The Nocturnuses Novation's sophisticated Automap technology to give you integrated,hands-on control of your software

Originally announced at thewinter NAMM show, but only beginning to hit the stores in the last couple ofmonths, Novation's Nocturn has been one of the most hotly anticipated releasesof the year. The Nocturn's primary purpose in life is to give hands-on controlof plug-ins with the minimum of fuss and setup. It is also capable of acting asa MIDI controller for other aspects of your DAW, and even hardware instrumentsand devices.

Like the previous Automap-powereddevices (the Remote SL and SL Compact series), the Nocturn hooks into theautomation frameworks used by Audio Units, VST, RTAS, and TDM plug-ins. Thismeans that the controller can instantly grab a list of all the controllableparameters in a plug-in and assign them to its knobs and buttons. Thecontroller stays in sync with the plug-in bi-directionally, updating withchanges made on-screen by the mouse, automation, or patch changes.