The Panorama P1 from Nektar Technology is a MIDI controller housed in a desktop enclosure that provides deep Reason, Cubase and Nuendo integration, along with comprehensive MIDI programming options. Multiple encoders, faders, buttons and a foot switch jack provide immediate control of up to sixty-one parameters at any one time. Settings can be stored in twenty presets, with individually save and loadable function-key maps that yield more than 1,200 combinations. However, the controller will happily function with virtually any other DAW.
A 3.5" colour TFT display delivers the information needed for each mode or menu, while providing detailed information that makes workflow fluent and fast. Setting up presets or function-key maps is easy. The Control Edit menu allows for selecting a control, and in real-time, assigning the MIDI command required. For each control, values can be scaled, reverse and assigned specific or global MIDI channels. Additionally, the controller features an extended eleven-button transport bar. Using the shift button, these also double as function buttons each assignable to MIDI commands or QWERTY macros.
QWERTY macros allow for assigning a string of up to eight commands to speed up workflow. For example, enter edit mode, zoom in and selecting a tool with just a single button press. Or create an instrument or effects track and locate a folder containing all the presets and select them from the controller, all with one button press and without looking at the computer.
For Cubase, Nuendo, and Reason users, the dedicated communication protocol ties the unit and the software tightly together. It is only necessary to select the mode and menu required, and the controller does the rest. Three modes provide a single button press to switch between controlling the mixer, instruments and transport, with the 4th mode, internal, still providing access to traditional MIDI control. Colour coding clearly informs which environment is being controlled to alleviate any confusion when switching back and forth.
Features
DAW Control
Deep Integration without the need for mapping of the following software: Apple Main Stage 3 Cocos Reaper Bitwig Studio Cubase Logic Pro Reason
Controls
Encoders, faders, buttons and a foot switch jack provide control of up to sixty-one parameters at any one time
Settings
Settings can be stored in twenty presets with individually save and loadable function-key maps for more than 1,200 combinations
Modes
Four modes switch between mixer, instrument, transport and internal when used with Cubase, Nuendo or Reason
Transport
Extended eleven-button transport bar
Assignable Macros
ASCII/QWERTY macros assignable to buttons and pads
Display
3.5" high-resolution TFT display provides navigation and controller status
Bus Powered
USB bus powered
Specifications
| Controls | 16 x Encoders 9 x 45 mm Faders 10 x Assignable LED buttons 11 x Dedicated transport buttons 20 x Preset locations store all settings 6 x Dedicated assignable navigation buttons |
| Function Keys | 11 x Assignable function keys (accessible using shift and transport keys) Load or Save to any of 10 function-key maps Function keys assignable in 3 Reason modes |
| Connectors | 1 x 1/4" TS Footswitch ( pedal not included ) 1 x USB Type B |
| System Requirements | Mac OS X 10.6 or higher Windows Vista, 7 and 8 compatible (Windows XP is not supported at this time) |
| Support | Reason 5, 6, 6.5 and 7 supported Cubase 6, 6.5 and 7 supported (earlier versions not tested) Nuendo 5, 6 supported (earlier versions not tested) |
| Dimensions (WxDxH) | 15.25 x 9.25 x 1.75" (387 x 235 x 45 mm) |
| Weight | 2.8 lb (1.3 kg) |
