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I sort of feel sorry for Presonus; I know they have their fans/users, and there are new users who will buy it, but I came on this post to check it out, and saw the Behringer X-Touch One mentioned, thought it looked interesting...checked it out, and well...yeah, Behringer is getting my money in a heartbeat. Sorry Presonus, come better next time.
I might order one of these this week. Here's the plusses and minuses I see offhand:
Faderport -- appears considerably narrower if you are pressed for space (can't find the dimensions of the X-Touch One but from the photos it appears maybe 50% wider?)
X-Touch -- more buttons (34 vs 24), appears to have then more functionality. (But the Faderport has a shift button with 15 additional commands which are marked on the face -- not sure about the X-Touch i.e. what do the Function buttons do? Programmable commands perhaps? Or are they essentially 6 different SHIFT keys that allow all the rest of the buttons to do different things?
Faderport -- fewer buttons spaced further apart and easier to navigate by touch, especially if you are in a dark room. Faderport buttons appear to be backlit and color-coded when not engaged (turn brighter when engaged?) whereas X-Touch only light up when engaged. Again good for a dark room or bad eyesight or whatever. Faderport transport controls are MUCH better placed and will be easier to use on the fly esp. if you are wearing a guitar or whatever and recording yourself.
X-Touch -- scribble strip display is obviously a huge plus and allows working without looking at the computer in some cases
X-Touch -- includes a powered two-port USB hub. They say it's for "attaching more controllers" but I wonder if you could use it to attach a hard drive or synth or whatever, if you are short on USB ports (I am). Anyway this is a really nice addition.
X-Touch -- comes with overlays for supported DAWs. On the other hand the Faderport doesn't need overlays due to its simplicity.
X-Touch -- bigger jog wheel, better placed.
(edit): X-Touch -- dedicated pan knob with light display of position -- a very big plus.
The most important thing of course is how flawlessly they integrate with your DAW -- I'm using Cubase and there's no way to know without buying. (The CC121 is too expensive and too big for me, especially as I would never use the EQ section which takes up so much space, since I never use the Cubase channel EQs.)
Anyway I think with all these differences you could make a case for either device. The Behringer is definitely a better value as it's less expensive and has more features, but in the end you want something that facilitates your workflow, not that is the "best value."
