Xone: K2 Thread

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Originally Posted by Karlos Santos

Yeah , i believe its possible with the K2 but id have to check that with A&H.



Native Instruments had their X1s and Maschine in those exact stands at BPM.
They are available on eBay right now.

My best description of the X1 stand would be:
Not bad at best, Shoddy at worst.
My mate could knock these up in minutes. They had some imperfect edging and the wooden sides werent perfectly identical.

The Maschine version looked better but i still didnt like the retro look it gave the gear and i drive a car with a Walnut wooden dashboard... I like wood;)

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Summit like this would take a couple seconds to make :), I might start experimenting with my other controllers. Could use walnut, oak, cherry, beach and then a range of stains :), dark walnut would look lovely

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Originally Posted by zestoi

nice... posting midi porn photos is always allowed :D each time i see a photo of one i want it more :p no one taking pre-orders yet in the uk i presume?

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Pre-orders of the K2 have begun in Australia. I figured the UK would have them prior to Aus:confused:

Curious about the on board soundcard ... does '16 bit' soundcard mean there's a compromise on sound quality?

Mix Architekt - I see you're Bangkok-based... do you know Amnesty or Dave Specialist?

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Originally Posted by Scaper7

Curious about the on board soundcard ... does '16 bit' soundcard mean there's a compromise on sound quality?

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16bit is CD quality. Its good enough and hopefully keeps the price down.

I don't see the deal with this controller. It has decent buttons this time. It's smaller lighter and less expensive than the 2D, but I cant believe it's 2012 and they released it 16bit. Now A&H are sitting right next to Berlinger or American audio. Rane sound cards sound like crap comparatively speaking to their 24bit counterparts on large or high fidelity sound systems, A&H same. Numbers say that a cd is 16 bit in nature, but a regular ol wav on cd will sound much better. A two stereo channel sound card at that. Can't even run 4 decks. Using a controller and just A-B mixing belongs in a bedroom or for demo at a show room. PRO performance, no. I agree there's no point in making a controller only version at this price point, but I'd of been happy with a slightly less expensive controller with no card if they plopped a cheap one in there. I'd stick with the x1 or the 1D unless you're choice is the 2D. Just an IMHO. Who knows maybe its a much improved SC. I'D wait for the K4.

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Originally Posted by LoveFyi

Can't even run 4 decks.

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I think its sligthly unfair to expect an 8 channel (4 stereo) soundcard in a controller at this price point.
Also, thats not what its intended for. Its bit like saying, that motorbike is crap cus its not got any doors... Get a car.

If you want 4 external decks you just need 2 x K2s.

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Originally Posted by LoveFyi

Using a controller and just A-B mixing belongs in a bedroom or for demo at a show room. PRO performance, no.

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Very narrow minded view of DJing dude. Depends on the music/ style of DJ/ kind of club that you are doing/at.

Not everyone is interested in Richie Hawtin 4 deck shizzle.

Some of the greatest DJ's in the world just go A to B.

I'll say almost all the greatest DJs just go from A to B.

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Originally Posted by Karlos Santos

I think its sligthly unfair to expect an 8 channel (4 stereo) soundcard in a controller at this price point.
Also, thats not what its intended for. Its bit like saying, that motorbike is crap cus its not got any doors... Get a car.

If you want 4 external decks you just need 2 x K2s.



Very narrow minded view of DJing dude. Depends on the music/ style of DJ/ kind of club that you are doing/at.

Not everyone is interested in Richie Hawtin 4 deck shizzle.

Some of the greatest DJ's in the world just go A to B.

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Every dj goes a-b. i go a-b. thats the OG idea of djing music. I just don't do it with a controller, and thats not my point regardless. You can go a-b and juggle cue points and such with effects/loops and go nuts. I can see how you read into that.
I always thought the power of a controller was being able to do things traditional decks can't do. All that convience and one would be happy and have fun doing the bare minimum? I doubt that. I'm not expecting ANYTHING from companies at certain price points., ESP A&H. I said I'd rather pay a little less than pay a little more for old out dated tech which in my opinion 16 bit sound cards are.
After coming out with a similar item of better quality years ago A&H along with several other companies are cutting corners to cut costs to sell more and it's just not something I see furthering the realm of djing.

I would rather have a quality 16 bit sound card than an inferior 24 bit one. And imo there's so much more about this controller that furthers the realm of DJ'ing that arguing over the sound card's bit resolution is pointless.