Considering moving back to Controllers (GAH??!?!?!!?!?)

[DarioJ]

Hope to hear some great stuff out of it. Enjoy it!

[mostapha]

So, I broke the cardinal rule of new gear and spun with it at a house party on Friday.

No hiccups. No issues. Everything just kind of worked. And it felt like pioneer the whole time. No problems with the software either. I realized a couple hours in that I forgot to plug in my phone as a backup……but we didn't need it.

There are some cool features of the thing, but if you want to see effects/sampler/etc. while using 4 decks, you better not need the mix aides, because they don't all fit on the screen.

The biggest issue I see is that the phono preamps are on channels 1 & 2, which is also the decks shown in the 2-deck view, meaning that spinning with vinyl and software decks available wastes a lot of screen real estate. There might be a way to show only 3 & 4, but I haven't played with it enough to find it.

I'll be happier when I have enough space to run my vinyl decks and my monitors, but for the apartment, stashing it next to the desk and bringing it out when I want to spin seems like it's going to work just fine.

And I still think that 4 decks is overkill, though saved loops, minimal tracks, and the dual deck controls for the platters seems like it might open up some interesting stuff. I'm sure people who don't think mashups are stupid will like it too.

[Bassline Brine]

Yarg. I'm tempted, I really am.

I have the space, and love using SSL. I also like having access to my turntables, and never plan on selling them unless I upgrade to some nicer ones.

The DDJ-SX doesn't have time-code vinyl control yet for the software does it? Even with the potential of hooking up an SL box of sorts into the inputs? (Which I know, adds to the expense, but I already have one). Not sure if you've tried it, or what the possibilities for that may be. I read somewhere that the platters might be able to control in SSL, but I don't know if that makes a lot of the other features void, or how that would work.

I had previously emailed Serato about this particular question, and they kind of beat around the bush with me on it. I'd love to have access to a Pioneer style mixer to get used to, and having the controller to bring around would be handy in a lot of situations where bringing the turntables and everything just isn't practical.

If this did something like the S4, and allowed for time code control if you hooked up your turntables? I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I like SSL honestly, and I don't want to go through gridding and all that with a Traktor based controller.

Good to hear it's really solid though, the thing really is sexy. Let me know if you hear anything about time-code support as well... I'd probably pick one up as soon as I could if so.

[tekki]

Glad to see the SX is working out for you, Mostapha!

Had the same thing going on in my old apartment, these these I do have the space, still need to by the turntables.

Thing is, after spinning on controllers and my current setup, I know I want to go back to vinyl and the controller some day, though the urge is not _that_ big.

[mostapha]

Good to hear it's really solid though, the thing really is sexy. Let me know if you hear anything about time-code support as well... I'd probably pick one up as soon as I could if so.

I think I saw something that they were considering it in the future. Right now, to get time-code control and Serato DJ to work with the controller, you'd need to run both programs. I think that's way more trouble than it's worth. Controllers just kind of are more robust and quicker than DVS. For the last several months (apart from Friday) when I've spun, it's just been vinyl. That's why I was okay with it not having timecode control. If it gets it, cool. But I still probably wouldn't use it.