eks "otus"...
eks "otus"... Posted on: 02.08.2008 by Matt Kane anyone tried it/knows how it feels? i could | |
| Xavier Emanuels 15.02.2009 | Hopefully wont be long until ean reviews it then |
| devozz baby 15.02.2009 | ye update was smoothe and it seems like it fixed a lot of stuff, most notably the scratching is fixed, now I just need to fix my settings of scratch the way i want it, and there was some fixes to lights to, have used it friday and saturday and so far so good |
| Ernie Stieglitz 14.02.2009 | Looks like there's a new firmware update for the OTUS. Does anyone have experience with it yet? |
| Random X 03.02.2009 | Well, look at cenetaure's list. It's not overpriced. |
| Lianny Paris 03.02.2009 | just saying its well over priced for what it is, is that better grammar for you? |
| Natalie Ahlbrandt 03.02.2009 |
You Wont See Me Paying 600 Quid For Any Plastic Midi Controller, The Price Is Just So Over The Top.
SO,you only want to pay 99 |
| devozz baby 03.02.2009 |
Originally Posted by andyfoz
And its not plastic, mostly metal, aluminium makes out the chassi of the unit, the jogwheel is like a hybrid of the platter of an 1200 and a cdj 1k, and made of metal. There are more moving parts on the Otus than on an CDJ-400, rotarys and the jogwheel. And it's an exelent soundcard with 2 pairs of RCA/digital out and an headphonejack. More info? go here ----> www.eks.fi |
| Random X 03.02.2009 | An Otus plastic? Get the CDJ400? I gotta ask you, what are you on? |
| Lianny Paris 02.02.2009 | You Wont See Me Paying 600 Quid For Any Plastic Midi Controller, The Price Is Just So Over The Top. No Moving Parts Or Complicated Stuff Its Just A Controller, Should Be More Like 99 Quid. Get The Cdj400 |
| Natalie Ahlbrandt 29.01.2009 | Thanks for Ur help, I believe ,i 'm gonna take 2 at the end of february. Now i'm using Serato Scratch Live and it's not compatible. But in DJmag, they said that it's will be available soon. I'm still hesitate cause if i'm using SSL i'm must use the SL1 BOX and i can't use the audio output of the OTUS. Maybe i'm gonna switch to Traktor pro. |
| devozz baby 29.01.2009 |
Originally Posted by cenetaure
no i havent tryed the Otus with Bison, and I dont know if there is any support for it yet, I might have to try it with the latest public beta and se if it works As I said b4, when scratching works in Traktor Pro, and it mostly does, but its a bit glitchy, its gr8, I like the heavy feel of the platter, but cant say any more than that the future of the 14bit midi and so on , read the post above, my memory dont serve me well, sorry In Traktor Pro I run the Otus at 10 ms and havent feelt any need to go lower, and that was the standard set, so I havent changed it yes the sound is good, and the line lvls are good, and as I use the headphoneoutput for channel 3 as a line lvl it is just a bit lower, but thats what u have gains for on your mixer compared to a CD player? what is that? havent used 1 for 5 years i believe, so cant help u there the pitch ribbon, as it has 3 modes I believe the only thing thats bad is Traktor Pro not supporting gr8er resolution on the pitchslider is a problem, if u need it to be more accurate I just click it down a scale and adjust to the current needs |
| devozz baby 29.01.2009 | it was stated here long ago: http://www.djranking
s.com/2008/08/2...ther/#more-632 that HD midi would be supported, sorry for the confusion on my part I just grabbed it out of my memmory(and its not good by any standards and totaly fukked, but thats another story) and was wrong, I meant to say HD-midi, but mixxed it up with 14bit midi support, but as Bento said, and if i know the EKS dudes right they'll prolly get 14bit midi up and running in notime |
| Xavier Emanuels 29.01.2009 | From my talks with EKS they seemed pretty keen on dishing out firmware updates to keep the device running as smooth as it possibly can. They have even stated that they plan to introduce HD midi firmware when its finaaaaallllly introduced. It wouldnt suprise me in the least if 14 bit midi was going to be supported in the near future |
| Natalie Ahlbrandt 28.01.2009 |
EKS XP10's can do pitchresolution down to 0,01 in native mode in Bison(EKS dj software)
I'm not a scratcher too but it can help me to know how accurate the platter can be.
now as 14bit midi is said to be added to Traktor Pro and EKS saying they will support it im not rly that botherd about this whole issue
I'm sorry but i have some more questions: how low you can get with the latency settings with the OTUS? I guess the sound is good (you mentioned it) but is the output level is loud? Comparing to a line source like a cd player? My last questions is about the pitch ribbons? is it easy to use? Thks U for you help I believe i gonna buy 2!!!! |
| devozz baby 28.01.2009 |
Originally Posted by cenetaure
no, i didnt try any other DJ software, just cuz im lazy ;P or u can se it like this, if the EKS XP10's can do pitchresolution down to 0,01 in native mode in Bison(EKS dj software) id say the Otus is at least somwhere close, and now as 14bit midi is said to be added to Traktor Pro and EKS saying they will support HD midi when that is done, it im not rly that botherd about this whole issue, i got to many songs to sort out what order and parts and loops of them im gonna play on my 4 decks, and add accapellas as im no scratcher in any way i cant give u an opinion on this, but for me the scratch responce is good, but as i have said earlyer, there seems to be some kind of bug in Traktor Pro with the scratch on message, as it releases to early or dosent stick at all sometimes, it works gr8 in traktor 3, so thats why im believein its a bug |
| Natalie Ahlbrandt 27.01.2009 | i have some questions for other 1:
I havent found a way to get around the random jump the the pitch is makin sometimes, for example it randomly goes from 1.1% to 1.3% and if u need to go to 1.2% u cant get there
have ever try an other dj software to find out if it's a traktor bug? Have you try to scratch with the platter? Does the response is fast? |
| Paul Baron 24.01.2009 |
Originally Posted by rvltion909
How the review is going? Have anyone spotted an online review? |
| Dotty Fadeley 21.01.2009 | I searched the community s for any news from NAMM this year but didnt seen any. Was EKS there and was there anything worth mentioning? |
| 28.12.2008 | we have an otus here but I am not going to review it until they "figure some things out" I will let you decide what that means. The good news is the hardware is very nice but some firmware things need to be resolved before its really usable. |
| Xavier Emanuels 28.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by rvltion909
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| Dotty Fadeley 28.12.2008 |
Originally Posted by Tekki
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| devozz baby 23.12.2008 | shameless bump on the Otus matter looks like they made a nice bag for it http://eks.fi/product.php?p=products&id=56 time to spend some more cash when i can |
| Random X 13.12.2008 | Well, some lucky dude is still waiting for his review copy to arrive. If that happens, we are going to see one insanely happy oz. |
| Branden Kern 12.12.2008 | so when do we get a DJ TT review of this beauty?? |
| Dotty Fadeley 10.12.2008 | awesome! Thanks for the reply guys. Now......to actually buy this stuff..... That will be a about a year or so but that is one less friggn device I'll have to shell out cash for. |
| Random X 10.12.2008 | Well, I had the same thing. If I am correct, the Otus has a built in audio device, which would make it okay. |
| Roberto Viccione 10.12.2008 | Yes, you're understanding is correct. You would have no need for an external audio mixer |
| Dotty Fadeley 10.12.2008 | ok so this is probably a dumb question but I’ve been wondering for a while (in my head) the setup for the Otus and for that matter the XPS I want to use does not include an external audio mixer. From the little I saw on the EKS website this seems possible (also from my understanding of the way this hardware works…although I may be wrong). Say I have a laptop, Traktor, a BCR2000, an Otus and a stereo receiver with a couple speakers. Will this setup be sufficient for mixing and recording? My understanding is that I could run the Otus to the laptop (USB), run some RCA cables to the receiver, an other USB to the laptop for the BCR and essentially use the BCR as my “mixer” to control the levels and what- not in Traktor. Im assuming I could make the settings for the headphone monitors in Traktor and record the master mix straight from Traktor. Im guessing that since the soundcards on the Otus and XPS are multi channel soundcards, the line out levels on those would be controlled by Traktor right? I’d then obviously use the Otus and XPS for midi control along with the BCR. Why would there be a need for an audio mixer Is my understanding here accurate guys/gals? |
| devozz baby 03.12.2008 | to continue a bit on the last post I felt taht I wanted to explain how i have mapped my Otus, and id appreciate some feedback on it so here we go, from top to bottom. The 2 rotarys/push down buttoms at the top r simply for scroling tru efx and pushin it dow turns efx on. The 8 top rotarys are set to global midi, so layer has no effect on them, they r mapped as the efx racks in Traktor Pro, same as it loocks in Traktor Pro The last 2 Rotarys to the left of the jog is for channel filter and key rotarys. The big jog is like a CDJ 1k jog, upper part for scratchin, outer rim is for pitch bending (using CD-DJ Jog midi command here). Forward button is unmapped atm. Cue is cue. Play/pause is Cup. The 3 smaler buttons to the left is: top: key on/off middle: sync bottom: unmapped atm the uturn arrowbuttons are mapped as loading tracks, this is also layer dependent, in orange layer the left loads a track to deck A, and the right is instant dubble from deck B, and the other way around in green layer. The bottom left rotary is for scrolling the file tree, pushing it expands the current map if it is deeper. The bottom right is for scrolling the file list, pushing it toggles full file view/decks. Mousepad and buttons r unmapped, workin on what i want here, its a bit to fast to use as a mouse, but hopefully that is a setting i have missed. The 6 touchbuttons r quejumps atm, works exelent as this imo. Pitch slider is set to Traktors midicommand Tempo, with the Default setting as sensetivity, I havent found a way to get around the random jump the the pitch is makin sometimes, for example it randomly goes from 1.1% to 1.3% and if u need to go to 1.2% u cant get there, then u have to use sync if the BPM matches, it is the same with the XP10s, and I suspect there is a bug in Traktor here, cuz the xp10's and the Otus can send 0.xx resolution on the pitch fader, so I have no idea how to get around this. Tempo is mapped to relative to get a sensitivity setting, but at 100% I get full range, but the random jump here and there. Lowering sensetivity reduces the range of the picth in a non usable way. Any1 got any ideas about this, pls reply below. For the last 7 small buttons to the right of the big jog are set to cue and loop controll settings, the bottom button is set to drop a cue(cant remember the midi atm, ask me if u need to know) the 2 above that is for makin loops bigger and smaller, the button with a ring around it drops a 4 beat loop. The 1 above that is toggeling active state of the current loop. The 2 at the top is for manual seting of loop in and out points. Remember that the switch layer button is also sending midi, so ither disable that in the EKS xmapper or remember it when mappin Any feedback on this is gr8tly appreciated. peace |
| devozz baby 03.12.2008 | Yes u can have them separate for each layer, but as I have them mapped for each efx rack,Ii have them in global mode, so it dosent matter what layer am in, I always have acces to the efx racks. But the 2 rotarys to the left of the big jog I have mapped to the channel filter and to the key rotary, so I can go chipmunks if I wanna I believe I have them set to relative atm, so if I switch layer and move the rotary it jumps to where it was b4 so im gonna change that. I guess absolute mode will solve it, but then u hve to "pick it" up where it was by rotating it back to where the software has the value and go from there. |
| joe berryhill 03.12.2008 | I've seen the youtube vids, looks sweet but nothing indepth yet. I'm wondering when you switch to the 2nd deck does that double up all the controls, I only see the leds change colour for the buttons, platter and touch strips, do the rotaries change as well? |
| juan garcia 03.12.2008 | that's a sweet mixer. thanks for the pic |
| devozz baby 03.12.2008 | well there r some videos on youtube of it, if u wanna se it in action. But i must say that it feels rly solid to play with, its a badazz controller and I have currently not maped all the buttons, so for straight forward bang bang 4 decklooping madness its fun as hell with the xp10 on the side. suits me anyway. for the moment i dont se any need for a second Otus, ye it would be cool with 2 but its a bit hard to justify atm |
| Lorraine Jansson 03.12.2008 | Wow thats a really nice setup, other1 *drools* I ended up deciding yesterday that the Otus is prohibitively expensive for me (especially when considering it is best used in conjunction with a mixer, which I dont have), so I went for a VCI-300 instead. I am still very interested to learn more about the Otus and see it in action, it looks like very impressive piece of kit. |
| Random X 30.11.2008 | I gotta say you're a man to my heart. I also love big and rugged! Also why I love the otus and the PMC-CX. |
| devozz baby 01.12.2008 | yes its the Vestax PMC-CX, I just love it, was believein of getting an DJM-800 as an upgrade from my old DJM-600, but I was just using the eq when mixin and the efx unit on my old 600 was almost unused, and from Traktor 2.6 it was nice to have filters on each channel, so I was lookin around a bit and found the Vestax, and it has all u need, and the big eq rotarys rule and with the efx in Traktor Pro I cant see any need for an efx box. The "booth" is setup just behind my desk, atm im sitting just behind the mixer, kinda like a 2in1 solution. The speakerstands are movable, so when mixin they r like in the picture, and when makin music or just listening to stuff u just move them invards and u have some rly nice nearfield monitoring(Genelec 8030's). Below the right monitor there is also a small tapco mixer to summary the mic, stereo in and out from my main comp and the master out from the Vestax PMC-CX, and some headphones when needed. |
| Random X 01.12.2008 | Dude, nice setup! Btw, is that the Vestax Carl Cox mixer? WOW! |
| devozz baby 30.11.2008 | [IMG][/IMG] crappy phone pic, but u get the idea |
| devozz baby 29.11.2008 | ill try to get some pics up on sunday if i can, oh thats today, well, workin on it |
| Random X 29.11.2008 | Pics, pics, pics!!!! |
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