Reloop Terminal Mix 4 Video Review

[mdcdesign]

Enjoy

[the_bastet]

no scratch test?

[kooper1980]

Nice vid man. Looks like a solid controller.

Really glad Reloop have gone with the rubberised transport buttons. My ONLY gripe with the Digital Jockey 2 was the plastic buttons.

Some nice nostalgia from them tunes as well!!

[makar1]

no scratch test?

Wouldn't mind hearing this too.

Also, why are Reloop still using hard plastic knobs?

[mdcdesign]

Haha! I nearly included one, but it would've been more of an "mdcdesign embarrassment test" since I can't scratch for shit.

From a TECHNICAL standpoint, however, there's no reason you couldn't scratch like a maniac on one of these. There's zero sticker drift whatsoever, and DJ Angelo uses one for scratching when he's not using the RP6000s.

As with any controller, however, your mapping is key really. I'll post my mapping for this when I finish this set I'm doing, for those who own one of these and like the look of my mapping.

[mdcdesign]

Oh, and for those with a set of Chroma Caps, they DO fit the TM4 according to the fitting guide in DJTT's shop

[mdcdesign]

Here's the mapping for you lovely people

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jazw34lw3c...%20Mix%204.zip

If you watch the video you'll get the jist of it, but here are some further details, specifically regarding the FX section:

The fourth button in the FX section toggles Super FX mode; if its lit, you're in Super FX mode.

- Knob 1 is armyofme's Sweep/Drama effect; button 1 toggles the track kill/echo.
- Knob 2 is my own Macro FX version; button 2 toggles track kill/echo.
- Knob 3 is UNASSIGNED, feel free to add your own effects to it in Controller Manager.
- Button 3 will toggle all three effects on the main FX unit simultaneously; useful if you want to create a sweep WITHOUT killing the track; just kills the sweep effect gently, try it out and see

That's about it really, the rest of it is pretty self-explanatory.

[makar1]

From a TECHNICAL standpoint, however, there's no reason you couldn't scratch like a maniac on one of these. There's zero sticker drift whatsoever, and DJ Angelo uses one for scratching when he's not using the RP6000s.

Looks like Angelo is the posterboy for Reloop, and also he's using Serato with the TM4. How's the performance in Traktor though?

[mdcdesign]

Looks like Angelo is the posterboy for Reloop, and also he's using Serato with the TM4. How's the performance in Traktor though?

Basically the same; no sticker drift in either. I don't scratch, but I CAN stop the jogwheels on a dime, right on the beat when I need to. I've also got mine set rather more sensitively than you would do for scratching, and yet there's STILL no over-run or lag with them. The capacitive nature of the wheels has been improved significantly compared to when... I think it was DJWorx? reviewed the Jockey 3, which uses similar jogs. They had an issue where even reaching across the jogs would trigger the Jog Touch note; no problems with that on the TM4 though

EDIT: This is what you wanna watch if you're a scratch guy, it's pretty insane.

[matrick]

great review. good to see that it can hold its own in traktor too as well as serato dj.