Let's talk about midi controllers, how do you work?
I used to have an 8 track control surface mixing with a lot of faders, knobs and my hand on the transport controls and nudge-wheel. But when I started doing sound design, I took this Ableton course, which moved my workflow into 98% mouse and keyboard, so I rarely reach for a controller anymore.
I do miss my Faderport2 for automation and setting levels during mix though (I still have it, but there's no room on my table atm.)
@mosgaard I have a BCF-2000 (8 faders, 8 knobs, 16 buttons).
I love it for performative work on a given patch and performing it into the DAW ( #BitwigStudio). Most of the rest of the time I am happy on the mouse.