Thinking of buying a control surface...

[Bassturbator]

As the topic already states, I'm thinking of buying a control surface for my Digi002r.

Currently, there are 2 in particular that catch my attention:
Digidesign's Command 8 and Mackie's Universal Control.

Any thoughts / tips on wich kind of console, or things to keep in mind, are very welcome
Alternatives are also welcome ofcourse.

Or... if someone's selling theirs at reasonable a price...
(I live in Belgium => 220 / 230 volt)

My other specs are:
MacG5 dual 2GHz
2GB Ram
PT 7.1
OSX 10.4.5 (no problems so far...)

Cheerz!

[Love Monkey Studios]

Love my MCU. Much more solid feeling than the command 8.

[davegilliss]

while it's not in the league of the 2 you mention, I find that the Behringer BCF2000 to be pretty useful. You set it up in BabyHUI mode and it seems to work fine. i can control all the main functions, Play, record enable, record, forward, rewind, mute, sole, etc. All I really wanted it for was to keep from switching back and forth from the edit to the mix window to change a level with the mouse (is there anything worse than using a mouse for mixing?!) and it does that just fine.

I mainly do audiobooks (some with music and fx), voiceover work and commercials so I don't have quite the same track count as other folks here, so moving 8 faders plus the master is fine for me. plus for $200 it's pretty hard to beat.

dave

[orage]

I really like using my DM1000 as a control surface. I get the benefits of having the functions of a mixing console married to a control surface.

[kbahjat]

Has anybody tried the JL Cooper minidesk??

http://www.zzounds.com/item--JLCCS32USB

[Bassturbator]

Where did my last post go??

Anyhoo, thanx for the tips guys!
Keep 'em coming! hehe

I'm also interested in second-hand stuff