Setting Up Roland A-Pro Control surfaces with Logic

I have struggled with Logic Pro 8.0.3 and a new Roland A-500Pro midi keyboard which was reputed to be "easy to configure with a Mac".
Despite many discussions with a Roland help person (he tried very hard), The A-Pro control maps provided just don't work at all. Buttons to select tracks actually play sounds. I have both set up according to the Roland instructions (no good) and according to this forum post (https://discussions.apple.com/message/17034355#17034355) which suggest you don't even need to use the Roland interface.
Anybody have an envrionment that works?? or can suggest ways to configure.
Desperate for help.

The Yamaha O1v had a fader mapping setup that worked really really well with Cubase. You simply selected the O1v from a drop down menu in Cubase and all the faders and EQ settings automatically mapped to the board. Only a few boards were listed in the Cubase menu.
Curious if there are certain boards might be listed in a similar feature in Logic.
(Planning on jumping on the Logic train at the same time as picking up a board...)

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Hi Everybody !
I'm a newbie in Mac and Logic Pro. I want to buy a
control surface for Logic Pro.
I found that Behringer B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000
Controller is compatible with Mac and Reason 3.0 but
I'm not sure that it is compatible with Logic Pro.
And it is within my budget !
Can anybody give some comments on this model ? Any
suggestion other than this model ??
Cheers,
edtayin
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clear on everything. Just go here
http://www.logicprohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=16210#16210
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parameters along with 32 presets you can customize
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Any ideas- what is the best control surface to use with Logic Pro?I would like a controller with at least 16 or 24 individaul faders.
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I'm using a Mackie Control Universal and absolutely love it. The integration with Logic is top-notch. It would be nice to add an Extender and have 16 faders, but I'm finding that for what I do 8 faders at a time is plenty.
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Hi all, I've just started working with a new music system consisting of a Mac Pro Quad Core, MOTU 828mk3 and Logic Pro 9 and so far everything is running smoothly. Now I would like to add an affordable (around £150) control surface to the setup and am looking into Frontier's Alphatrack, Korg's Nanokontrol and Novation's Remote Zero SL. The Alphatrack is my favourite as it's small and within my budget but I've read that it doesn't work so well with Logic? Any experiences?
The Novation seems the most reliable and easy to use but will take more space on my already crowded desk, and it's more expensive...Price is the biggest advantage of the Korg but is it any good?
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