Behringer X-TOUCH ONE

Summary:
+ Looks and feel good, despite being all-plastic
+ Track name LCD
+ "Professional-ish" jog/shuttle control
+ Reaper overlays and integration out-of-the-box
- Jog/shuttle doesn't support jog mode in Reaper
- Master track signal LED indicators don't work in Reaper.
- Some other minor Reaper integration bugs
- Rubber rather than mechanical keys
- Requires external power supply

Overall build quality is plastic, but good. The shuttle control is as "professional-ish" as it looks on the images, which was my main decision to go for Behringer. While most buttons are typical backlit "rubber"-like, the MMC has a little sturdier plastic buttons (although not mechanical), which was another important factor. I really like the track name LCD. The button overlays comes with adhesives on the back, and there's one for Reaper, too.

Reaper Mackie integration isn't fully bug-free (as I expected), although my experience is that some of that is on Reaper-side rather than on the X-Touch:
* Selecting a track in Reaper, doesn't change the track shown on the X-Touch (although a firmware update has fixed that bug for most other DAWs but Reaper).
* The automation buttons don't work until automation mode is selected once in Reaper.
* While the signal level meter works for tracks, it doesn't work for the master channel.
* The track name LCD works, but the configurable backlight color doesn't - its always white-ish and Reaper doesn't seem to utilize both rows.
* The jog/shuttle actually doesn't support jog mode, unlike in other DAWs - only fine and coarse shuttle movements.

However, the manual documents how to control the X-Touch fader, LEDs and displays from the DAW using MIDI and SysEx, should one want to really DIY.

Unfortunately, it seems my device had a scratch on the 7-segment display. But hey, that's just cosmetics (and I cant exclude the possibility I actually caused it myself while unpacking it).

Using this with older versions of Sonar, Cubase and Reason, and more recently Studio One, which has become my primary DAW in the studio.

Build quality is a far cry from some Behringer units of old that I've had the (mis)fortune to use. Everything is pretty solid for the most part, though they would appear to still be developing and testing their products in very bright rooms, as the LED's are dazzling. I first noticed this trend on a DDM 4000 DJ mixer I have from years ago. The old fix of a few layers of masking tape over the shuttle wheel's LED ring solves this though.

Set to Mackie mode, initially the fader section wouldn't follow the selected channel in Studio One, but a firmware update addressed this. I didn't particularly appreciate the process for this though. Behringer could make this far easier with a simple USB updater app, rather than having to mess around with MIDI-OX and Java, or y'know, even just ship the thing with the latest firmware.

Other than this, the unit has been flawless so far in the limited time that I've had it for. I will need to configure some different buttons soon, but I've yet to delve into any custom mapping yet, so cannot comment on this.

If you also need a simple space-saving unit for basic transport controls and easy punching and shuttling etc then you can't really go too far wrong with this. I mostly bought this for the transport and jog wheel and in this respect it's been great.

Only real downside in use so far is that the fader is reluctant to let me initiate adjustments which can make fine control awkward. Once it accepts your override it moves smoothly and freely, but it feels like some kind of lumpy stepping motor at first. Not a deal breaker for a unit this cheap anyway.

TLDR: Great space-saving DAW controller.

I've been searching for a device that has a jog shuttle to control my video editing software. The X-Touch one fits my needs. I'm using it in combination with Magix Video editing software, and to be able to map the midi signals from the X-Touch one to the editing software I additionally bought Bome Midi Translator. It took me a couple of hours to create the mappings, which now include jog shuttle to scroll through the video frames, slow/fast forward/backward, chapter markers, multi-cam camera selection and play/pause/stop.

The jog shuttle is working well, but it's mechanical feeling could have been slightly better, especially when trying to rotate fast with one finger on top of the button. For fine adjustments it is totally fine.

The documentation for the programming was a bit cryptical, this has cost some extra time. There is a very bad error in the programming manual, taking hours for me to solve it: For Sysex commands it says the X-Touch has device ID 0x40. This is wrong: It is 0x41. After finding and correcting this error programming the thing was easy.

Simply an amazing piece of gear!
Currently I'm mostly working in Reaper, Win 7, so my user experience comes from that environment.
Previously I had an Alphatrack which is a great controller, able to pick up plugins and giving you a chance to control nearly any parameter with the encoders (although I found it faster to do it with a mouse - so another good investment is an ergonomic mouse, vertical one or a trackball - you need to try what's working best for you), with a very informative display. The only downside were transport buttons which were so hard to push that it really started standing in the way of the workflow. Thus I started looking around for something else.
I also had an MCU and MCU Pro which are also great but I found I don't need all those faders, just basic transport functions, a couple of programmable buttons, and that's it.
And here comes Behringer with their X-touch line!
Beautiful, great feel, buttons respond just the way I like!
Due to MCU protocol there is an issue of switching between 8-channel slots. It's been already a number of months of my user experience with this controller, so I don't remember exactly which mode I'm working in (Reaper or standard MCU) but choosing tracks with your mouse reflects on the X-touch flawlessly, although you can't choose tracks using channel select buttons on the controller. I don't really need that, so that's not a problem for me.
In Reaper I programmed F1-6 buttons to basic automation and save/undo functions and thus got everything I wanted from this controller!
Thus I can highly recommend this unit! I only wish Behringer solved that tracks choosing issue to make it a flawless unit at an amazing price. Otherwise I'm completely satisfied with my purchase.
Good luck everyone!