The under rated controller thread
The under rated controller thread Posted on: 30.01.2013 by Charissa Paganucci the "why do people judge" thread got me believeing of this...I've used an S4/VCI-100/M-Audio(forget the 2 chan controller) Numark Axis-9 CDJ's/Vestax VCI-400 and of course expensive Pio CDJ's I can't afford. the one I ALWAYS go back to is my trustee Numark Mixdeck. I kid you not, it's been the best controller I've used even when compared to the highdollared CDJ's and fancier controllers. the mixdeck, even if in a plastic encassement has been the toughest I've owned. I come from a vinyl mixing background, and I never got used to the miniature jogwheels the newer controllers have. Numark stuck it out with larger jogwheels on the quad/mixdeck..good on them Don't hear much about these controllers, but I thought i'd throw my hat in the ring that it's certainly not one to be overlooked. my .02cents | |
| Celestine Porebski 31.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by padi_04
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| Random X 31.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by Jester
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| Nedra Fresneda 31.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by The Twin
I believe the UC33 could use a little more credit. |
| Rolanda Clodfelder 01.02.2013 |
I loved the EKS OTUS. A thing of beauty as well as function. Because of the form factor, I believe people wanted it to be a CDJ, but it wasn't for that. You could truly make it yours if you put the time into mapping.
If I was back home I'd get a pair without a shadow of a doubt. |
| Mathilda Loeffel 31.01.2013 | The vestax TR-1 was actually pretty dope for what it was. never caught on thought. I used it for a bit and sometimes wish I kept it. http://www.vestax.com/v/products/detail.php?cate_id=36 |
| Renaldo Chansky 31.01.2013 | I loved the EKS OTUS. A thing of beauty as well as function. Because of the form factor, I believe people wanted it to be a CDJ, but it wasn't for that. You could truly make it yours if you put the time into mapping. |
| nayit ruiz jaramillo 31.01.2013 | Faderfox DX2. bombproof, served me well for years. |
| Brunilda Kora 31.01.2013 | I'll ALWAYS throw in a +1 for UC-33e praise. Best all rounder for sure. Replace the num-buttons with a 4x4 set of mini drum pads and it would be INVINCIBLE. Oh - and they'd have to sort out the soft take over functionality, too! |
| Celestine Porebski 31.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by padi_04
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| Random X 31.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by Jester
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| Nedra Fresneda 31.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by The Twin
I believe the UC33 could use a little more credit. |
| Yuko Santoyo 31.01.2013 | Torq xponent |
| Breanne Penge 01.02.2013 | Thought I don't believe it's underrated....M-Audio Trigger Finger. I've used this with just about everything. Very versatile. |
| Venetta Viescas 31.01.2013 | Reloop Contour from here again(I sound like a fanboy already, gosh) I mean, It's a decend, rough, solid modular controller, but oone seems to notice it, but everyone notices the Behringer equalient, which doesn't look right. + it has a great sounding 5 channel stereo soundcard So if you raise the unit a little, it fits perfectly next to a bigger 4-channel club mixer and it would look in place, you wouldn't consider this a toy. My goal is to get another one, so I have only take 2x small modulars, laptop, headphones to the club and use the club mixer without cluttering the DJ-booth with a big controller |
| Kellie Myrum 31.01.2013 | BCD3000 for this oldtimer! It was damn good that Beri never updated it to 4k. Studio 4A looks nice but BCD layout was something unique. |
| Lauretta Ehrhorn 31.01.2013 | The x session pro was my first controller and I still have it. Very handy for plug and play with ipad. Twitch is great too but without timecode I find it lacking. A couple of pl-1s alongside it would be very interesting. |
| Brunilda Kora 31.01.2013 | Mouse and keyboard. Often overlooked... |
| Rolanda Clodfelder 31.01.2013 |
I will put original Hercules RMX out there, because it's built quite solid and does it's job perfectly (not the greatest jog wheels of course). Maybe it's just my nostalgia for first controller but I liked the hell out of it.
Hercules were the first of All-in-one midi controllers way back in 2004 I belive it was, with the DJ console mk1, they deserve a big thumbs up for paving the way to where controllers are today. |
| Carisa Ridgel 31.01.2013 | I will put original Hercules RMX out there, because it's built quite solid and does it's job perfectly (not the greatest jog wheels of course). Maybe it's just my nostalgia for first controller but I liked the hell out of it. |
| Vaughn Malbon 31.01.2013 | I have to give a bigs thumbs up to the much underated Icon Istage, 48 assignable Led pads/buttons, and thats just on one view, you can scroll down for hundreds of asiignable buttons. I have at last count 96 buttons assigned to it, and using modifiers can just press a button to change the whole group of controls at hand. Fantastic bit of gear, only downside is that I can only assign 2 colors to the buttns. Im just waiting for Traktor to release the Remix decks Midi controls as the icon will be great for it. Plus its Cheap and pretty rugged. Love it!! |
| Latoria Kavulich 31.01.2013 | BCR2000's In the wild |
| Random X 31.01.2013 | The Behringer BCR 2000 deserves way more credit on this community
. Hell, if my Kontrol S4 wasn't a a gift, I would probably still be using my BCR2000, MIDIfighter classic & Audio4DJ hooked up to a mixer. I might even do some fun stuff with my mixer, audio4DJ and dual MIDIfighter setup. |
| Matt Kane 31.01.2013 | started with a random qwerty-keyboard, added a bcd3000 ended up with a vci100. vci100+midifighter+mixer=best setup i could ever believe of! |
| Maile Dekerlegand 30.01.2013 | twitch FTW! |
| Yong Aptekar 30.01.2013 | I'm with Sambo, I learned on a bcd3000, and all I can say is that it is a solid piece of gear. It deserves more credit than it gets. |
| Deangelo Boender 30.01.2013 | Korg nanokontrol! I mapped every control on that thing, in all four banks. It's small, and dirty cheap, and not very durable, but it packs a lot of controls into one tiny unit. |
| Edwina Fagel 30.01.2013 | 4midiloop. |
| Jetta Drenzek 30.01.2013 | I'm gonna stick my neck out here and say BCD3000. I've abused the hell out of mine over the few years I've had it, I got it as b-stock in not the best condition for |
| Werner Bile 30.01.2013 | Novation Twitch. served me well for quite awhile. amazing flexiblity for such an inexpensive controller |
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