Recommend a USB MIDI controller for me?

[TweakHead]

Yep, makes sense. But it's the other way around at least when working with logic. I need to touch the desired parameter first, then touch the control. Bet it's just a difference in the software we use.

But thinking about your problem. I know I had to configure the controller in Logic so that it would pick up stuff correctly - I followed the step-by-step thing I talked about. You probably need to check some options on the automap program itself, maybe the midi channels being used as well. Don't know, but it's something like that for sure. I'm pretty sure you'll get that sorted pretty fast. You're using Cubase on a PC, right?