I did my first solo appearance as a keys singer once ..and my sustain pedal was sliding away the whole time .I'm sure there's lots of ways to make these stick. Lovely unit .
Audio Imperia is on the way to tackle other sample library companies by keeping it simple yet focused. from Nucleus, Jaeger, Chorus.. still waiting how they'll create woodwind libraries.
Can’t wait for mine to come in! Pre-ordered on day 1, there is nothing close to this price range with the same features. And there is nothing in nearly any price range that looks as clean and sleek!
Great video, thanks! And yes, your studio looks very cool. Based on your review here, I would say this is exactly the device I've been looking for. So far I haven't been impressed with most expression controllers, which either feel terrible, cause dropouts, or have other limitations. I think I will give this one a try. Cheers!
It would be great if you could set each page to a different midi channel rather than only having a universal midi channel. Also, it would be nice to have the faders latch at least so when you go to another bank the parameter doesn’t jump to the fader position. I just picked one up from your watching your video.
Aah. A little bit to late. last year I @m looking for a controller like this one. Finally I bought last Christmas ( not the song ;-p ) the Touche controller. Great one. But the possibility of the audio imperia controller to set key switches are a great feature.
I like this controller. It’s quite Moog-esque with its wooden cheeks. Would love to know exactly what brand faders they use and compare this to the Fader Pro (which has a similar price point). If you (or anyone else) has had experience using both, I would love to hear! Thanks for the review. Great video.
I am still thinking aboutnwhat to buy... Using studio one and aim is to use those faders, this or novation launch control xl... Or presonus faderport 8
Keep in mind this is a Midi Controller to use with Vstis. You can use it with faders etc but they are not automated as they also explain on their website. It is a dedicated Controller for modwheel, expression and all those knobs. If you want a mixing experience with Studio One go to with Faderport.
I'm looking to control Automation lanes in pro tools. Expression, vibrato, pitch bend, etc. Extremely difficult to find any of these MIDI controllers to work with Pro Tools. Will this work with Pro Tools?
So, it is 4 banks x 4 midi cc presets = 16 cc messages stored, right? It’s not much to be honest. The hardware looks cool and it’s probably very reliable, and I could midi learn easy and fast, but if it’s only 16 cc presets then I’m little disappointed.
This is just what you can do with ONE user preset file. I am not sure about the limit of those but it's probably your hardrive. As far as I heard there will be preset files later for all kinds of libraries.
Very cool CC Controller indeed ! Though let's be honest the price doesn't make it a general public product. It's definitely a luxury product for professional composers.
Just my personal opinion but if I buy something that I want to last for years, is good looking, is small and dedicated, I find it better than spending my money on cheap controllers that don't do what they promise, break or mess more things up than helping me. As said in my video, after all these 15 years, if I would have spent money on fewer, more dedicated and expensive controllers, I would have spend WAY less than I actually have :) Out of curiosity, is Moog also luxury because there is Behringer? I think not :D
@@AlexPfeffer I 100% agree with what you said. I just think we're not talking about the same audience here. You're speaking as a professional composer but as a non professional composers like me and others who doesn't pursue a musical career I just think that 380$ on a CC controller is a lot of money in this case. Not saying the product is not worth its price though ! PS: really enjoy your reviews btw.
@@paulthiebaut Oh yes, I agree too. As a hobby composer, the price tag is kinda something :) ... however, it always depends on how much you are into music and how you define your hobby, I mean there are people with miniature trains spending thousands on it, haha! :D ... I agree though, during my first years exploring all this stuff, I would was drawing my dynamic curves with the mouse :)
@@paulthiebaut I don't agree. Hobby composers are spending thousands of bucks for sample libraries - but an extremely solid hardware controller that will be useful for ALL libraries you have ever bought should be luxury. I don't think so.
Alex, I really appreciate if you can do a long video walking us through all your gears that you're using in your studio and for which purpose each one is assigned to. All these midi surface controllers really confuse me and still don't know what to do with them beyond my KK MK2 S61. And most importantly, I still can produce music with just my KK. I have mod wheel, pitch bend, expression strip, 8 knobs and 8 buttons, transport buttons and NKS, what else do I need more than that? I can learn midi from the faders in the VST and assign them to the knobs, not a big deal ... I can't seem to find a straight answer to this unfortunately except some mockery and funny answers from not so cool online dudes who call themselves composers. I appreciate if you can help me with that. Thanks bro
Sure thing, will do! Thing is, you may have a single screwdriver that basically can do everything you need. Then there are people who have a battery powered screwdriver with hammer/drilling option and maybe another one that you don't have to take off while screwing and going around corners. I love to have dedicated tools that are simple and do the job rather than one device trying to be everything. I can't work like this to have a device controlling my faders and then I need eventually to restart it to use it Midi CC controller etc Hope that makes sense.
@@AlexPfeffer Thanks man, yes makes absolute sense. However, I still don't understand what exactly the jobs that each of these dedicated tools do? OK, the Faderport 8 will be dedicated to control the Cubase mixing console and each channel as well as DAW transport functions. Elgato streamdeck will be dedicated to assign DAW macros to each LCD button to control DAW general functions and many many other things. But what about this red Dave Smith and the other white and blue small devices? don't remember their names And yes, the Arturia is an analog synth, I get that lol 🤔🤔
@@Ahmad-Mounir44 Hey, no Dave Smith here, but a KORG which is an analog synth too. The small devices on the wall are guitar fx pedals. On the desk next to the Faderport I have an Procaster by Rode for my Microphone (I want to have that excluded from the DAW audio in case of crashes or mastering changes etc)
@@AlexPfeffer Thanks a lot bro, means a lot 🙂I think I will go for Faderport 8 and streamdeck for now. As I grow and become a cool composer like you, I will consider more future gears. Cheers my man :))))
You probably should watch the video, because FVDE is not a channel fader, it is a dedicated MIDI CC Controller, so motorized faders are not needed :) I would never like to see a fader up or down on String Ensemble dynamics! :)
@@AlexPfeffer Oh right, these are different things of course. I'm not new to daws, but new to words people use in communication and also new to such hardware like controllers. Thanks for your reply!
Yeah couldn't you just get a fader port 8 that has 8 mechanical faders that can be used for both cc and channel faders as well as way more buttons to navigate your daw all for 500 dollars?
A little PS: I just received confirmation that rubber feet will be part of the packages that will be shipped!
Nice work!
Depending on your setup, sometimes Velcro works better, or 3M double tape strips.
Thanks so much Alex!!!!
Rubber feet will come with the final units :) Totally agree, they’re needed
Looking forward for dedicated woodwind library, and expanded brass section too..!
I did my first solo appearance as a keys singer once ..and my sustain pedal was sliding away the whole time .I'm sure there's lots of ways to make these stick. Lovely unit .
Your studio rocks! 😎 Also, thanks for the review. I need something like this.
Studio look LIT AF!!! Great job mate! Can't wait to get my FVDE
Thanks man! Can't wait for you to get it! :)
@@AlexPfeffer Arrived today
Thanks for the review Alex. The new studio looks awesome, I really like the rocks on your wall! It must be so inspiring there ;)
Thank you Bara! All the best to you!
Studio is looking absolutely sharp! Looking forward to the rundown of the isolation panels :)
Thanks!
Hey Alex, the studio looks beautiful. Loving my FVDE as well. Blessings to you.
Fantastic insight Alex, can't wait for that 2022 studio tour video !
The studio looks fantastic - can't wait to see more of it!
Audio Imperia is on the way to tackle other sample library companies by keeping it simple yet focused.
from Nucleus, Jaeger, Chorus.. still waiting how they'll create woodwind libraries.
Congrats on the studio Alex!
I was looking for a review of this, and guess who showed up :)
Haha! 🙌
Can’t wait for mine to come in! Pre-ordered on day 1, there is nothing close to this price range with the same features. And there is nothing in nearly any price range that looks as clean and sleek!
Brilliant review, can't wait to get this beauty!
Just ordered it. NO brainer, I'm done with cheap and plastic. Thanks for the review!
Great looking studio Alex!
Great video, thanks! And yes, your studio looks very cool. Based on your review here, I would say this is exactly the device I've been looking for. So far I haven't been impressed with most expression controllers, which either feel terrible, cause dropouts, or have other limitations. I think I will give this one a try. Cheers!
It would be great if you could set each page to a different midi channel rather than only having a universal midi channel. Also, it would be nice to have the faders latch at least so when you go to another bank the parameter doesn’t jump to the fader position.
I just picked one up from your watching your video.
Alex, there is a display in front of you on your desktop. Is this "The Raven" or a bigger stream deck for key shortcuts?
No just a Hannspree touch screen monitor
Aah. A little bit to late. last year I @m looking for a controller like this one. Finally I bought last Christmas ( not the song ;-p ) the Touche controller. Great one. But the possibility of the audio imperia controller to set key switches are a great feature.
Hey Alex, have you (or anyone here reading the comments) tried the Musiotech Fader Premium? Curious how that one compares to this Fvde controller.
I like this controller. It’s quite Moog-esque with its wooden cheeks. Would love to know exactly what brand faders they use and compare this to the Fader Pro (which has a similar price point).
If you (or anyone else) has had experience using both, I would love to hear!
Thanks for the review. Great video.
4 hundred mm faders = 4, one-hundred mm faders, that threw me off at first 😂😂 that would be a super long throw!!
I am still thinking aboutnwhat to buy...
Using studio one and aim is to use those faders, this or novation launch control xl... Or presonus faderport 8
Keep in mind this is a Midi Controller to use with Vstis. You can use it with faders etc but they are not automated as they also explain on their website. It is a dedicated Controller for modwheel, expression and all those knobs. If you want a mixing experience with Studio One go to with Faderport.
All of my CC assignments within FVDE (CC1, CC7, CC11, CC21) are writing as CC1 within my DAW. How to fix that? I'm in Nuendo 13
Sorry, don’t use Nuendo.
I'm looking to control Automation lanes in pro tools. Expression, vibrato, pitch bend, etc. Extremely difficult to find any of these MIDI controllers to work with Pro Tools. Will this work with Pro Tools?
Sorry, I don't and never used PT for MIDI work.
Great video and Great controller! Do you know if the led lights can change color?
Thank you, yes they can!
Cool!
So, it is 4 banks x 4 midi cc presets = 16 cc messages stored, right? It’s not much to be honest. The hardware looks cool and it’s probably very reliable, and I could midi learn easy and fast, but if it’s only 16 cc presets then I’m little disappointed.
This is just what you can do with ONE user preset file. I am not sure about the limit of those but it's probably your hardrive. As far as I heard there will be preset files later for all kinds of libraries.
@@AlexPfeffer thank you for clearing this up
Very cool CC Controller indeed ! Though let's be honest the price doesn't make it a general public product. It's definitely a luxury product for professional composers.
Just my personal opinion but if I buy something that I want to last for years, is good looking, is small and dedicated, I find it better than spending my money on cheap controllers that don't do what they promise, break or mess more things up than helping me. As said in my video, after all these 15 years, if I would have spent money on fewer, more dedicated and expensive controllers, I would have spend WAY less than I actually have :) Out of curiosity, is Moog also luxury because there is Behringer? I think not :D
@@AlexPfeffer I 100% agree with what you said. I just think we're not talking about the same audience here. You're speaking as a professional composer but as a non professional composers like me and others who doesn't pursue a musical career I just think that 380$ on a CC controller is a lot of money in this case. Not saying the product is not worth its price though !
PS: really enjoy your reviews btw.
@@paulthiebaut Oh yes, I agree too. As a hobby composer, the price tag is kinda something :) ... however, it always depends on how much you are into music and how you define your hobby, I mean there are people with miniature trains spending thousands on it, haha! :D ... I agree though, during my first years exploring all this stuff, I would was drawing my dynamic curves with the mouse :)
@@paulthiebaut I don't agree. Hobby composers are spending thousands of bucks for sample libraries - but an extremely solid hardware controller that will be useful for ALL libraries you have ever bought should be luxury. I don't think so.
379 dollars is hardly a fortune.
shout out to the haters who don't need this awesome thing anyways
Is a scam as monogram audio console?
Alex, I really appreciate if you can do a long video walking us through all your gears that you're using in your studio and for which purpose each one is assigned to. All these midi surface controllers really confuse me and still don't know what to do with them beyond my KK MK2 S61. And most importantly, I still can produce music with just my KK. I have mod wheel, pitch bend, expression strip, 8 knobs and 8 buttons, transport buttons and NKS, what else do I need more than that? I can learn midi from the faders in the VST and assign them to the knobs, not a big deal ... I can't seem to find a straight answer to this unfortunately except some mockery and funny answers from not so cool online dudes who call themselves composers. I appreciate if you can help me with that. Thanks bro
Sure thing, will do! Thing is, you may have a single screwdriver that basically can do everything you need. Then there are people who have a battery powered screwdriver with hammer/drilling option and maybe another one that you don't have to take off while screwing and going around corners. I love to have dedicated tools that are simple and do the job rather than one device trying to be everything. I can't work like this to have a device controlling my faders and then I need eventually to restart it to use it Midi CC controller etc Hope that makes sense.
@@AlexPfeffer Thanks man, yes makes absolute sense. However, I still don't understand what exactly the jobs that each of these dedicated tools do? OK, the Faderport 8 will be dedicated to control the Cubase mixing console and each channel as well as DAW transport functions. Elgato streamdeck will be dedicated to assign DAW macros to each LCD button to control DAW general functions and many many other things.
But what about this red Dave Smith and the other white and blue small devices? don't remember their names
And yes, the Arturia is an analog synth, I get that lol
🤔🤔
@@Ahmad-Mounir44 Hey, no Dave Smith here, but a KORG which is an analog synth too. The small devices on the wall are guitar fx pedals. On the desk next to the Faderport I have an Procaster by Rode for my Microphone (I want to have that excluded from the DAW audio in case of crashes or mastering changes etc)
@@AlexPfeffer Thanks a lot bro, means a lot 🙂I think I will go for Faderport 8 and streamdeck for now. As I grow and become a cool composer like you, I will consider more future gears. Cheers my man :))))
Is it motorized? As in, do the buttons move when you move the channel in your DAW?
You probably should watch the video, because FVDE is not a channel fader, it is a dedicated MIDI CC Controller, so motorized faders are not needed :) I would never like to see a fader up or down on String Ensemble dynamics! :)
@@AlexPfeffer Oh right, these are different things of course. I'm not new to daws, but new to words people use in communication and also new to such hardware like controllers. Thanks for your reply!
Too expensive
and why?
Yeah couldn't you just get a fader port 8 that has 8 mechanical faders that can be used for both cc and channel faders as well as way more buttons to navigate your daw all for 500 dollars?
Eye candy garbage to feed your GAS. Any MIDI keyboard with faders can do this. My 18-yo MOTIF can do this.
Cool!
Oh besides that, do a video about the stuff you use and someone will come along saying the same as you do because they only need pen and paper!
@@AlexPfeffer Haha, thats true brother.