Looking for a good portable controller when traveling

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03-01-2020, 07:27 AM
DJDoubleYou

Looking for a good portable controller when traveling

I'm looking for a solid controller to buy for when I'm travelling, I'm not playing professionally when on the go but I would like it to have some advanced features and not be a "beginner controller". The ones I looked into are:

Novation Twitch
Has a lot of advanced controlls and I like that it's quite original, touchstrips look cool, lot's of controlls.
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f0...ffd-480-80.jpg

Reloop MIXTOUR
Has got the bare essentials in a super compact package.
https://www.djtoptips.com/wp-content...fy-304x285.jpg

X1 MK2 and Z1
Generally good controllers, but I don't have any use for them in my usual setup so would just be for travel. And I would prefer for it to be an all in 1 controller.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon...._AC_SS350_.jpg

Something like a reloop mixage
These are dirt dirt cheap (€30) so I could even gift them to someone if I can't take it home and buy a new one later.
http://cdn.digitaldjtips.com/app/upl...t-00.41.09.png

Remap a tiny controller like the Novation Nocturn
(not the Nocturn specifically, it has no MIDI) but there seem to be just enough controlls to do mixing and playback.
http://www.newschoolaudio.com/wp-con...up-150x150.jpg

Open to all suggestions, only hard requirement is that they can't get much bigger and heavier than the Twitch. I also travel with an iPad I could use TouchOSC with.
03-01-2020, 10:53 AM
tekki

I think I would go for the X1 Mk2 and Z1. Cool thing is, you will be able to hook them up to iPhones and iPads, in order for it to be completely portable.
(That and that you will have two small footprint controllers that will be more easy to carry around than one larger footprint controller.)
03-01-2020, 12:08 PM
SlayForMoney

Is standalone an option? Prime GO seems almost too good but it's expensive, probably an overkill.
03-01-2020, 02:25 PM
Stewe

Twister!
03-02-2020, 03:09 AM
DJDoubleYou

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Originally Posted by tekki

I think I would go for the X1 Mk2 and Z1. Cool thing is, you will be able to hook them up to iPhones and iPads, in order for it to be completely portable.
(That and that you will have two small footprint controllers that will be more easy to carry around than one larger footprint controller.)

This option is starting to grow on me, though I would love to have something like a 4-channel Z1, but all the ones I can find are either really old or way too big.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SlayForMoney

Is standalone an option? Prime GO seems almost too good but it's expensive, probably an overkill.

Love the originality of the controller but it's too big (profile is not slim enough), though I would prefer a controller like this that is not "standard".

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Originally Posted by Stewe

Twister!

Actually a really good suggestion, though (since I will be buying second-hand) this is the most expensive one of them all.
03-02-2020, 09:55 AM
electroshock

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJDoubleYou

4-channel Z1

Behringer CMD MM-1 + soundcard.
03-02-2020, 10:09 AM
the_bastet

I'm partial to Reloop. Ive had a pair of Contours for 10 years that still work and look like brand new. They simply make great hardware.
03-02-2020, 10:21 AM
Patch

The Z1 & X1 are gonna give you a pretty sweet 2-Deck set uo.

But the Mixtour is close to that in a much smaller footprint....
03-08-2020, 04:31 PM
DJDoubleYou

I ended up being able to pick up a Xone K1 and two X1 MK2's for €185. I think I'm primairly going to be traveling with the two X1's and using my ipad as the mixer, I've thrown together a TouchOSC mapping over the weekeind:

https://i.imgur.com/gZRD8tq.jpg