Ecler Nuo 4

[SlvrDragon50]

Anyone here own an Ecler Nuo 4 (not 4.0)?

Found one for cheap, and I've always wanted to try out an Ecler. I'm not too worried about the channel vu-meters since I can just figure that out by ear. Everything else seems pretty good.

I'm more interested in its midi capabilities. I'm having trouble finding anything related to the 4. All I can dig up is 4.0 stuff.

I do eventually want to move to CDJs (no laptop), and this has me a bit worried. It seems like its main selling point is its midi mapping. That said, I probably will still buy this since I don't see CDJs in the near future.

I've never been extremely big on effects so I haven't really been looking too much into Pioneer DJMs. The Evo 5 did look pretty enticing considering how much it has at its pricepoint.

[makar1]

Looks like all the MIDI controls are contained within the silver center strip.

[SlvrDragon50]

I guess it's just my extreme noobiness when it comes to MIDI.

There's not really any buttons on the Nuo 4, so what are you really mapping? Just stuff like a browse knob and maybe controlling Traktor FX etc?

[makar1]

Seems to be 4 endless encoders and 4 buttons. You can map them to pretty much anything you like in Traktor.

The 4 buttons would be ideal for loading into the 4 decks you'd have with the Nuo4.

[SlvrDragon50]

Well from what I'm reading, it only has midi capability for channels 2 and 3. That said, I don't know why you would want to internally mix anyways when you have the external mixer.

Do you lose the midi capability when you use the Nuo as an external mixer?

[makar1]

You would never use a mixer like the Nuo, or any other decent MIDI mappable hardware mixer in Internal mode for normal use.

If you switch 2+3 to MIDI mode you could map them to control FX for example. Then run your audio through channels 1+4 as usual. You also have the central section that should remain active for MIDI control at all times.

[SlvrDragon50]

Ah okay thank you.

So conflicted I wish my Guitarcenter stocked Ecler so I could actually try out the mixer or some variant of it.

[soundinsurgent712]

I've had for the past 6 years and it's one of the best sounding mixers I've used, Ecler mixers arlike the Rane of Spain. Big fat eq knobs, if I w where another one was I'd go buy it right now.

[SlvrDragon50]

Are you using it with Traktor or stand alone soundinsurgent?

It just seemed like the mixer was built for digital which is why I was a little apprehensive about it.

[soundinsurgent712]

I use it with an Audio 8 and an SL3 (mix video with Serato or VDJ) using timecodes. I am now using a DJM T1 but I plan on getting an Audio 10 and putting in the Ecler.