4MidiLoop

[V-Hoff]

It's ugly and overpriced

[djproben]

http://www.4midiloop.com/en/home/

Looks pretty cool, too, though the youtube video just shows the guy scratching with it rather than pushing any buttons. Big news is it was made in collaboration with Faderfox, so you know you're getting quality parts and materials. I've never seen this much control over all four effects banks, and there's even a 4-band EQ!

The bad news is the price -- 1300 euros -- that's a shitload of American dollars -- for a midi controller with no sound card. The other thing that would worry me about buying this is that it's optimized for Traktor Pro 1.2.4 .... so it's likely to feel pretty dated in a few months when the Traktor update comes out. There's no sampler buttons or controls, and the loop controls will probably feel obsolete when the new loop browser is available in Traktor. And a minor nitpick, the brushed aluminum look is cool but I preferred the black prototype. Still, it's a pretty nice looking piece of kit and I would definitely get one if I were made of money....

[BradCee]

THIS THING IS...

[Str8upDrew]

I had such high hopes for this. But now....ugh.
Still would like to get my hands on one, just to see how it feels to work with.

[BradCee]

Sorry if this has been put up before but this looks great so i signed up to the newsletter and this arrived in my inbox today:

after this i expected to see.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVD_Lvv4UOI




and now i've finished fucking around;

FaderFox have ruined it!! Yeah it's fair enough they sold the concept to a company to mass produce, but it didn't have to get the same shitty styling. In fact FF could've used this to launch a new look.
I like the fact that it has a button for everything, but i can see that as also a huge weakness, not sure why as yet, but something feels wrong about it.
It might be because the buttons aren't going to be a decent size for a few things, like cue juggles, you won't be able to do that so easily on this.

no comment on the price

[MonkeyFish]

I was a fan of the original design and i actually kind of like the way everything is in one box. One of these, 2 x 1200s and a Midi Fighter would be perfect for me i think but the price?!?!?! What were they thinking...

[tekkon]

I really thought this would be in the $500 price range but $1600 !!!! come on its still just a 4 channel midi controller with buttons and led feedback but WITHOUT an audio interface. maybe with audio the price could be justified but without, it doesn't stand a chance.

[Abyrne7]

Wow that makes no sence to me, no audio on a big rig like that one.

It seems like its almost TOO much control over every little detail in traktor. They should have gave up some control over things you would probally never use and just create larger buttons for cue juggling etc.

[photojojo]

Your a little late

http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17554

[Str8upDrew]

Wow that makes no sence to me, no audio on a big rig like that one.

It seems like its almost TOO much control over every little detail in traktor. They should have gave up some control over things you would probally never use and just create larger buttons for cue juggling etc.

There is no such thing as too much control, but tiny buttons suck.