Fitzy P's Command Station

Started off with a Hercules RMX soon after added a used mpd16, Korg nanopad and an Akai MPKmini. Using VirtualDJ.Attachment 13814
Hercules got old quick as did VDJ, found a used VCI 100SE arcade online for a sweet deal.Attachment 13815
Switched over to Traktor and added a Midifighter classicAttachment 13816
Customized the MPD16 and did the ghetto electrical tape under the pads to improve sensitivity trick. It actually worked.Attachment 13817
Bought a bunch of sanwa buttons from China and started changing things upAttachment 13818Attachment 13819
Maschine added Attachment 13820
Homemade Maschine woodgrain trim added. Oak Attachment 13821
Wanted to get a 4 deck controller, coming from the beast that was the 100SE, I went with the VCI400//EGE

Wanted to get a 4 deck controller, coming from the beast that was the 100SE, I went with the VCI400//EGE Attachment 13824
Added an f1 Attachment 13825
And some randoms Attachment 13826Attachment 13827

Sweet little history there. Love your choice of gear & the progression in which you got it!

So awesome machine:)

Wow, your newest setup must look fantastic in the dark! Nice gear choice, man :)

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Originally Posted by niallr

Wow, your newest setup must look fantastic in the dark! Nice gear choice, man :)

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Looks awesome in the dark but also very functional. I usually never have a problem playing in a very dark booth. Always bring a flashlight though as its a pain setting up in the pitch dark. Thanks for the comments guys. Adding the homemade wood trim to my maschine made it stand out a bit from every other generic maschine out there.

I like your style, Fitzy,

Nice synths!

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Originally Posted by MWagner

I like your style, Fitzy,

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Thanks man, actually not to far from the D. I live in Canada across from Port Huron, Michigan

That vci Arcade with the red buttons and black rims looks sick!

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Originally Posted by fitzyp

Thanks man, actually not to far from the D. I live in Canada across from Port Huron, Michigan

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Sarnia area?

that homemade bit for the mashine is beautiful, very impressed.

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Originally Posted by MWagner

Sarnia area?

that homemade bit for the mashine is beautiful, very impressed.

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Yah man , Sarnia is currently where I hang my hat.

Gear pRon Attachment 13974
Bought the Chroma Caps for the VCI100se Arcade. Switched buttons to all white.Attachment 13975
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HA, Forgot I hacked a Nanopad to make it a moduler X/Y pad Attachment 13979
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Hey man, as a schoolday lurker of this site during the day, would you mind giving me info on how you did that hack?

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Originally Posted by dubyou

Hey man, as a schoolday lurker of this site during the day, would you mind giving me info on how you did that hack?

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Very simple. Open up the Nanopad. You'll see that the Pads and the XY section are on totally different PCBs only attached by a ribbon cable. You can actually detach the ribbon cable easily and the XY pad is still functional. I just took a hacksaw to the plastic housing and cut the pad section completely out. Cut a small piece out of the scrape to cover the now open side of the XY pad.
Back when I was using windows, I could never get the pads to respond at all. XY pad worked fine. So I said screw it and ripped it apart.

That sounds like a sick sort of mini mod i might look into. Thanks man!

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Originally Posted by dubyou

That sounds like a sick sort of mini mod i might look into. Thanks man!

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No problem, real simple. I want to build a controller that incorporates the xy pad and some of the extra arcade buttons I have around. Thats the grand plan.