(313) MIDI controllers for dummies
Can anyone recommend a halway-decent controller for use with Traktor? I have been meaning to get one for years now, but I really have no idea where to start. I suppose I could always buy a keyboard as I could still use the knobs and faders but also noodle around with composing some stuff too. Just curious to hear some recommendations I guess. Sorry for the vagueness. N
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http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/XSessionPro-main.html The M-Audio x-session looks like the best thing on the market and at a reasonable price of 110 or so euros. I have a friend who does some bar djing who just bought it and he is quite happy. He says it feels solid enough for the price. If you need more buttons look no farther than your computer keyboard. The Allen and Heath Xone 3D would be nice but if you have to ask how much it is you can't afford it. http://www.allen-heath.com/UK/xone3D.asp M-audio also just came out with this monster but it is 749 euros... http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/TorqXponent-main.html My fave on the market is this feena electronics controller http://www.feena-electronics.com/ But it's a small company and they are hard to get. Hope that helps. cTp -Original Message- From: Nik Stoltzman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:46 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) MIDI controllers for dummies Can anyone recommend a halway-decent controller for use with Traktor? I have been meaning to get one for years now, but I really have no idea where to start. I suppose I could always buy a keyboard as I could still use the knobs and faders but also noodle around with composing some stuff too. Just curious to hear some recommendations I guess. Sorry for the vagueness. N
RE: (313) MIDI controllers for dummies
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/XSessionPro-main.html The M-Audio x-session looks like the best thing on the market and at a reasonable price of 110 or so euros. I have a friend who does some bar djing who just bought it and he is quite happy. He says it feels solid enough for the price. If you need more buttons look no farther than your computer keyboard. The Allen and Heath Xone 3D would be nice but if you have to ask how much it is you can't afford it. http://www.allen-heath.com/UK/xone3D.asp M-audio also just came out with this monster but it is 749 euros... http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/TorqXponent-main.html My fave on the market is this feena electronics controller http://www.feena-electronics.com/ But it's a small company and they are hard to get. Hope that helps. cTp -Original Message- From: Nik Stoltzman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:46 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) MIDI controllers for dummies Can anyone recommend a halway-decent controller for use with Traktor? I have been meaning to get one for years now, but I really have no idea where to start. I suppose I could always buy a keyboard as I could still use the knobs and faders but also noodle around with composing some stuff too. Just curious to hear some recommendations I guess. Sorry for the vagueness. N
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I swear by my faderfoxes (LV1, LD2...there are tracktor versions too). I've had the evolution uc33 and uc17 (xsession) too. Both worked out ok but I love the build and compact size of the faderfox. robin... Christopher O'Grady wrote: http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/XSessionPro-main.html The M-Audio x-session looks like the best thing on the market and at a reasonable price of 110 or so euros. I have a friend who does some bar djing who just bought it and he is quite happy. He says it feels solid enough for the price. If you need more buttons look no farther than your computer keyboard. The Allen and Heath Xone 3D would be nice but if you have to ask how much it is you can't afford it. http://www.allen-heath.com/UK/xone3D.asp M-audio also just came out with this monster but it is 749 euros... http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/TorqXponent-main.html My fave on the market is this feena electronics controller http://www.feena-electronics.com/ But it's a small company and they are hard to get. Hope that helps.
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Has anyone else received this 3 times now? Not sure whether it is my mail server or Chris's N http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/XSessionPro-main.html The M-Audio x-session looks like the best thing on the market and at a reasonable price of 110 or so euros. I have a friend who does some bar djing who just bought it and he is quite happy. He says it feels solid enough for the price. If you need more buttons look no farther than your computer keyboard. The Allen and Heath Xone 3D would be nice but if you have to ask how much it is you can't afford it. http://www.allen-heath.com/UK/xone3D.asp M-audio also just came out with this monster but it is 749 euros... http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/TorqXponent-main.html My fave on the market is this feena electronics controller http://www.feena-electronics.com/ But it's a small company and they are hard to get. Hope that helps. cTp -Original Message- From: Nik Stoltzman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:46 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) MIDI controllers for dummies Can anyone recommend a halway-decent controller for use with Traktor? I have been meaning to get one for years now, but I really have no idea where to start. I suppose I could always buy a keyboard as I could still use the knobs and faders but also noodle around with composing some stuff too. Just curious to hear some recommendations I guess. Sorry for the vagueness. N
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I have an X-Session controller and it is actually really nice. You have all the traditional DJ mixer knobs and sliders, plus a few extra per channel to map to whatever you like in Traktor. The only thing about it I can complain about -- and it's more a MIDI limitation than a limitation of the X-Session -- is that the tempo adjust knob is too coarse to lock down two tracks. I solved this by mapping an extra knob for each channel to the fine-adjust tempo knob, So you get two tracks together with the coarse knob, then use the fine knob for fine control. On 3/12/07, Christopher O'Grady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/XSessionPro-main.html The M-Audio x-session looks like the best thing on the market and at a reasonable price of 110 or so euros. I have a friend who does some bar djing who just bought it and he is quite happy. He says it feels solid enough for the price. If you need more buttons look no farther than your computer keyboard.
Re: (313) MIDI controllers for dummies
is that the tempo adjust knob is too coarse to lock down two tracks. you could also set the lsb and msb of the control to say lsb=120 msb=130 (depending on what you are spinning) which would give you more control. - Original Message - From: kent williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, March 12, 2007 4:14 pm Subject: Re: (313) MIDI controllers for dummies To: list 313 313@hyperreal.org I have an X-Session controller and it is actually really nice. You have all the traditional DJ mixer knobs and sliders, plus a few extra per channel to map to whatever you like in Traktor. The only thing about it I can complain about -- and it's more a MIDI limitation than a limitation of the X-Session -- is that the tempo adjust knob is too coarse to lock down two tracks. I solved this by mapping an extra knob for each channel to the fine-adjust tempo knob, So you get two tracks together with the coarse knob, then use the fine knob for fine control. On 3/12/07, Christopher O'Grady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/XSessionPro-main.html The M-Audio x-session looks like the best thing on the market and at a reasonable price of 110 or so euros. I have a friend who does some bar djing who just bought it and he is quite happy. He says it feels solid enough for the price. If you need more buttons look no farther than your computer keyboard.
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On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 03:30:33PM +, robin wrote: I swear by my faderfoxes (LV1, LD2...there are tracktor versions too). I've had the evolution uc33 and uc17 (xsession) too. Both worked out ok but I love the build and compact size of the faderfox. I second Robin here. The LV2 is great, well-built, compact and gives you lots of control at the same time (although it still lacks some features)! G -- Guilherme Menegon Arantes, PhD Sao Paulo, Brasil __
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The auto beat matching in traktor is and will always be crap. Not that I mind... It keeps the 12 year olds frustrated. I have been playing with traktor using my oxygen 8 for about a year now just for kicks. If you take the time to make precise beat grids for tracks then you NEVER have to deal with tempo again. It takes some effort to sit down and make them but I can't imagine trying to get my tempo without a pair of 1200s or CDJs anyways. However... The main problem I am having with traktor and taking the time to set these beat grids is the fact that you cannot write them to the id3 tag of the mp3 itself. It must only be a few kb of information and it seems easy enough to implement. If you ever lose your collection or want to move the tracks to another computer you lose all your hard work making them. Make beat grids... It's an absolute laugh being able to play anything in your crate without the initial beat matching process. Ripped vinyl can be tedious because you have to set anywhere from 3 to 10 grid markers in them. But pretty much everything on beatport is digital and you only need one at the beginning. I am only saying this because it seems like 90% of the people I have talked to who are using traktor have no idea that they exist. Heck... Once NI start including beat grids into ID3 tags I don't see why ALL of the tracks sold on beatport would not have them already. And as long as it's not a proprietary thing I don't see why they would not work with torq and all of the other clones out there. I just moved to Ireland and my decks are still in Paris. *sigh* cTp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 8:25 PM To: kent williams Cc: list 313 Subject: Re: (313) MIDI controllers for dummies is that the tempo adjust knob is too coarse to lock down two tracks. you could also set the lsb and msb of the control to say lsb=120 msb=130 (depending on what you are spinning) which would give you more control. - Original Message - From: kent williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, March 12, 2007 4:14 pm Subject: Re: (313) MIDI controllers for dummies To: list 313 313@hyperreal.org I have an X-Session controller and it is actually really nice. You have all the traditional DJ mixer knobs and sliders, plus a few extra per channel to map to whatever you like in Traktor. The only thing about it I can complain about -- and it's more a MIDI limitation than a limitation of the X-Session -- is that the tempo adjust knob is too coarse to lock down two tracks. I solved this by mapping an extra knob for each channel to the fine-adjust tempo knob, So you get two tracks together with the coarse knob, then use the fine knob for fine control. On 3/12/07, Christopher O'Grady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/XSessionPro-main.html The M-Audio x-session looks like the best thing on the market and at a reasonable price of 110 or so euros. I have a friend who does some bar djing who just bought it and he is quite happy. He says it feels solid enough for the price. If you need more buttons look no farther than your computer keyboard.
