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Roto-Control

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Submitted By: Melbourne Instruments

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Roto-Control

Product Description

Roto-Control

Introducing a truly unique motorized MIDI controller, unlike anything seen before. Rethink software and hardware interactions via fully assignable motorized touch-sensitive knobs, user definable haptics for detailed control, high-res screens providing easy-to-read labels for every control, and internal memory with storage for over 8,000 possible assignments. User definable haptics allows uou to customize behaviour of the motorized controls, changing between traditional potentiometer styles, to swtiches, detents and even endless encoder behaviours. This new leve3l of control allows you to create setups that are perfectly customised to suit any application.


How It’s Innovative

Roto-Control uses Melbourne Instruments motorized knob technology to enable instant recall. user definable haptic feedback, touch sensitivity & takeover, ultra high-res 15-bit control and even real-time motion recording. Additionally Roro-Control features 9 x IPS screens providing easy to read labels for every control. Roto-Control can control up to 64 tracks in MIX mode with instant syncing of labels from live DAW projects (Ableton LIVE + Bitwig Studio).
Roto-Control addresses user demand for an easy-to-use, easy-to-setup universal MIDI controller that you can virtually take anywhere. With a smalll footprint and USB power options, Roto-Control is the perfect companion to all your MIDI software and hardware.
Roto-Control requires no setup in MIX mode, and has the ability to save all your Plugin and MIDI setups internally to the device so you can use the controller with different sessions, different computers and ever different hardware devices with constant access to all your favourite preset assignments at your fintgertips.
Roto-Control also frees you from the tyranny of mouse and trackpad dependence, providing a control surface that allows you to quickly navigate DAWs and hardware devices without having to revert to muse, keyboard and trackpad control.

See MIDI Innovation In Action

Most Inspiring Use Cases

Roto-Control MOTION RECORDER allows users to motorize external hardware devices, providing an exciting new level of control and interactivity to any MIDI assignable device – even outside the traditional audio applications.
Roto-Control is relatively new and we are seeing users creating innovative use cases every other day. Highly adaptable and versatile, we are still realizing many of the creative applciations for Roto-Control.

Expansion Plans

Yes. Watch this space!

Commercialization

Roto-Control was released in January 2025. Since launch we have added full Bitwig Studio intergration, and expect to add other industry standard DAWs in the very near future. Roto-Control provides an incredible technology platform for the development of other similar applications in both larger and smaller form factors, with potential uses in larger professional mixing, mastering and live performance environments.