Today i learned a new word: Rebuttal :D
I thought nothing less than it was a mapping issue, but thanks for confirming it! It sort of sounded on the DDT review that it was an hardware issue or not fixable. But as you say, anyone who knows, these things can get sorted out, but for a new person in the business it could have been interpreted as if it wasn't.
I understand though that he reviewed the unit and the LE version that it came with. But he could have mentioned the possibilities available. No gain? Use the high EQ knob for it and use the kill switch for eq business. Or the other way around, use the kill switch as a shift key with maybe jogwheel to fix gain.
I really hope that people going into digital dj'ing, even for the first time, give making personal mappings a try! That i have always assumed at least. It's cheap to upgrade to full version of deckadance and Traktor will probably go on a 50% sale soon enough.
Not sure but you can get deckadance for 40% of at
http://www.jrrshop.com/image-line-deckadance-2 - add "forum" as a coupon and get another 10% off (43$ but for europe i think taxes are added - still cheap!!)
C and D buttons are good candidates for shift functions also!