Novation SL MkIII

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Novation SL MkIII

From £540

The British brand’s latest controller aims to link your hardware

and software. Si Truss gets connected…

CONTACT WHO: Novation WEB: novationmusic.com KEY FEATURES Controller keyboard with eight-channel polyphonic sequencer, DAW

control, arp, scale more and keyboard zones. PRICING: 49SL £539.99, 61SL £629.99

Reviews | Novation SL MkIII

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Reviews | Novation SL MkIII FM | REVIEWS Novation SL MkIII From £540 The British brand’s latest controller aims to link your hardware and software. Si Truss gets connected… CONTACT KEY FEATURES WHO: Novation WEB: novationmusic.com Controller keyboard with eight-channel polyphonic sequencer, DAW control, arp, scale more and keyboard zones. PRICING: 49SL £539.99, 61SL £629.99 82 FMU338.rev_novation.
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Novation SL MkIII | Reviews THE PROS & CONS + Excellent, easy-touse sequencer Flexible range of digital and analogue control Components system makes it easy to manage and edit template - No per-channel swing Some randomistation/ variation tools would be nice R eplete with knob, fader and pad controls, combined with Novation’s Automap system, the SL II range stood out as some of the most flexible MIDI controllers amongst 2009’s crowded marketplace.
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Reviews | Novation SL MkIII THE ALTERNATIVES Native Instruments S-Series from £479 Tight plugin and DAW control from NI’s excellent Komplete Kontrol setup, but there’s far less in the way of hardware flexibility. native-instruments.com Arturia Beatstep Pro £219 Arturia’s Beatstep is well-equipped for linking up analogue and digital gear. It’s design is pad-based, rather than keyboardbased though. arturia.
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Novation SL MkIII | Reviews Each Pattern can be assigned its own length, timing division and direction, making it easy to experiment with polyrhythmic ideas. While each Pattern has a maximum length of 16 steps, in Patterns view users get access to eight Pattern slots for each Part, which can easily be copied and chained to create sequences of up to 128 steps. Alongside the Steps mode, an Automation view offers more comprehensive parameter control and automation sequencing for each Part.