eks "otus"...
eks "otus"... Posted on: 02.08.2008 by Matt Kane anyone tried it/knows how it feels? i could | |
| Dotty Fadeley 29.11.2008 | nice, thanks for the post looking fwd for more info as you settle in! |
| devozz baby 29.11.2008 | my first impressions are a few posts up ;D |
| Leo Lewis 29.11.2008 | Courtesy of EKS Finland the DigitalJocket.it Staff have received an Otus in our laboratory in Riccione (Italy), here you can see the first small presentation video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlkMsVL-zB4&eurl you'll see next videos in our youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/DigitalJockeyIt |
| devozz baby 28.11.2008 | first mappin is done, I currently have it setup with the otus controlling decks A and B, and an xp10 for decks C and D with focus. I know there has been some talk about the touchbuttons, atm im usin them for hotques, and have just jumped back and forth between a few quest, but atm havent had any problems with them, they trigger 1 time nicely. Audio is bright and clear, and the drivers seem stable, cool thing is that the ASIO driver see all the connected units and just add the channels out to the audiorouter. I havent mapped the "mousepad" to anything yet, im lookin into it pls ask if u wanna know anything all in all it feels like its a exelent controller with loads of potential, I have to get some live mixin done with it b4 im setteling in with how i want the setup. |
| devozz baby 28.11.2008 | first impressions: its a efin tank, big and has a heavy feel to it, its sturdy and made of aluminium, Play, cue and loop buttons and all the other small one's have a nice click to them, and give good response when pressing them. The touch buttons work fine, and I have no problems with the pitch slider. its a bit inaccurate, but thats traktors problem I suspect. The wheel is heavy and has good accuracy, it feels like a CDJ 1k, but not plasty, this thing is more like the platter of a 1200, kinda somwhere inbetween the 2. back to mappin... |
| devozz baby 28.11.2008 | im mappin atm more commin soon |
| MadMan Ajms 25.11.2008 | I am not going to buy the first ones..I want to wait until reviews from Ean and others. Seems cool, but prefer a real pitch knob. I never like to buy the first release until bugs are ironed out..Maybe these are good out of the box, but always sceptic. |
| gilbert hatem 25.11.2008 | Thanks other1 for explaining that... Kind of glad I don't have to deal with that. |
| Lorraine Jansson 24.11.2008 |
Originally Posted by obsidiance
Don't forget to add shipping to the other side of the planet. I wonder if anyone like DJWarehouse or StoreDJ will end up selling them locally, and what they will charge? Would be really nice to actually play with one before forking out so much... |
| devozz baby 24.11.2008 | VAT is value added tax, it is a fixed rate tax on everything that u buy, it varies a bit depending on what kind of buissniz u are conducting, like here in sweden the general VAT is 25% on most things that a combany is selling to a customer and it is included in the price, but in some areas of bizniz it is lower, like on food, hotels and restaurants, running a camping site, selling your artistic work and importing art, antiques and colectable items there is a fixed rate of 12% VAT and on books, newspapers, transport(taxi, buss and trains) some entry fees, and skilifts are included here ;P , running an sportsclub(like a fotballteam or an ishockeyteam) museum, librarys, and to some parts of selling rights(like a live recording, or the rights to a song) there is a fixed rate of 6% VAT on top of this there are loads of exeptions to parts of all the above rules and the VAT is only something that u'll have to deal with if u are running a company and the VAT is included in the price that customers see |
| Paul Davison 24.11.2008 | Obsidiance, I feel your pain. It's over $1000 here. Damn Canadian money is worth very little right now. Just to be sure though, it's 649 euros for one right? Are there specials for buying the pair? |
| gilbert hatem 24.11.2008 | i believe it only $820 US. What is this this +22% VAT? I know I don't live in Europe I am just curious. |
| Dj Daxsen 24.11.2008 | wowowow! $1,285.98 Australian. I hate our exchange rate at the moment |
| Random X 24.11.2008 | That's the one Foreverhex! And cool other1! Can't wait to hear your findings! |
| devozz baby 24.11.2008 | 1 orderd, hope they ship it today ;D |
| gilbert hatem 24.11.2008 | America fuck yeah! Coming to get a mother fucking Otus, yeah! |
| Random X 24.11.2008 | *~Hearing the theme song of "Team America - World Police"~* |
| gilbert hatem 24.11.2008 | It Is Out! Yeah Yeah Fucking Finally Yeah! |
| Random X 22.11.2008 | Ghehehe. Yups, let's pray for that one. |
| Branden Kern 21.11.2008 | errrrr....lets hope this thing doesnt turn out to be an epic fail...seeing how this is the longest on going thread in the gear community ....it surely would disappoint alot of ppl =P... |
| Lorraine Jansson 19.11.2008 | Sweeeeet. Though I continue to cower in fear at how much this thing is going to cost. Can't wait for a proper review |
| Dj Daxsen 19.11.2008 | omg! omg! omg! |
| gilbert hatem 19.11.2008 | AHHHHH! When I wonder, when will they make it to the states? |
| Xavier Emanuels 20.11.2008 | AWESOME NEWS !!! I got got a mail back "Otus is starting to ship by the end of this week." >=) |
| Paul Davison 19.11.2008 | Damn you people! Every time I see that there's a new post, I get all giddy hoping someone has there hands on an otus. I'm disappointed every time =( |
| Dotty Fadeley 19.11.2008 |
Originally Posted by beattz
Im hoping one could easily map the pitch slider(s) cc to say, a BCR and that would be perfect for me. I'd do the same for the cross fader (Im more into the whole "rotary mixer" setup anyhow.) |
| Random X 13.11.2008 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
Absolute for the EQs and relative for the crossfader. (Just to stay closer to an oldskool setup. ) |
| Lorraine Jansson 13.11.2008 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
Originally Posted by Tekki
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| Xavier Emanuels 13.11.2008 |
Originally Posted by tekki
Namely - what knobs on the unit are rotaries and which are absolute ? Id say the eqs are rotaries while the crossfader is absolute - but who knows... we will have to wait to find out. |
| Random X 13.11.2008 | True that... You are able to make due crossfading on rotaries, but a regular crossfader just is nicer for the job mebelieves. |
| Xavier Emanuels 13.11.2008 |
Originally Posted by tekki
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| Random X 13.11.2008 | Crossfading by mixer? |
| Xavier Emanuels 13.11.2008 | Most of these questions will have to be answered when we actually have a unit sitting infront of us. EKS hasnt stated what type of knobs they have used on the unit. It could possible be using rotaries, but we will have to see. We are getting our hands on a unit when it comes off the end of the production line - so hold out until then and we will answer these questions and more Btw - where in Australia are you ? I am in Perth. |
| Lorraine Jansson 13.11.2008 | I'm in the market for a new USB midi controller, I've outgrown my BCD3000 and had been looking at the VCI-300 but it's lack of buttons available for effects is a turn-off. The Otus looks like a great alternative, although I am scared as to how much this sucker is going to cost... the Aussie dollar has been getting an absolute pounding lately I do have a few questions about the Otus and I'm interested to see if any of you guys know the answers. Firstly, the pitch slider is a touch-pad strip so that you can control two virtual decks with differing pitch values, however the EQ knobs appear to be absolute, so I wonder how would this effect mixing if you are playing with the EQ levels on both tracks as you switch between virtual decks to perform a smooth mix? For example, if you have the low eq turned down to 25% on deck B that you are about to mix in, then you switch to deck A (which is running at 100% lows) and you want to turn that deck's lows down to 25% as well, the knob wouldn't be able to physically turn counter-clockwise far enough. I may have the completely wrong idea about how this would operate, feel free to enlighten me I am aware that if you are running the Otus through a mixer, you would be able to use the mixer's EQs, but surely that would render the EQs on the Otus completely unnecessary? Secondly, with the Otus not having a cross-fader, if you want to operate it without a mixer how are you supposed to crossfade? I am assuming that you could map one of the four jog-wheels on each corner of the unit as a cross-fader, although I do wonder how intuitive that would feel. |
| Random X 12.11.2008 | LOLz! But I do understand where you're coming from regarding the two deck setup! |
| Branden Kern 11.11.2008 |
Originally Posted by tekki
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| Random X 11.11.2008 | Cool! Just don't blame me if you need to rob a bank for purchasing these bad boys. |
| Branden Kern 11.11.2008 |
Originally Posted by tekki
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| Random X 10.11.2008 | IDD. You don't piss in your own garden. |
| gilbert hatem 10.11.2008 | Well you did pay for it... and work on bomes for hours. Why would you just give that up? |
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