Specifications

STEINBERG
HOUSTON
Motorized Control Surface for Cubase and Nuendo
A MIDI/USB remote controller designed specifically for the
VST audio engine, Houston provides access to potentially
every parameter available in VST windows. It features a
total of nine 100mm touch sensitive motorized faders, eight
rotary encoders with LED position indicators and a matrix
of buttons bringing total hands-on mixing within Nuendo or
Cubase, without having to use the mouse or PC keyboard.
Additionally it offers a large LCD display, transport controls,
and a jog & scrub wheel. A numeric keypad is available for
entering values and for selecting setups and marker positions.
The ultimate controller for Steinberg’s virtual studio,
Houston is also extremely fast and flexible with all basic
parameters displayed at the push of a single button.
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◆ Houston uses an all-for-one or one-for-all
layout meaning that both the display and
related rotary encoders are showing the
same parameter for all eight channels or
eight related parameters for one channel.
◆ Parameters for VST audio effects and VST
Instruments can be displayed, edited and
automated from the Houston’s controls.
◆ A compact desktop unit (same width as a
standard PC keyboard), Houston connects
to the host computer via MIDI or USB.
◆ Illuminated function matrix clearly indi-
cates the current display and all basic VST
parameters. If a set of related parameters
require more than a set of eight controls,
the page up and page down buttons let you
jump to the additional parameters.And
since you always stay in the context of the
selected function group, it isn’t necessary to
repeatedly press buttons to scroll through
all available parameters.With two button
pushes you gain access to virtually all VST
function groups.
FEATURES
◆ Houston supports the mixer views and
windows sets of both Cubase and Nuendo.
It is possible to open and close windows
completely remotely, and to change the
currently addressed set of eight channels—
and these can be any of the VST audio
channels regardless of whether they are
audio,group or synthesizer channels.
◆ Song and edit buttons to easily save a song
or revert to the last version, undo/redo the
last action, confirm, cancel and deny
actions in open dialogs and windows.
◆ Number pad for general purposes plus
buttons for quickly accessing windows sets,
marker positions, etc.For even greater
comfort, the ZAP button lets you toggle
between the two last functions.
◆ Fader section with nine motorized faders.
A number of option buttons let you switch
between the different target faders within
the host application and select fader sets.
You can also jump back and forth between
the available sets of eight channels each.
◆ Tr ansport Controls and Jog Dial for full
and easy navigation within your song.
◆ Rear panel with MIDI trio and USB port.
Houston lets you freely choose whether it
should communicate with your host appli-
cation via MIDI or USB.
What are the differences between Cubase SX and Nuendo?
Cubase SX is clearly a music creation and production program, with audio and MIDI features
specifically designed for these activities such as the Drum Editor, Score Editor and a newly
designed Audio Loop Editor. Multi-lane Controller Editing is provided offering complete
control over the playback characteristics of all MIDI and VST-I equipment used. MIDI
plug-ins and enhanced MIDI processing functions are now standard and we have built in the
support for loading up to 16 Virtual Studio Instruments simultaneously. Extensive groove and
swing functions are designed specifically for easy handling of rhythmic musical elements and
excellent automation control is built in so you can create the perfect final mix.
Nuendo,on the other hand is designed as a media-production system. It can handle
post-production, DVD authoring,music recording and many other types of specialist
production tasks.It features tools such as Sony 9-pin support, OMF-Import, replace audio in
video file,get audio from video file, Premiere EDL import and independent project pools, to
name just a few. Other features are the Matrix Encoder/ Decoder plug-in as well as support for
Dolby and DTS Encoders.