The new PreSonus Fader Port control surface / fader / transport device looks to be perfect for me as someone who isn’t particularly afraid of mixing with a mouse anyway. That said, being able to automate fader moves one at a time, or in groups, and having the transport controls at my finger tip in such a small footprint gadget makes a lot of sense.
My questions are:
1) PreSonus has been pretty vague about support for Digital Performer. Things are weird enough with Universal Binary evolution going on to start throwing new hardware device issues into my life. Does the Fader Port support DP? Natively, through CoreMIDI or with a driver?
2) How noisy is the fader when it’s sliding around?
3) How high is the resolution on the fader automation? Much is said about the differences in resolution between the various control surfaces. How does the Fader Port compare?
4) Not really a question, but more of a entirely subjective, principled superstition: the Fader Port is a brand new, first generation product for PreSonus. I usually only buy brand new, first gen products that I really, really friggin’ want. In such case, I’m willing to live with bugs or features no one realized were important yet.
Gearwire has a PreSonus Fader Port demo video from Summer NAMM 2006
In the NAMM video above, as well as on the PreSonus site, there’s no mention of whether or not the PreSonus Fader Port is compatible with Digital Performer or not, and IF NOT yet, WHEN they expect it to be. Hopefully, we’ll learn more soon and we’ll report back when we do!
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