Novation Remote 25SL 25-Key USB Controller Keyboard with AutoMap

25 semi-weighted keys with aftertouch.

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:: 9 out of 10
Features:: 9 out of 10
Quality:: 7 out of 10
Value:: 8 out of 10
I Want It:: 9 out of 10
Sound:: 7 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 7 out of 10
Support:: 6 out of 10

"A great controller for producers looking for quality and controls"

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 7 out of 10
Support:: 6 out of 10

User: a customer from gmail.com

Submitted: 7/13/2008

Style of Music: Hip Hop

Musical Experience: producer

Location: Maine

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Feature:
This is by far the most versatile midi controller out there.

Quality:
Amazing feel to the keys, semi weighted. All sliders and knobs feel great. Pads are a bit to be desired, but function great and have a great response.

Value:
This is a good value. Expensive, but worth it.

Ease of Use:
I had some serious frustrations with it in the beginning, mainly because I installed the new automap 2.0 from the get go and it's a little strange getting it all setup. But once I did it's been a snap.

Support:
Not the best support.

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"get it while it's hot."

Overall:: 9 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 9 out of 10
Value:: 9 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 7 out of 10
Support:: 9 out of 10

User: a customer from gmail.com

Submitted: 1/4/2008

Style of Music: electronic/hip-hop

Musical Experience: music producer

Location: santo domingo, domionican republic

Feature:
automap. it's amazing. period.

Quality:
very sturdy little piece of kit.

Value:
a little on the expensive side, but if you want a fully fledged controller with automap, this is the way to go. for those with a tighter budget, check the SL Compact.

Desirability:
very sexy.

Sound:
not applicable

Ease of Use:
it is somewhat confusing to set up at first, but definitely worth the time to sit down and read the manual.

Support:
heard great things about their support, but no experience first-hand.

Overall:
the only thing i wish this had was the drumpads they put in the new, smaller, SL Compact. other than that, amazing.

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"Does automap work completely? Not quite..."

Overall:: 3 out of 10
Features:: 3 out of 10
Quality:: 8 out of 10
Value:: 6 out of 10
I Want It:: 5 out of 10
Sound:: 8 out of 10
Support:: 5 out of 10

Submitted: 7/21/2006

Style of Music: Club(Trance,Tek-House)

Musical Experience: Mixing and Mastering Engineer

Location: Northern New Jersey

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Feature:
Automap works for Cubase great. For Ableton and Reason however i have yet to get it to work, thats why im sending it back. Ableton is the ultimate live sound software and to have it not even respond through basic midi is unacceptable.

Quality:
If the drivers were much,much better it would be great. Its alot more solid than m-audio and alesis stuff, too bad the insides are rotten. Perhaps you will have more luck than me.

Value:
Again, if it worked like advertised it would be great. For me it has not, so back it goes.

Desirability:
Its advertised feature set is hot. Automap has great potential. Execution is very flawed.

Sound:
The keys are nice, too bad thats the best thing about it.

Ease of Use:
Nothing but problems, driver conflicts and no response at times. I've been building computers for a long time and i know my way around peripherals. This thing refuses to work....

Support:
I updated the drivers, and it made everything worse. I didn't try contacting novation. I have no time for tea.

Overall:
Very,very disappointed. I was really looking foward to it working flawlessly.

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