Sound quality: VCI-300 v. AUdio 4 DJ

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Sound quality: VCI-300 v. AUdio 4 DJ
Posted on: 06.05.2010 by Vesta Gellis
Hi everybody,

I would like to know your opinion about difference between build-in sound card from VCI-300 and stand alone Audio 4 DJ. Currently I'm using NI sound card with Digital Jockey and it is very satisfying (sound not controller).

I'm considering buying VCI-300 to have everything build-in but is this sound card from Vestax is so good like Audio 4 DJ? I heard an opinion that build-in sound cards are quite bad.

Thanks for all answers in advance!
Corine Kasman
06.05.2010
Originally Posted by tech tool
the VCI 300's sound card isn't very good. the audio 4 is much, much punchier (i own the 300 and use a presonus firebox as my soundcard)
Can you run it this way in Itch or only Traktor?

Phil.
Patrick Thiemann
06.05.2010
Originally Posted by PeteBoy
Thanks guys! It means that I should leave my NI card and invest only in VCI-100.
Though the VCI-300 does have other things going for it - higher resolution (and adjustable tension) jog wheels, tighter hardware/software integration (though only with Serato Itch, which is more basic in many ways than Tracktor, though some could see that "back to basics" approach as a plus...) and no messing about with MIDI assignments (which has driven me mad in the past with other devices... such as the Kontrol DJ I used to own: http://kontrolprodj.com/content/view/3/11/).

I currently own neither Vestax unit, but am starting to lean towards the VCI-300, partly for its simplicity, so that I can get back to what's important, mixing music...
Vesta Gellis
06.05.2010		Hi everybody,

I would like to know your opinion about difference between build-in sound card from VCI-300 and stand alone Audio 4 DJ. Currently I'm using NI sound card with Digital Jockey and it is very satisfying (sound not controller).

I'm considering buying VCI-300 to have everything build-in but is this sound card from Vestax is so good like Audio 4 DJ? I heard an opinion that build-in sound cards are quite bad.

Thanks for all answers in advance!
Gena Tautolo
07.05.2010		sadly you can only run it this way with traktor - which is incredibly frustrating because my ideal combination would be a VCI 300 + VFX 1 running the new itch 2.0 (when it emerges) with the sound coming through a firebox/audiofire 2/audio 4
Corine Kasman
06.05.2010
Originally Posted by tech tool
the VCI 300's sound card isn't very good. the audio 4 is much, much punchier (i own the 300 and use a presonus firebox as my soundcard)
Can you run it this way in Itch or only Traktor?

Phil.
Roselle Mcnaul
06.05.2010		Very valid points as well. I myself wanted to get a VCI-300, I tried one out in a store and had fun with it for sure, I found Itch's interface refreshingly simple compared to the cluster that is Traktor Pro lol.

I just wish that Vestax released a VCI-300 with a more premium sound card, and longer pitch faders. Either way though, it's an awesome all-in-one unit, but in terms of sound quality, I found it to be the "Achilles heel" of the unit.
Patrick Thiemann
06.05.2010
Originally Posted by PeteBoy
Thanks guys! It means that I should leave my NI card and invest only in VCI-100.
Though the VCI-300 does have other things going for it - higher resolution (and adjustable tension) jog wheels, tighter hardware/software integration (though only with Serato Itch, which is more basic in many ways than Tracktor, though some could see that "back to basics" approach as a plus...) and no messing about with MIDI assignments (which has driven me mad in the past with other devices... such as the Kontrol DJ I used to own: http://kontrolprodj.com/content/view/3/11/).

I currently own neither Vestax unit, but am starting to lean towards the VCI-300, partly for its simplicity, so that I can get back to what's important, mixing music...
Vesta Gellis
06.05.2010		Thanks guys! It means that I should leave my NI card and invest only in VCI-100.
Roselle Mcnaul
06.05.2010		It's a MAYA44 soundcard inside a VCI-300. Without a doubt, the winner is the NI Audio 4.
Gena Tautolo
06.05.2010		the VCI 300's sound card isn't very good. the audio 4 is much, much punchier (i own the 300 and use a presonus firebox as my soundcard)

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