/14/control-surfaces-for-pro-tools-you-can-buy-for-under-500-budget-studio-bargains
"... Until we hear otherwise, we believe the X-Touch has limited compatibility with Pro Tools."
I guess I'll try something else...
The thing is HUI is not supported anymore by Avid. :( Which make things difficult... Stay safe.
Ciao! Bel video complimenti! Volevo solo chiederti come si comporta con Logic? È portato per essere usato con Logic? Un ultima domanda conviene prendere questo, che sicuramente è più completo, oppure provare a prendere la versione compact ?
Grazie per l’eventuale risposta
Buona musica
Il delta fra compact e non compact secondo me è così tanta a pari di poco prezzo che non sia troppo conveniente prendere la versione compact. E personalmente trovavo il non compact anche fatto un po' meglio
Scusa la poca specificità ma è solo e solamente perché siano giorni incasinati e non riesco a rispondere in modo completo a nessuno 😢
Con logic funziona benone! Dai un'occhiata direttamente su youtube e guarda il video di presentazione dell'x-touch. Troverai spiegazioni più specifiche
ruclips.net/video/Ff898fWlPA8/видео.html
Ciao e buona musica a te!! 🎹
@@soundrocketstudios grazie mille della risposta adesso valuterò bene cosa comprare
Great video! Do you think this would play well with Cubasis on iOS?
I would like to know this as well.
I got a BFC2000 but I sure like this one.
There's the new bcf coming out I think! Still from behringer
@@soundrocketstudios Sweet
Great, and rather fun, review!
Now I have to check out one of your tutorials too. ;-)
this was well done, thanks!
My x-touch just stopped working. I have used endless hours to try to reconnect it, but without any result. I am using it with Sony Vegas Pro. Any idea what could be wrong? It just about six month old.
Sorry but can't really help. Reinstall the DAW after removing EVERYTHING and all the mackie control files already present usually works. Then you'll have to try to update the firmware (if not already updated), try a different cable, try a different port in your computer and at the end of everything...if nothing else work, use that warranty and ask directly to the seller of try to contact behringer!
Sorry for the delay
Cheers
@@soundrocketstudios Behringer's support sucks. The obvious question is: Have you contacted Behringer?
I haven't... I actually haven't yet found an email to which I could write
If I remember well I wrote on the "Music Tribe" group since seems like it's one of the only things you can do, asking about the colors of the scribble strips, but absolutely no answer
Do the motorized faders assume the correct position when I skip between projects in my DAW?
Yes they do!
Cheers 🎹
@@soundrocketstudios Sounds awesome! :O
I am planning to get this.
Is it of better build quality than the X-Touch One?
(that one wobbles badly when pressing on the buttons)
@@gaborkiss1425 You mean that the whole thing wobbles?
@@soundrocketstudios More like the parts around the buttons.
@@gaborkiss1425 Don't think so. Exact same series usually comes with same matherials
Cheers 🎹
How is x touch as compared to Mackie mcu pro control surface which one is better in your opinion
Apart from eventual feel difference (on which I can't express because I haven't tried the mcu pro), what you get is close to the same. The x touch costs less then a third, and works real close to the mcu
The only thing I could think about that I definitely prefer on the mcu is the fact that the scribble strips are tilted so I can see them clearly even without thinking at the position of the controller itself 😁
If anyone has tested both please let us know!
And thank you for commenting
Cheers
@@soundrocketstudios yeah man thanks for your helpful reply man yeah mcu pro has those 2 screens extra but yeah cost is a big reason why anyone would go for x touch I have to make up my mind soon thanks for your opinion 👍
thank u bro for these video i want to ask u some question Do u know most of Audio interface such as UA apollo twin its support the CPU of PC to put alot of plugins and tracks .. What about this mixer its well help my CPU ?? or i should buy a twin x and connected to any mic preamp to expand my tracks ?
This is not an audio interface and doesn't transport audio in any way. It's just a midi controller (aka "a control surface") so it's not interchangeable with an apollo twin or any other audio interface.
For the other question, it won't weight in any way on your cpu, don't worry about that
@@soundrocketstudios thank u bro i understand now.. 🌹 🌹 ❤️
Hey Nyroh, thanks for the tutorial, very informative. I haven't found anything about BEHRINGER X TOUCH and Reason 10 any comments?
Hey! Thank you for commenting
I really don't know much about reason.....used it in the past but something like 7 years ago lol
From this chat seems like mcu protocol works
forum.reasontalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=7343641
(at least for controlling "ssl reason mixer" so probably for everything else too) and they're mentioning also and one of the bought the x touch so....give it a read ;) It may help!
Best I could find!
Thank you
Cheers
Ciao Nyroh, nel video riporti come l'utilizzo dell'XTouch con Cubase sia assolutamente consigliabile, ma se vedi in rete diversi video / recensioni non si fa altro che riportare problematiche di pulsanti non assegnati, funzionalità ridotte ecc. La stessa Behringer, in risposta ad un ticket da me aperto, risponde: "This will be dependent on how Cubase implements the Mackie Control Protocol. Some features may not work as expected.". Da che parte sta la verità? Grazie mille! :)
Ciaoo!
Allora si, alcune cose potrebbero non essere perfette. Come per esempio l'apertura dei plugin ma sia Cubase che logic sono come detto da behringer stessa i programmi effettivamente meglio implementati per l'x touch e nei quali le funzioni presenti su quasi tutti i buttons siano state meglio adattate. I buttons non assegnati sono assegnabili via script (a parte quelli in alto, più difficili da mappare) mentre per i problemi "strutturali" di mapping, è possibile scaricare degli script aggiornati e migliori di quelli originali. In qualsiasi caso, I problemi presenti per l'x touch sono purtroppo spesso presenti in quasi tutte le altre control surface 🙁 Quindi.... Volendo essere severi, se non 10 darei volentieri un 9 sia per Cubase che per logic, e scalerei di quasi uno le altre valutazioni
@@soundrocketstudios Grazie Nyroh, in effetti io la stavo valutando ma volendo proprio smanettare sui plugin (insert) mi metti dei forti dubbi...Stavo proprio per questo valutando in alternativa la QCON Pro G2, appena uscita, non so se la conosci...
If you know like I do... You'll cop one.. I got mine when it first came out and it honestly a great investment for any producer on ANY DAW!!!!!!
Your caugh deserves an internet MEME! 😂 🤣
How does it work with Fl studio?
not good...found out the hard way
Io ce l'ho ma sono un po' pentito dell'acquisto. Ma è possibile che non c'è un manuale come per gli altri controller (Qcon, Faderport, ecc)? Possibile che si debba imparare ad usarlo solo con quei 4 video che hanno fatto? Io non credo di essere proprio negato ma, come dovrei fare ad es., per scoprire che quando vado in eq e questo ha 4 "pagine" io per scrollare tra queste devo usare le frecce di zoom orizzontale? per tentativi? Boh
Più che d'accordo! Questa è una pecca a cui non avevo pensato nel video perché ora (dopo un anno) sicuramente non trovo rilevante ma... All'inizio è effettivamente un po' scomodo dover capire un po' tutto da sé 🙁
Peccato per behringer, su questo avrebbe potuto fare molto meglio. Per studio one e ableton ho i walkthrough io, per logic e Cubase bisogna purtroppo accontentarsi di quelli direttamente fatti da loro 😅
Grazie per il comment e abbi pazienza: con un po' di tempo ti ci troverai benissimo! 😉
Buona musica!! 🎹
I Have a Behringer X Touch One and Love it. I am considering getting the SSL UF8 because its Rack-mountable... My question is the Behringer X Touch Rack-mountable?
thanks in Advance.
Well......racks are 19 inches and che x touch is 17.8 so the answer is yes, you could rack mount it probably...? But really haven't seen it done yet 😊
I just got the x touch 1. There is no off button.. how do you turn it off???
What do you think of the FaderPort?
Have you compared the X Touch to Faderport 8 ? Great Video Thanks
Hey Jono! Thank you, glad you liked it
I have buuuut not actual use in real life. I compared the two directly in a local store and definitely liked the feel of the x touch more
The materials used makes the faderport look and feel more like a toy to me and then there's two things: no pan pots and faders too incredibly close. Man, I just can't stand the fact that without looking, I had to "force" my fingers to stay closer one another to move two or three faders together. Not a super hard thing to do but...I mean... it is really too close for me. And I don't even have big fingers (I'm a pianist and piano teacher too)
And the no pan pots thing is just not a great idea for me.
Hope for a better version two for the faderport 8/16 series. But for now, I'm an x touch guy
Thank you for commenting!
Cheers!
@@soundrocketstudios Thanks Man 👌
I’m new to this I like how this looks did this get a new revised version by any chance I’m just using it for my stream as a midi😶
Unfortunately no new version out yet! Still have this and still works no problem 👌🏻 👌🏻
Haven't tried this for streaming with obs or similar, if you mean things like that
"Socket family" I love it!!!!
it is called "same electrical group" ;) hehe
nice video, good work!
hope to get this surface controller work fully with Reason 10.x
Thank you for letting me know haha!
Let's hope for the best for reason 💪🏻💪🏻
Never tried it enough!
Any updates to how well it works with Ableton?
I understand that your review about Reaper compatibility is based on other peoples opinions, right? However, I had read from Reaper user that only 2 buttons do not work if one installs extension made by Klinke. So why don't you check it properly with Reaper and inform us how it really works?
Will do my best!
Well how has the behringer held up over these years? Any issues.. repairs etc?
It worked pretty much perfectly apart from the jog loosing some signal here and there and I would have kept it 100% if it wasn't for the fact that... lately I pretty much found myself mixing via mouse, keyboard and a single fader so.... I bought a faderport V2 (since I'm using studio one 6) and sold the behringer 😄
This is the ONLY motivation for selling it. Great piece of equipment apart from the bulkiness lol
Cheers 🎹
@@soundrocketstudios thats a shame it has that issue... Seems most of these controllers have issues... I use trackball and keyboard but im starting to get hand injuries.... looking for something to help but i find the cost to quality quite troubling... Thanks for reply... All the best⚡👍
Secondo te, a prescindere ovviamente dalla grande differenza di costo, è meglio un controller fisico come questo di cui parli tu, oppure una cosa touch tipo lo slate raven mti2 ?
È una domanda alla quale avrei voluto rispondere con un video ma... Domani vengono a ritirare il mio monitor touch 21.5 pollici della hannspree 😕
Provato, testato ma.... Niente. Non lo trovo affatto naturale. Nessun movimento a parte quello dei fader (essendo questo un movimento verticale quindi "comodo" anche su monitor) mi da soddisfazione. Non mi trovo "a casa"
La selezione degli effetti, delle tracce e tutto ciò che ha a che fare con la daw, con il monitor da me testato, no ha in alcun modo accelerato quello che potevo fare con il mouse o con la rotella del mouse
Per me è un totale no. Non ho fatto un video perché sarebbe sinceramente stata solo una recensione negativa
Se vuoi provare il "feel" scarica un'app utilizzabile come midi controller e metti un po' di faders e rotaries/knobs. Prova, poi prendi un x touch 😉😉
@@soundrocketstudios Ti ringrazio per la celere risposta. Hai confermato i miei dubbi...Ero rimasto affascinato dal discorso di gestire i plug in con il monito touch, ti da un'idea di futurismo, fico. Però in effetti perdi totalmente la manualità e comunque non so se si possa integrare il touch lasciando anche il monitor normale o devi usarlo da solo. Comunque avendo anche una tavoletta grafica con la penna, sono abbastanza veloce nei movimenti. E' che queste cose ti allettano, sono specchietti per le allodole. In effetti il Behringer, oltre ad essere bello, penso sia veramente utile. Tempo fa era sparito dai siti e ne avevano fatto una versione piccolissima. Ora è sparita quella e si ritrova questo ad un prezzo veramente allettante.
Grazie, a presto! :-)
E altro problema: dopo averlo preso mi sono accorto che quello che volevo non era solo più controllo diretto ma anche più "fisicità" nel senso di meno occhi puntati sul monitor. Ora ho tolto addirittura lo schermo che avevo davanti posizionato in mezzo ai monitor e ne ho tenuto solamente uno inclinato subito immediatamente dopo l'x touch. Super cool. Occhi chiusi e... Si mixa!
Ciao buona musica!! 🎹
Nyroh esattamente ciò che immaginavo...manca di fisicità tutto questo touch!
Grazie ancora! ❤️👍
Seat Nyroh, in the video you say that every button does work in cubase. I tried it but several buttons do not work. For instance the click and the function buttons. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong? I can't figure it out. Thanx for responding. Kind regards, Wim
Hey Wim!! Sorry but can't really help with Cubase 😔
This videos might help you with the usual setup (just to be sure your x touch works properly)
ruclips.net/video/LrVWRgJbSyw/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/dA-Pzkpj1-M/видео.html
But after that.... Unfortunately can't help!
Sorry 🙏🏻
Cheers 🎹
@@soundrocketstudios thanx for your response. It seemed that cubase reacts different on some buttons. I bought a magnetic overlay with the cubase functions. problem solved! (-;
That's great man! Glad it worked somehow 😁
Have a nice day full of music!!! 🎹
Behringer X-Touch faders horribly jittery when reading slow automation from Studio One 4. Smmfh. Helppppp!!!!!
Brilliant bit of kit we have two in our studio
What about icon Qcon g2 ???
My x-touch is getting quite hot on the upper right corner of the surface. Did anyone else notice that? The controller works well though, but that warm is worrisome.
Power Supply. Perfectly normal.
per uso con Cubase suggeriresti questo x-touch o ICON QCON pro o ancora il nuovo QCON G2 ?
grazie ciao
Allora, dovessi scegliere metterei nel seguente i 3 controller nel seguente ordine:
x touch, qcon pro g2 e qcon pro. QUASI x touch e qcon pro g2 alla pari ma personalmente la fattura del qcon non mi ispira moltissimo. Potrei essere un po' di parte perché ho già un giudizio sul mio x touch e so che col mio programma cioè studio one funzioni già abbastanza bene per me ;)
Sono tutti e 3 mackie quindi tecnicamente dovresti PIU' O MENO avere le stesse capacità di controllo
Can this device work with Avid Media Composer flawlessly?
probably taking mine back that i just got, fl studio is a no go i think :( had high hopes
FL Studio is garbage
@@iOWNyouFOOLaskYOmama thanx dr Phil...your opinion is garbage
It works great with fl studio
I have one
does this work with Fairlight?
will this work with FL studio and Adobe Audition?
Hello
I'm trying desperately to set up my control surface. (I had read that it was simple under Logic ... hmmm) Yet I respected the start (let Press Select from the first slice and turn on the table, select the protocol MC I put the 1.14 1.03 activated) The problem is that I already use a Komplete Kontrol S88 keyboard under the Mackie protocol. Maybe it's a duplicate of the shot? In short I do not know if we can use both at the same time under the MC protocol? always is that when my keyboard is off my table is still not recognized ... So I do not understand.
I went in Logic ProX -> Control Surface but it does not appear in the list of products. I saw that there was an update 1.15 but normally it should be able to work without? no ? I thought it was plug and play ...
here is my config: Mac OS Yosemite 10.10.1 / Logic Pro X 10.1.0
Sorry you're having all this trouble! 😢
I used to use logic when I had a mac but actually don't have one right now so can't help you directly.
If you're having BOTH the "control surfaces" on at the same time (even if the s88 is not a control surface, you can set it up as one of it to use the play/stop buttons etc, which is probably what you're trying to do) YOU HAVE to be sure to have both the controllers ins/outs setted up right so please, check the ins/outs
The name changes on osx so I can't tell you even the specific names 😢
Please check out these two and see if everything is setted up right.
www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/how-do-i-set-up-my-behringer-x-touch-in-logic-pro-x/
support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/210279905-Setting-Up-Apple-Logic-X-for-KOMPLETE-KONTROL
It's sure that you can use multiple control surfaces in logic but....really sorry, at the moment, not having a mac, can't help more then that 😊
Let me know if you get it to work though!!
Loved watching you!! Just subbed
Thank you!!!! Super glad you liked it 😊😊
Cheers 🎹
@@soundrocketstudios just bought the X touch mini as I'm on a tight budget! Cheers man. I'm going to use this in conjunction with the Presonus Atom for beat making :)
Does the X-Touch work with Adobe Audition?
Yes, but not as well as I’d like. I’d say 7.5/10
What about MIDI "Expression"?!
Also btw... it looks like you have Kontrol Mk2 in the background... I realize it doesn’t have faders but it seems to work very well with Cubase overall! Just not at all with Studio One... hence my choice to add the StudioLive.
Sorry forgot to answer this. I don't use s1 for production but for mixing work only (ableton for production) so no prob there!
Thank you for sharing! Have a nice day full of music 🎹
Question still unanswered - does it work fully with FL Studio?
Hey, real sorry but I actually can't answer this question 🤔
Never worked with FL and checking on the FL site, since I'm not an FL products user I can't see the answers to anyone questioning this (maybe I don't understand how to create an account on the FL site 🙈
To me it seems like the mackie implementation with FL is not that advanced....maybe someone else can help?
If you're an FL user here's some links I found:
www.gearslutz.com/board/music-computers/1160070-narrowed-down-x-touch-faderport-8-advice-2.html
forum.image-line.com/viewtopic.php?t=151903
forum.image-line.com/viewtopic.php?t=197633
Some bottoms work
Your screen is really cool. What is it?
Samsung 27 inch curved monitor! You'll find plenty similar on amazon 😊
Actually solid build. It fell from my table like....3 to 4 times lately and the frame opened in a few spots but still perfectly works
WON'T MAKE IT FALL ANY OTHER TIME SOON ._.
Cheers 🎹🎹
Will this work with Luna from Universal Audio? Thanks.
Don't use luna! Check if it works with mackie control and it will probably work with this one too but...not in the same way 4 sure
Cheers
Nyroh 🎹
Ableton over Reaper? Ive found with Reaper its more compatible . Everything goes along with the layout , the only exception is the sends have no way to be dialed and the fact that you have to modify it to Unselect everything every time you chaging to another track otherwise youll be changing things like volume , solo and mute in the channels that stay selected. But thats something youll get used to it the more you use it with Reaper. Like right now , im using it with Ableton and ive found myself hitting the button I had assigned to unselect all by accident when I dont really need It. But I tell you this ....Ive found myself using less the mouse and the keyboard with Ableton than Reaper. The only thing I dont like about using it with Ableton is that the layout is completely messed up. Like if Ableton could have a way to modify the layout it would definitely be my #1 choice for mixing. For now Ableton its used for producing and Reaper for mixing.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for letting us know about how it now works with reaper!
I was stuck with the idea that it didn't really work that well but seems like now everything is close to where it should be (:
Super glad to hear that! How do u feel about the x touch itself? I'm still liking it and using it everyday
Will update you guys asap
Thanks again!
Cheers!
@@soundrocketstudios I still use it ...but I got very disappointed after my purchase because I received some offers from sweet water (where I got it) and one of them was the Behringer Motor 49. Which its basically a midi controller with the heart of the X touch controller build in. Motorized faders , Mackie control...everything. And since now I have this constant fight for what device would be my center piece 90% of the time , I feel that the Motor 49 was the perfect piece . That way nothing have to be remove or put aside to make space for others. Very disappointed with Sweetwater on that one cuz that never showed up on my search for behringer controllers on their site. But the x touch is working perfectly fine , very happy with the functionality and everything. Ive heard ppl complaining about the faders noise...but cmon is nothing crazy unless you mixing on a anechoic chamber or some crazy space like that. And I just noticed we had the same conversation 6 months ago...sorry😂
@@AudioReplica2023 Damn! Didn't even notice haha
No problem absolutely, always love to talk about music and music equiment
Never heard of the motor 49. I have a komplete kontrol 61 but don't really use it since I'm not creating that much music for myself nowadays
Question: I hold the button as instructed and turn on devise , I can not see Xcontrol (Xctl) on the scribble strip . I'm hook to a modem by cat 5 what's wrong?
Don't really understand how you're trying to connect
If you're using a cat5 cable you're trying to connect via network but I'm not used to it and can't really help...Sorry!
Cheers
After updating firmware
All good works great
Through cat5
@@setupmaster123456789 glad to hear that! Thank you for sharing 👍🏻
Cheers
Nyroh
Does it work with Reasons SSL board??
Ignore the negative comments and keep doing what you do best. I liked your video😁
I own this X touch controller and I use it with logic pro. It's a very decent midi control surface for the price range imo
I dont think it works better with Ableton than reaper. Ableton you are stuck with the crazy configuration out of the box. Reaper on the other hand its fully customizable. Plus the automation section is very well implemented. The only good thing about using it with Ableton is when you riding the faders for automation which in a weird way uses the "Reaper v3 scale 2.3" setting. Which makes the automation smoother ....but other than that the Ableton mapping implementation with x touch is horrible....workable but horrible. Your order from good to worst should be. Logic >studio one>Reaper>Ableton ...and forget about protools.
Hey! Thank you for commenting 🎹
Some things are just sooo well implemented in ableton. Like plugin and sends. The only things that are surely better in logic/cubase are SOME of the secondary (other) buttons which are close to 100% what is written on the controller.
On the other hand with reaper if you wanna use it, you mandatory have to use the Klinke's MCU integration to make it work which, btw, is only for windows (cuttin out a big chunk of musicians). And none of it is mapped, so you have to map it all by yourself which is not usually what clients are looking for
I'll still surely keep an eye opened to know if anything changes! Have you tried it? Any support for MCU?
It crashes often with protools but I still love the overall feel of this controller.
Sorry for that! Have you tried changing the USB cable and using a short one? (possibly high quality)
If it's not the cable..... I'm no pro tools expert and can't help you unfortunately 😔
Glad you like the feel of it though
Hi Omar,
Have you fixed this or is it still doing it?
What about Reason studio?
Does anyone know of the xtouch black is smaller
how is it with Cubase and VSTi's i.e. Omnisphere, Zebra, etc cheers for the Vid!
Should work great! If u have an extender you should be able to spill all the parameters you wanna control on it too
Notice that if u have the x touch only only, I don't know if there's a "page" function to scroll through all the parameters controllable but I think I saw a video of a modified script for the x touch which made it a lot better to control plugins too
I'll have to check some more on youtube 🤔
Have'nt had the possibility to test it on cubase since even with the demo you have to buy the dongle anyway...
Thank you for your comment!
Have a nice day full of music 🎹
@@soundrocketstudios appreciate your time will look into expander cheers
Hi!
I just bought an X-Touch One controller for Pro Tools.
Everything works except the LED SIGNAL.
How can I make it work? (Firmware 1.08 / PTHD 12.5)
Thank you for your answers
FL studio compatibility?
Never used FL studio. If it is compatible with the MCU protocol it's gonna work with the x touch but haven't seen any test anywhere on the internet
Cheers
Ciao hai fatto aggiornamento firmware prima di utilizzarlo con studio one?
Ciao! Non comprendo al 100% la domanda, come mai chiedi?
Comunque eravamo e siamo tuttora fermi all'1.15, uscito ormai da quasi 4 anni
Ciao e buona musica 🎶
This was a great review!!!!!
Thank youuu 🙏🏻
If u have any question don't hesitate to ask 💪🏻
@@soundrocketstudios which version of pro tools are you using the x touch with?
Sorry but I'm not a pro tools user and unfortunately as explained the x touch doesn't really work well with pro tools 😕
Seems like they'll have to upgrade their "Mackie Control policy" if they wanna let us have some fun lol
@@soundrocketstudios oh. I caught that from the video. Maybe I should rephrase the question-- Did you test it with pro tools? Or did you get second hand information?
No that was not a test I did. I always look for news and updates for the x touch and it's compatibility but seems like there's no news on how anything got better with it 😕
Always felt like pro tools guys are a bit behind for controllers and control surfaces. Their artist mix and "S" series are still the best of the best for it
Anyone know if it can control an MPC Live In Standalone Mode with NO DAW?
Did u ever find out? Im curious to know myself
If you don't own an XR18 or a MR18 mixer, there are better options. If you own one of those mixers though, this thing is the best money can buy.
Tank you teesher!
Thanks for the video, your dialog microphone setup needs a lot of work though, it sounds like you're inside a box or a tube...
Your "room" looks very small though... and your acoustic treatment isn't for anything below 2500hz... so that might be the reason.