MIDI Fighter Announcement vs NI Controller Announcement

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So which controller are you more excited for? The NI Traktor Controller, or DJTT's very own MIDI Fighter?

I know I'm looking forward to that sexy little grid of arcade buttons, myself.

[midifidler]

I have one of those bad boys sitting right next to me - pretty exciting!

[Mixer Miyagi]

I mean how much could this thing actually cost? There isn't much to it... I built the same thing out of a broken Oxygen 8 for $17.67 for 16 arcade buttons, screws, wire, and some wood.

[LanceBlaise]

well, NI controllerlooks great,slim, andseems to be really complete for what i wanna do. Right now i use a Xone 1D to control all 4 decks plus i use an external mixer (i request a xone 62 or 92). I love my xone 1D, but could really use like an extra row of knobs and buttons. I don't need them, but i could set some more sh!t up if i had them. With that being said i think the NIKontrol is really great, but i will need 2 of them, and i am upset to lose my sliders/faders... I use them to control the dry and wet of all 4 decks effects and it also turns the effects on... so i am just worried about losing them. I think i am gonna buy 2 of the NI Kontrol X1's but those damn sliders have me upset... hopefully i can reprogram it to do the same thing on the Kontrol X1, I know they are saying we can, so i will just have to get used to turning the pots for the dry wet as opposed to using the sliders...

[Xonetacular]

The NI controller sucks balls. sure it has some backlit LEd buttons, but it is the same footprint (although annoyingly shallow and needs a special bag/riser to get it to mixer level) and has 1/4 of the potential of a Xone: 1D for the same price. Xone 1D > NI crap.

Now on the new DJ tech controllers, they aren't really comparable to either however I would take one over that NI junk any day. It looks like it will have a lot of creative possibilities and be different and fun to use. I might get one in addition to my 4D and 1Ds as a hot cue control center.... i always liekd the idea of arcade buttons but I'm an elitist gear whore analog freak and would never use a VCI, so this is a cool chance to incorporate the snappy arcade button aspect into my setup. As long as it is priced right... If it is over $150 then I probably won't buy it since I could make one for half the price, but if it is priced well it could sell a lot of units. If i could add some potentiometers we would be in business.

[Potter]

Im SUPER excited for the midi fighter, but whats with the black one with the 4X4 buttons and two analogue sticks? i NEED that one

[Jester]

Wow, looks fantastic. watch this space for costings huh. Might be a coin flip purchase.

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I know I am going to try my damndest to get a Midifighter. I've already got an Akai MPD18, which is essentially the same thing, but those arcade buttons just look so cool.

[djlokifl]

With the way it will have the LED's next to each button, the midifighter would be pretty handy to use as a step sequencer too.

[tekki]

For now I might be swaying to the MIDI fighter. But that's just because of the extra's it can be.
Modded extra value vs standard only always ends in a Mod > Standard for me.