BEHRINGER X-TOUCH MINI

I'm using this for Music. I also have the Korg Nano - which is the unwritten standard for Mainstage because it's cheap, integrates well, and is super compact for live use. However, for studio use (... and older eyes!) the Nano's compactness is a wee too small, and face it - feels a bit cheap. Enter Xtouch which is a nicely built, feels great to the um...touch and is much more powerful. In dim studio light, easy to find buttons. Most of the familiar Daws (Logic user here) or Mainstage let you quickly program buttons/encoders without having to do so on the unit itself. The less you need the mouse, the quicker you get things done. Using either Apple products, (and I'm sure same in Pro-tools, or Abelton Live) it's a breeze to integrate often used menu items and other functions with keypress shortcuts that are usually hard to remember. All without having to create Macros or edit the unit itself. Using this primarily for my most used oft Logic commands. (See picture) All the usual menu shortcuts and specialty commands can be set via Logic's (or Mainstage) easy key commands page. For things like controlling filter, pan, ADSR on app specific plug ins (e.g Atmosphere, Arturia, Gforce etc.) and on/off status type functions, this works great. Awesome the rotary buttons also dual function as switches. Buttons can be programmed to have lights on/off/momentary status too.. The Master fader can used to control your Daw's 2 buss master- or program it to automatically control individual track volume as you select them. If you need multiple faders, or want to do organ drawbar type control this isn't the box for you- the Nano, Novation, etc. or an Ipad app would be better suited for a simple fader controls I went from a 32 channel mixing console to mixing totally in the box. But first I did the elaborate and complicated 16 channel Mackie midi fader system because I thought I needed that kind of control. After a couple years of real world application I got rid of it.. Took up too much real estate and realized i could do everything one fader at a time along with judicious use of automation. For the rare times I need multiple fader control, I just use the free Logic remote on Ipad. For Macros and more complicated things, you'd need to use software (Keyboard Maestro) or hardware ( Elgato Stream deck). I use those with Finale and other music software that doesn't have user-friendly shortcuts. Those devices are overkill for simple DAW things like stop-play etc. In many ways, you could use this device to control your Daw, and a simple macro program to do everything else via your regular computer keyboard. For live use: the buttons can be programmed (via the editor) to do multiple things upon entry and exit, and can transmit just about any midi message on any channel. I've used buttons to store program change for older midi modules, as well as doing sysex control. You can even use the rotary knobs to generate modulation (great when using a keyboard that doesn't have mod/pitch wheels). Expression and Mod work great; but tying to use it for pitch bend, didn't work so well because of the resolution. If you found this helpful, most appreciated if you check the box. Thanks! Once you've programmed scenes and setting, you can save them for various set ups. Complaints: The editor is PC only!!! Luckily, wife had a Windows machine, so was able to program it for some live shows. I wish there was a template in easily printable format. If you do a web search, there are Xtouch overlays available for the popular DAWs, as well as blank ones for use with grease pencil or dry erase. My handwriting is so bad I went the low rent Brother Label maker route instead (see pic) , and it's worked fine. I do wish it was bit cheaper. I recommend keeping an eye on it, because the price tends to wildly fluctuate. It can usually be had for about $20 more than the the Nano- and well worth it. Other than that- fills a great need- great job on this Behringer!

It’s just perfect and multi functional. Love it

I bought the Behringer X-Touch Mini as a DIY alternative to the Loupedeck when editing pictures in Adobe Lightroom. I used MIDI2LR software to pair it with it Lightroom (there are excellent tutorials online to do this) and the process was painless. There were no drivers to download (truly plug-and-play). I was generally pleased with the build quality but was underwhelmed by the fader (slider). I knew when I purchased it that the fader would be useless in LR (it’s not mechanical) but was nevertheless disappointed with it. While the rest of the rest of the unit felt robust, the fader felt as if it was barely there. I guess I was expecting the fader to have more resistance (it felt as if you could flick it off quite easily even though you probably can’t). Even though I didn’t use it, its perceived delicateness annoyed me (especially when compared to the robust knobs). I was impressed the most with the rotary knobs. The LED collars are useful for letting you how much of an effect you’ve applied but only to an extent…I mostly rely on reviewing my monitor when fine-tuning various settings. I was especially pleased that the knobs doubled as a push button (very useful when an adjustment goes too far…just press the knob and the photo resets). Overall, I believe this is a viable alternative to the Loupedeck and will undoubtedly enhance your workflow while increasing your productivity. There was, however, a small issue that caused me to ultimately return the Behringer X-Touch Mini and upgrade to the Behringer X-Touch Compact. There is no way to turn the Mini off. This might not be a deal breaker for most people but I sometime sleep in my studio space (after working long into the night) and having a bank of orange glowing LEDs was mildly annoying. As I said, not a critical flaw but I’m glad the Compact has an on/off switch on the back.

Purchased it for the photograph work with Adobe Lightroom. The overall review opinion on this product is fairly good except a few points to improve. The first problem I had is the customization of the firmware using X-touch Editor. I didn't know that there is no Mac version of X-touch Editor. You must use X-touch Editor windows version to customize it. The solution for Mac user like me is the virtual operating system using Parallels. I hope Behringer provides Mac version soon since there are a lot of complaints about this. Secondly, I'm not satisfied with the PC connection it provides, it is quite an old style of USB plug (USB 2.0 mini type B plug). The best substitution would be wireless Bluetooth for sure. Otherwise, they need to replace it with USB 3.0 type C at least. Other than those two mentioned above, it is a quite useful product with affordable price. It definitely reduces tedious mouse clicks and keyboard typing a lot when I use Lightroom.

I'm not a sound guy by any means... I found this device via some niche articles for Adobe Lightroom users whom use it to control the photo development workflow. I can't tell you if it is great for sound, but it has been a FANTASTIC tool for my Lightroom Workflow. The unit is firm, and feels well designed. It is light weight and small enough to sit between my keyboard and monitor (I swap the keyboard and it when editing) The buttons have a good push feel and they respond quickly. Turning knobs spin well, but if you apply slight angled pressure during rotation, it's not as smooth. The device comes with 2 memory banks, so all buttons and knobs can have two purposes depending if you're in mode A or B. Ideally, for me... two more mode buttons would be perfect. I may try to accomplish that writing a software interface for it, or just buy a 2nd unit :) Definitely an awesome toy, that is several hundreds of dollars cheaper and more robust, than an photography industry specific tool.

i want to add something that is not normally said about this product . i think u already know that this product has really good knobs with light markers( which is cool!) , but u may not be aware of this : 1. I picked it up *hoping* to make it work with ableton live , so i could adjust atleast 8 device parameters without my screen & yet know how much values i set, by looking at the light markers. then, i found that this thing has some crazy features which is not even in the manual. 2. This thing has the famous "blue hand" in ableton live, which means no mapping is necessary. just select the input device as "mastercontrol", then set this unit into MC mode. voila ! everything is pre-mapped in LIVE. the knobs automatically control pan,send etc. if u hit button 6, i was really pleased to see that it also auto-maps to 8 device parameters on your focused vst plugin ! i opened a reverb & The encoders were automapped to all the reverb parameters. beautiful. 3. finally, i never knew there is even a "bank" button to control more than 8 parameters. hit buttons 7/8 and now the knobs control device parameters 8-16 ! its strange that behringer never bother to market any of this nor do they say its premapped to LIVE. overall happy with this product. the knobs & buttons are generously sized, so no hand cramps when using this. time will tell if its sturdy & Durable. finally, yeah we get scalped for this in india. USA price is only $70 & here its Rs 9,500. for the above features, i dont mind spending this.

Awesome for editing photos in Lightroom and easy to build presets with MIDI2LR

The product is of great quality, sturdy and solidly built. I use it as a input device to flight simulators where the rotaries and buttons come in use. Additional software is needed to interface with the simulators. Very happy with the product.

Excelente controlador, es una bestialidad. Al inicio es un poco complicado de entender el funcionamiento, de forma intuitiva. Pero para eso trae su instructivo... Le das una leída, lo conectas, y listo. Puedes mapear todo lo que te imagines. El límite es tu capacidad de imaginar las cosas que puedes hacer con MIDI. Yo lo he usado con Live, pero estoy seguro que se puede usar para automatizar cosas en pro tools, y he visto en internet que también se puede mapear con Lightroom, Premiere y Photoshop. Además de la posibilidad de conectarlo con consolas de la misma marca. Como la X-18. (Si lees esto, estoy por hacer un review en mi canal de youtube, ve a buscarlo. No tarda en salir, o ya lo saqué.) Y no olvides suscribirte si te dan ganas de apoyar. :) PAZ

Awesome for lightroom.