Panorama CS12
DAW channel strip controller. 100 mm high resolution motorized fader. 11 color illuminated buttons for selection of plugin slots, sends and channel menus. Access to 26 transport, navigation and Logic Pro functions. USB bus powered. Supports Apple Logic Pro, Fender Studio Pro, Steinberg Cubase, Steinberg Nuendo and Reaper.
Panorama CS12 är en avancerad channel strip-kontroller för Apple Logic Pro, Fender Studio Pro, Steinberg Cubase, Steinberg Nuendo och Reaper. Mixersektionen är utrustad med en 100 mm högupplöst motoriserad fader, en dedikerad ratt för panorering, tydliga volymmätare samt knappar för Arm, Solo och Mute. 18 knappar är tilldelade DAW-transport, kanalval, tidslinje/loopparametrar, automatisering på/av, fönsterhantering med mera. 11 RGB-belysta knappar ger val av plugin-slot. Välj plugin och 12 st 360-graders encoders tilldelas omedelbart för att styra den aktiva pluginens parametrar, oavsett om det är ett reverb, delay, kompressor eller liknande. En "Fine"-kontroll ökar upplösningen med 10 gånger över standard MIDI vilket ger otroligt detaljerad kontroll.
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Panorama CS12 - The Best Channel Strip Controller for Cubase, Fender Studio Pro, Logic Pro & Reaper
Panorama CS12 delivers a unique workflow never experienced before with a MIDI controller. The channel strip DAW controller ommunicates directly with the DAW to operate every aspect including its own instruments and effects. Add 3rd party plugin control, color and parameter learn and you have a crazy amount of hands-on sound shaping options.
Instrument Control
Panorama CS12 controls virtual instruments from simple to complex. A top-level home page give instant access to favorite parameters and get to it at any time by pressing the plugin slot button. Detail pages are linked from the home page so you can go deeper into a specific oscillator or filter module immediately. For very large instruments there may be more pages than navigation buttons but all pages are accessible via the Menu/Data encoder. In Logic Pro, CS12 can access up to 256 parameters per plugin. Cubase, Fender Studio Pro, Nuendo, and Reaper support up to 1,024 parameters per plugin.
What's Your EQ?
From SSL, Waves to FabFilter, Universal Audio or your DAWs included plugins, Panorama CS12 is perfect for EQ control. The 12 rotary pots ensure that the core parameters of 4 bands can be controlled on 1 page. More than any other plugin type, EQs benefit from Panorama CS12’s Fine (high resolution) control option. You will notice the difference when controlling frequency. Without Fine active you can scroll through the frequency range in one rotation but with very little precision control. With Fine active you are able to control the parameter at the highest resolution made possible by the plugin. The color coding gives visual cues to the layout of the parameters, often following the colors in the plugin itself. You’ll soon know how to control your favorite EQ without needing to look at the plugin UI.
The Workflow is Advanced, Yet Simple
Panorama CS12 connects to your DAW so you can start working straight away with your projects. The display shows which plugins are hosted in the current channel and pressing one of the corresponding LED buttons selects the plugin for control. It’s that easy. In the video the Mai Tai synth, Beat Delay and Compressor plugins are selected and controlled immediately. The track name Mai Tai is displayed just above the display button labels. Control is fast and feels like your plugins and hardware are one and the same.
100mm Motorized Fader
The 100mm Alps fader follows the selected mixer channel when you work. With up to 14 bit resolution, you get detailed control with touch sensing enabling automation override and update captures in real time. Beyond current channel control, the motorized fader can also be used to control master volume and any parameter on the current channel (see Click and Control below). Movement can be disabled temporarily while you are doing open mic recording.
Pan, Dual-Pan, Arm, Input Monitoring,Solo and Mute
The dedicated Pan control adjusts the selected channels Pan Balance and is illuminated in the color of the current channel. Pan modes with 2 parameters. such as Dual and Binaural, are also supported. Control the second Pan parameter while holding Shift. With buttons for Solo, Mute and Record Arm, you have instant access to all main mixer parameters on the selected channel.
Sends
A dedicated button gives you instant control over Sends on the current channel. Set Sends to pre/post fader and select destination right from the page. In Reaper the sends page is really powerful with full control of all detail parameters. You can create sends and control any received sends from other channels.
Focus Control
Panorama CS12 supports each DAW’s own focus control options including Cubase QuickControls, Logic Pro Smart Controls and Fender Studio Pro channel Macros. If you already use these features, they’ll work straight away from Panorama CS12’s Channel menu.
Click and Control
Control any parameter by simply clicking on it. The fader immediately jumps to the clicked parameters position and you take over from there. You can use either the fader or pan rotary to control parameters across the entire project in Cubase, Fender Studio Pro and Reaper, with Logic Pro limited to the current channel. Activate the Select button and the motorized fader now controls any parameter you click. Any mixer channel, instrument or insert effect plugin parameters. Click, control. Super easy.
Fine Control - 10 x Resolution
14 bit control resolution is not limited to the motorized fader. With the Fine button (magnifier icon) enabled each of the 12 pots control at 14 bit resolution. In practice this means you’ll be able to adjust parameters with the same fine grained values available through your plugins UI or up to 10 x regular control resolution. So why not keep Fine on at all times? That’s of course possible and maybe it’s even preferable for some users. When you control at 10 times the resolution it’s not possible to scroll through all values in one rotation, you need 9 or 10 rotations. Switch So in that case switch ‘Fine’ control off.
Automation
Automation can be activated directly from Panorama CS12. Better still, you can also select automation modes like read, touch, auto-latch, cross-over etc. There are even options that are specific to CS12, such as Auto-touch. With Auto-touch selected, automation is only written when the fader is touched. This allows you to freely adjust any other control without accidentally causing automation capture.
Set the Loop, Move the Loop
Set left and right locators to just the right loop. With complete freedom, move the loop across the timeline by turning an encoder. Use the dedicated Goto Left and Goto Right locator to jump straight to the loop point. Create markers and with a button press, move the play head to the marker position and the loop points with it. You don’t have to learn Panorama CS12s power features to appreciate its liberating workflow. It’s the many details like the ability to move through your timeline, that makes Panorama CS12 special.
Function Control - Preset Select
The two function encoders are labelled Zoom and Tempo. With the Zoom control you can quickly adjust both horizontal and vertical zoom. The Tempo encoder give you much more freedom with selection from a list that includes Playhead (jog), Nudge, Loop (move forward/back), Vertical Zoom, Clip Gain and Focused Plugin Preset Select. Preset Select scrolls through the currently controlled plugin’s presets, as long as they are present in the DAWs browser. Presets must be saved for 3rd party plugins.
Cubase Channel Strip Modules
The Cubase channel strip and its 6 modules Gate, Compressor, EQ, Tools, Saturation and Limiter are key features of the Cubase mixer. Select Channel mode and Panorama CS12 instantly uses the 8 plugin slot buttons to select modules for control. Just press the button illuminated in the color of the module and control its parameters. Better still, combine your favorite parameters in 2 user pages using the MIDI Remote Manager. Each module can be bypassed by holding shift and pressing module buttons or by pass all by pressing the [9-16] button.
FEATURES
- 1 100mm ALPS motorized fader.
- 4 RGB LED control buttons.
- 6 segment LED meter.
- 3.5″ TFT color display.
- 4 display buttons.
- 4 channel strip LED buttons.
- 18 Function and navigation LED buttons
- 2 encoders for zoom and tempo.
- 1 encoder with push button for Data/Menu
- 13 endless or 360 potentiometers with RGB LED illumination.
- 11 RGB LED buttons for selection of channel strip sections.
- 1/4″ TRS Footswitch socket for basic handsfree DAW control.
- Connect up to two foot switches using TRS to TS Y-cable splitter.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- USB class compliant, no driver needed.
- Nektar ControlCore installation required. Unit doesn’t operate on its own.
- A Nektar account for registration and download of support files.
- USB Power Requirement: 500 mA minimum, connect to a USB high power port recommended.
- MacOS: 11.5 or later.
- Logic Pro: 10.7.8 or later.
- Steinberg Cubase: 13.0.51 / 14.0.10 or later.
- Steinberg Nuendo: 13.0.51 or later.
IN THE BOX
- Panorama CS12
- Quickstart guide and functional overview. All other documentation is part of the download package.
- USB A to C cable.