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| SCS.1d... Opinions? Just wondering if anyone has one of these, or has used one of these, post-firmware update with Traktor, and has anything good to say about it... Kinda surprised I hadn't heard of it until recently, as despite the FireWire limitation it seems pretty nice. | Albina Califano
31.01.2014 |
| Ilana Enderson
23.05.2013 |
Originally Posted by mdcdesign
Probably my Zomo MC-1000, as that'll take care of the audio interface and all my other transport controls; maybe one of my Contours if I need to do cuepoint juggling etc as it's got those nice big pads for them. Do you have any idea how much shipping to the UK would be by any chance? At 500 for the pair it's VERY tempting...
Canada Post is saying $120 for one SCS1d. Not sure if there is a better method - UPS is way more. | Doreen Schurle
23.05.2013 |
Originally Posted by LiamC
Pros: pretty decent emulation of using turntables.. I learned to beatmatch on them
Motorized faders are handy if you like doing the deck switching (I personally like having modular dedicated decks better)
Firmware has handy premade midi pages (the top row of buttons on the top right switch between presets on the encoders, middle switch between pages on pads, bottom ones are just buttons). I used this to create cool effect mappings.
You CAN use the platter to browse but I didn't really like it, as it doesn't have enough tension to not move the selection once you take your hand off.
Small cons:
Platter control isn't perfect. Sometimes if you press play and rewind the record it won't register unless you let it play for a few seconds first. However, nudging and cueing it up works the same as timecode, although the feel is a bit different.
Darouter (middleware midi software by stanton) is a bit annoying - sometimes it won't register the units etc.. And occasionally you will have to restart your computer for it to work. However there are almost never problems when actually using them - sometimes when you unplug/plug back in it bugs out a bit but its okay.
The clicky buttons become slightly unresponsive after a lot of use but if you get used to it they work fine. Most of the buttons light up when you press them too so you don't have to look at the screen to see if it registered.
They aren't very portable really - pretty heavy (well its a turntable after all...)
There are certain features of the midi mapping that are hard to change due to the middleware (mostly led outputs)
Overall I recommend if you want to use these at home - definitely better than an all in one in my opinion (S4 or something). The effects mappings I used made it pretty cool, and they are also great for simple TT-like mixing, with an X1 like module built into the deck.
What are you believeing of using them with?
One other thing .. I had to get the firmware updated to use two decks at once without conflicting messages etc.. It was a major pain in the ass and I had to travel to a nearby city to take them into a shop.. But mine work as they should and have a dope mapping that fixes a lot of problems they originally had (there was this weird platter response issue at first for instance without this one mapping change I did) - I am selling mine so do look on the buy/sell community
if you are interested.
Cheers for the very detailed response What software do you use them with at the moment, Traktor or VDJ? I'm considering adding a single SCS.1d to add a bit of turntablism to my sets on the rare occasion I'm asked/forced to play Hip Hop/RnB... with my current setup I find it quite boring as I can't scratch for shit on controllers, and you can't find TTs for love nor money in any of the clubs around here, and on the VERY rare occasion when you do, they're so battered you wouldn't want to use them.
Having something like the SCS.1d would be nice to just take down and set up as a single switchable deck, assuming they actually WORK. What's the responsiveness like in Traktor, in terms of drift/latency with DaRouter etc? | Doreen Schurle
22.05.2013 | Just wondering if anyone has one of these, or has used one of these, post-firmware update with Traktor, and has anything good to say about it... Kinda surprised I hadn't heard of it until recently, as despite the FireWire limitation it seems pretty nice. | Ilana Enderson
23.05.2013 |
Originally Posted by mdcdesign
Probably my Zomo MC-1000, as that'll take care of the audio interface and all my other transport controls; maybe one of my Contours if I need to do cuepoint juggling etc as it's got those nice big pads for them. Do you have any idea how much shipping to the UK would be by any chance? At 500 for the pair it's VERY tempting...
Canada Post is saying $120 for one SCS1d. Not sure if there is a better method - UPS is way more. | Doreen Schurle
23.05.2013 | Probably my Zomo MC-1000, as that'll take care of the audio interface and all my other transport controls; maybe one of my Contours if I need to do cuepoint juggling etc as it's got those nice big pads for them. Do you have any idea how much shipping to the UK would be by any chance? At 500 for the pair it's VERY tempting... | Ilana Enderson
23.05.2013 | I use traktor. I hear on vdj its flawless though. I saw a video of a guy with stickers on them doing legit beat juggles. If you're using it as a supplementary controller that sounds really good. What other kit will you be using them with? | Doreen Schurle
23.05.2013 |
Originally Posted by LiamC
Pros: pretty decent emulation of using turntables.. I learned to beatmatch on them
Motorized faders are handy if you like doing the deck switching (I personally like having modular dedicated decks better)
Firmware has handy premade midi pages (the top row of buttons on the top right switch between presets on the encoders, middle switch between pages on pads, bottom ones are just buttons). I used this to create cool effect mappings.
You CAN use the platter to browse but I didn't really like it, as it doesn't have enough tension to not move the selection once you take your hand off.
Small cons:
Platter control isn't perfect. Sometimes if you press play and rewind the record it won't register unless you let it play for a few seconds first. However, nudging and cueing it up works the same as timecode, although the feel is a bit different.
Darouter (middleware midi software by stanton) is a bit annoying - sometimes it won't register the units etc.. And occasionally you will have to restart your computer for it to work. However there are almost never problems when actually using them - sometimes when you unplug/plug back in it bugs out a bit but its okay.
The clicky buttons become slightly unresponsive after a lot of use but if you get used to it they work fine. Most of the buttons light up when you press them too so you don't have to look at the screen to see if it registered.
They aren't very portable really - pretty heavy (well its a turntable after all...)
There are certain features of the midi mapping that are hard to change due to the middleware (mostly led outputs)
Overall I recommend if you want to use these at home - definitely better than an all in one in my opinion (S4 or something). The effects mappings I used made it pretty cool, and they are also great for simple TT-like mixing, with an X1 like module built into the deck.
What are you believeing of using them with?
One other thing .. I had to get the firmware updated to use two decks at once without conflicting messages etc.. It was a major pain in the ass and I had to travel to a nearby city to take them into a shop.. But mine work as they should and have a dope mapping that fixes a lot of problems they originally had (there was this weird platter response issue at first for instance without this one mapping change I did) - I am selling mine so do look on the buy/sell community
if you are interested.
Cheers for the very detailed response What software do you use them with at the moment, Traktor or VDJ? I'm considering adding a single SCS.1d to add a bit of turntablism to my sets on the rare occasion I'm asked/forced to play Hip Hop/RnB... with my current setup I find it quite boring as I can't scratch for shit on controllers, and you can't find TTs for love nor money in any of the clubs around here, and on the VERY rare occasion when you do, they're so battered you wouldn't want to use them.
Having something like the SCS.1d would be nice to just take down and set up as a single switchable deck, assuming they actually WORK. What's the responsiveness like in Traktor, in terms of drift/latency with DaRouter etc? | Ilana Enderson
23.05.2013 | Pros: pretty decent emulation of using turntables.. I learned to beatmatch on them
Motorized faders are handy if you like doing the deck switching (I personally like having modular dedicated decks better)
Firmware has handy premade midi pages (the top row of buttons on the top right switch between presets on the encoders, middle switch between pages on pads, bottom ones are just buttons). I used this to create cool effect mappings.
You CAN use the platter to browse but I didn't really like it, as it doesn't have enough tension to not move the selection once you take your hand off.
Small cons:
Platter control isn't perfect. Sometimes if you press play and rewind the record it won't register unless you let it play for a few seconds first. However, nudging and cueing it up works the same as timecode, although the feel is a bit different.
Darouter (middleware midi software by stanton) is a bit annoying - sometimes it won't register the units etc.. And occasionally you will have to restart your computer for it to work. However there are almost never problems when actually using them - sometimes when you unplug/plug back in it bugs out a bit but its okay.
The clicky buttons become slightly unresponsive after a lot of use but if you get used to it they work fine. Most of the buttons light up when you press them too so you don't have to look at the screen to see if it registered.
They aren't very portable really - pretty heavy (well its a turntable after all...)
There are certain features of the midi mapping that are hard to change due to the middleware (mostly led outputs)
Overall I recommend if you want to use these at home - definitely better than an all in one in my opinion (S4 or something). The effects mappings I used made it pretty cool, and they are also great for simple TT-like mixing, with an X1 like module built into the deck.
What are you believeing of using them with?
One other thing .. I had to get the firmware updated to use two decks at once without conflicting messages etc.. It was a major pain in the ass and I had to travel to a nearby city to take them into a shop.. But mine work as they should and have a dope mapping that fixes a lot of problems they originally had (there was this weird platter response issue at first for instance without this one mapping change I did) - I am selling mine so do look on the buy/sell community
if you are interested. |
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