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Posted on: 30.09.2011 by Romelia Stankard
Wow this looks promissing

http://www.allen-heath.com/uk/Produc...neK2&SubCatId=



So if you link two together with the ethernet cable through USB, will it 'merge' the soundcard so you have a 4 channel soundcard?

If it does then you could bring two to a gig, hook them together with ethernet and not need another audio interface and have a 4 channel soundcard. It kind of sucks they put one 1/8" on the front instead of having both outputs in the back. It makes it a little awkward if you wanted to run both outputs to separate channels on the mixer, now you have to run a cable to the front. Also remember you have the option to run each channel in traktor mono so you could use one of them as a 4 channel soundcard with a few adapters (like you would with an audio 2 or 4). Plus a lot of systems are mono anyway.

I really like the idea of having one or two of these with a DB2 or DB4 for a home setup then just take them to your gig with a laptop and you have an audio interface to use already in your controller with the house mixer.

I love the X1s but I might have to give them up for these, i would love to get my hands on one.
Irwin Ney
30.09.2011		I agree Xone, but I would not exchange my iPAD with a simple XY pad with no feedback or multi touch on it.
Even more after this mapping/concept:
Konkreete Performer: Control 6 FX with 4 fingers!
http://www.djranking s.com/community /showthread.php?t=37764
Romelia Stankard
30.09.2011		I really hope they make another one or two variations of these xlink controllers that you can link together and create the perfect setup. I know stuff like this is out there but I want more xones that will link to this.

Hopefully something with no volume faders, I wouldn't complain about a controller with all knobs and buttons like this, then something with dual XY pads. Maybe just a button matrix xlink controller would interest some people too. I believe an XY touchpad controller could be big, there's nothing really like it for DJs except the ipad.
Irwin Ney
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by safefire
That's SEXY.
Does anyone remember THIS?



I wonder if Allen & Heath have been browsing our good community s? At any rate, I almost need to go buy this, hold on.
I'm sure they were watching us all the time. They want to compete with NI with controllers, what the best place to know what NI consumers want?
DJTT for sure!

Let's start another mockup thread after BPM!!!

Hey A&H, what if you start a competition for the best controller design by the DJ community?
We could submit our controllers designs and the best could win some prizes
May Artman
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by Rymf
Yes yes yes.

(I also can't say I'd be mad if Behringer copied this, adding LED rings to the encoders and bumping the audio interface to 24bit/96Khz.)

(edit: and selling it for half the price of the K2, of course)
I REALLY doubt anyone using this as an all in one would be using 24/96 files...
Romelia Stankard
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by GrimFandango
so many ideas circling through mah brain for what i wanna do with it.

not sure what to do with the upfaders though. If its around, or hopefully under, 200$ I'm so in for one these. I loved the general idea of the Xone 1D but it was big, expensive and the tiny buttons were a wee bit of a piss off
200 euros

Yeah not sure about the upfaders either. Sample slot volume would make sense if you're into that, or some super faders.
Lewis Stumpf
30.09.2011		Sequencer, sample decks, synth controller, ableton. So many uses, so little time.

Droool
Judi Sissel
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by GrimFandango
so many ideas circling through mah brain for what i wanna do with it.
LOL... i believe thats what makes the kit so sexy. Its such a great design. Maybe even a 'game changing' design...
Lewis Stumpf
30.09.2011		That's SEXY.
Does anyone remember THIS?



I wonder if Allen & Heath have been browsing our good community s? At any rate, I almost need to go buy this, hold on.
Rhona Naron
30.09.2011		so many ideas circling through mah brain for what i wanna do with it.

not sure what to do with the upfaders though. If its around, or hopefully under, 200$ I'm so in for one these. I loved the general idea of the Xone 1D but it was big, expensive and the tiny buttons were a wee bit of a piss off
Romelia Stankard
30.09.2011		Now I just want another Xone x-link controller with an LCD touchscreen XY pad that can send MIDI and also be used to control all the mixer effects units on the DB4 and DB2.
Romelia Stankard
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by addictive
I was just believeing... this is named Xone K2 and has a built-in soundcard. We also had the Xone 2D with a built-in soundcard.
We had a Xone 1D without a built-in soundcard. Now gimme a Xone K1 without a built-in soundcard! Thanks =)
Not going to happen, this is priced more than $100 less than the 1D which didn't have a soundcard, you are already at X1 prices and the interface is a bonus. It's also not a full fledged soundcard like the 2D.

I just hope someone can answer my question if the soundcards will merge so to speak if two are connected together.
Judi Sissel
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by Xonetacular
Yep. Personally I'm not a huge fan of those sliders for faders, are there any other fadercaps that will fit with the faders so close together? Not that I would use it as a mixer but it is a cool option.
Yeah I can see what you mean with faders, I'd like to see what it looks like in hand or with a finger on it. I believe I maybe in for one of these as it would easily replace how I currently use my X1 and LPD8.

Great piece of kit by first impression
Kalyn Billodeau
30.09.2011		I was just believeing... this is named Xone K2 and has a built-in soundcard. We also had the Xone 2D with a built-in soundcard.
We had a Xone 1D without a built-in soundcard. Now gimme a Xone K1 without a built-in soundcard! Thanks =)
Neil Malia
30.09.2011

thats all i have to say
Basil Forshee
30.09.2011		Can somebody tell me the main difference between a soundcard like this one and for instance, the Reloop Contour Interface Edition? Because this is the 48 kHz and the Reloop is the 96 kHz?
Romelia Stankard
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by DarioJ
I thought the same thing.... Assuming you're using traktor, if you had two of them you'd have a 4 channel mixer (with kills), 4 Fx Channels, and a MF, with extra room for mapping one the top layer for less then $500.
Yep. Personally I'm not a huge fan of those sliders for faders, are there any other fadercaps that will fit with the faders so close together? Not that I would use it as a mixer but it is a cool option.
Judi Sissel
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by vanaema78
Isn't anyone believeing, that it could be mapped to a perfect little 4 channel mixer?
I thought the same thing.... Assuming you're using traktor, if you had two of them you'd have a 4 channel mixer (with kills), 4 Fx Channels, and a MF, with extra room for mapping on the top layer for less then $500.
Irwin Ney
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by Rymf
Yes yes yes.

(I also can't say I'd be mad if Behringer copied this, adding LED rings to the encoders and bumping the audio interface to 24bit/96Khz.)

(edit: and selling it for half the price of the K2, of course)
Led rings like the Behringer BCF-2000 or BCR-2000
Romelia Stankard
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by Karlos Santos
Agreed. No point making this without a card just to reduce it by
Nedra Fresneda
30.09.2011		For how much does an x1 go these days on the UK? just to get a local price speculation.
Pearly Revely
30.09.2011		Yes yes yes.

(I also can't say I'd be mad if Behringer copied this, adding LED rings to the encoders and bumping the audio interface to 24bit/96Khz.)

(edit: and selling it for half the price of the K2, of course)
Edwina Fagel
30.09.2011		Isn't anyone believeing, that it could be mapped to a perfect little 4 channel mixer?
nayit ruiz jaramillo
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by Xonetacular
Says bag/stand thing included.

I can almost promise there will not be a version without a soundcard, it is already $240 which is around what the X1 was when it first came out and at least $100-$150 less than the 1D. There is no way A&H will make anything cheaper it wouldn't make sense for them.
Agreed. No point making this without a card just to reduce it by
Leeanna Ayla
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by padi_04
I'll wait for a model without a soundcard to replace my X1
Originally Posted by photojojo
This, but I believe we'll be waiting awhile.
Originally Posted by Karlos Santos
Quite the opposite for me. I wont replace my X1(s) but it would be nice to have a small footprint controller with a soundcard inside.

I have this cool thing were i put an Audio 2 inside the X1 case, zip it up with the headphone cable and USB cable popping out of the back and put the X1 on top.
Bar set with just laptop and X1 (Audio2 inside)

This new K2 will be a neat little job for a bar set.
Just on 2 Decks and use the 2 encoders as Jogs to seek position. Use 2 channels for the Deck mixer controls and 2 channels for the FX on those decks.
Yeah, the more I look at it the more I like it. If it really is $240 then I may replace one X1.
Romelia Stankard
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by Garygary1
idk, at that price point, theres probably not going to be a controller only version.

Now, all i want to know is if theres a bag with it like the x1
Says bag/stand thing included.

I can almost promise there will not be a version without a soundcard, it is already $240 which is around what the X1 was when it first came out and at least $100-$150 less than the 1D. There is no way A&H will make anything cheaper it wouldn't make sense for them.
Kiyoko Wellisch
30.09.2011		Also if you're linking two together you'll most likely only be using the soundcard in one so it's a little wasteful.

God damn it's pretty though...
May Artman
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by kooper1980
and that sound card is gonna be a beast!!! why would you want it without the sound card??!!
I'm sure many already have soundcard solutions and just want a controller. I just hope the soundcards can aggregate unlike the DB4's.

Anyways, I'll be getting 2 if that's the price. Already started working out mapping...
nayit ruiz jaramillo
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by padi_04
I'll wait for a model without a soundcard to replace my X1
Quite the opposite for me. I wont replace my X1(s) but it would be nice to have a small footprint controller with a soundcard inside.

I have this cool thing were i put an Audio 2 inside the X1 case, zip it up with the headphone cable and USB cable popping out of the back and put the X1 on top.
Bar set with just laptop and X1 (Audio2 inside)

This new K2 will be a neat little job for a bar set.
Just on 2 Decks and use the 2 encoders as Jogs to seek position. Use 2 channels for the Deck mixer controls and 2 channels for the FX on those decks.
Kristofer Krauel
30.09.2011		and that sound card is gonna be a beast!!! why would you want it without the sound card??!!
Chas Giraldez
30.09.2011
Originally Posted by Globalz
there will be a bag just like the x1 to put it at mixer level
proof?

Edit: read the article more closely :P
Caleb Fahnestock
30.09.2011		there will be a bag just like the x1 to put it at mixer level
Chas Giraldez
30.09.2011		idk, at that price point, theres probably not going to be a controller only version.

Now, all i want to know is if theres a bag with it like the x1
Leeanna Ayla
01.10.2011
Originally Posted by padi_04
I'll wait for a model without a soundcard to replace my X1
This, but I believe we'll be waiting awhile.
Branden Wentler
01.10.2011
Originally Posted by Xonetacular

I am much more excited about this than the DB2. The DB2 just made me realize how much I want a DB4.
And how! K2 really seems to pick up where the x1 left off.
Branden Wentler
01.10.2011
Originally Posted by TommyQuiet
If this is made of metal like the 1D then I will buy in a heart beat.
Looks like it is with the Torx screw faceplate. The paint and decals suggest it is metal as well
Romelia Stankard
01.10.2011
Originally Posted by V-Hoff
Really nice, I'm believeing about the possibilities

Seems like xone was looking our mockup thread on x2 hahaha
At $240 I'm probably selling my X1s and getting this.
Irwin Ney
01.10.2011
Originally Posted by Xonetacular
That means with two you can have 4 deck instant gratification type mapping or just 2 decks on one K2. Layer 1 will be your main midi controls, layer 2 deck A instant grat, and Layer 3 Deck B for some pad mashing.

I am much more excited about this than the DB2. The DB2 just made me realize how much I want a DB4.
Really nice, I'm believeing about the possibilities

Seems like xone was looking our mockup thread on x2 hahaha
Irwin Ney
01.10.2011
Chas Giraldez
01.10.2011		http://futuremusic.com/blog/2011/09/...dio-interface/

Romelia Stankard
01.10.2011
Originally Posted by V-Hoff
I was waiting for a version without soundcard but I need a new soundcard to replace my Numark DJIO, this might work for me...

And the encoders have push switch:

MIDI Control
Xone:K2 has 52 physical controls

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