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| RA News Designed for their popular DJ application Traktor, the X1 allows users hands-on control over its key functions.
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| #1 / Wed, 04 Nov 09 20:30 Looks pretty good to be fair.. price is comparable with a Xone 1D too.
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| http://www.darkaudio.co.uk/index.php?artid=1168&traid=2678&sn=arp& |
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Posts / 17 RA Since / Oct 2007 | #2 / Thu, 05 Nov 09 00:08 Hang on, but if you want to use 4 decks you need 2 units?? That's expensive, and really stupid.
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| #3 / Thu, 05 Nov 09 06:51 no you don't need to but if you want to use 1 on 1 controlls (so no double/tripple controlls under one button) you need to.
but this is the same with faderfoxes, xone D series (except 3 & 4d)
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| #4 / Fri, 06 Nov 09 10:51 will certainly be my next purchase.
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Posts / 450 RA Since / Aug 2007 Location / The Hague, Netherlands | #5 / Fri, 06 Nov 09 11:25 Yep, it beats the Faderfox DX, that I was previously considering, both in terms of price and shape. Functionality looks about the same...
I like my gear to line up properly and preferably be the same hight as my mixer. This may sound like a stupid requirement, but I find it quite annoying if a controller is sunk between my mixer and TT's and is giving me a hard time in properly reaching all the buttons.
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Posts / 21 RA Since / Dec 2006 Location / London | #6 / Fri, 06 Nov 09 11:38 I assume this works with scratch duo as well? Looks really good. Like the layout a lot. And thats not stupid about the height thing. I like having stuff all the same height too.
Although I notice with this its actually thin, but then there is a stand thing which raises it to standard mixer height. Does that come with it or do they charge you an extra 50 quid?
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Posts / 450 RA Since / Aug 2007 Location / The Hague, Netherlands | #7 / Fri, 06 Nov 09 17:30 From what I gather is you do have to pay extra for it, but the ingenious thing about it, is that it is actually the carrying bag, which has been reinforced at the sides in order to support the X1 unit.
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Posts / 21 RA Since / Dec 2006 Location / London | #8 / Fri, 06 Nov 09 18:04 Oh. Thats pretty cool. Am def gonna get one.
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New user Posts / 3 RA Since / Aug 2008 | #9 / Sun, 08 Nov 09 11:35 Very nice, I was about to get a new controller- I'll wait til this comes out now..
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Posts / 32 RA Since / May 2009 | #10 / Sun, 08 Nov 09 15:17 This is going to be fantastic to use with traktor scratch pro!
Looks like it will be retialing at $250 in the us, what you reckon for the UK then? £150 maybe? Can't seem to find any pricing yet.
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| #11 / Tue, 10 Nov 09 21:39 great one, will use once available
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New user Posts / 1 RA Since / Oct 2009 | #12 / Wed, 11 Nov 09 19:24 nice...
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| #13 / Fri, 13 Nov 09 10:33 Can anyone tell me, because this little beauty connects via USB directly to your laptop (or so I've been led to believe) does that mean I could control a 4 deck set-up through Traktor Scratch Pro using only a NI Audio 4 DJ soundcard and a pair of CDJs/controller discs + the Kontrol X1 connected to my laptop, thus not requiring the additional ins/outs the Audio 8 DJ offers?
Apologies if this is a daft question, I'm still working out what would be the most suitable digital DJ set up for me and this is a layout I've been considering..!
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| DJing. It's not about playing records... It's about playing WITH records! |
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Posts / 450 RA Since / Aug 2007 Location / The Hague, Netherlands | #14 / Fri, 13 Nov 09 10:51 Well, in a way you could, but the X1 was designed with the use of an external mixer in mind. It does not offer you any control of the channel faders and eq's!!!
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| #15 / Fri, 13 Nov 09 10:57 I see! How would you go about connecting the unit to your mixer then? From the pictures I've seen it only offers a single USB out port..?
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| DJing. It's not about playing records... It's about playing WITH records! |
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| #16 / Fri, 13 Nov 09 13:02 **** you connect your audiocard to the mixer and controll the decks in traktor on the NI controller
& if you want to do the 4 decks mixing with a external mixer you would need to have the audio 8dj.
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| #17 / Fri, 13 Nov 09 13:55 Right! I know that to be the state of play when using CDJs and controller CDs and had originally assumed it would be the same with this controller, but then I saw a few images of it and the only socket visible on it is a USB port. I didn't think the Audio 8 accepted a USB connection does it? I've never seen one up close before so I wouldn't know myself... Or maybe the Kontrol X1 has more ins/outs that I just haven't seen yet!
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Posts / 450 RA Since / Aug 2007 Location / The Hague, Netherlands | #18 / Sat, 14 Nov 09 22:02 Nope, the USB goes into your computer of course! It's just an alternative for requiring two cables, namely one midi cable and one power cable.
A midi controller controls what Traktor does, but has no relation to the sound card. You can look at it as a specialised mouse or keyboard.
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