DJ TECH - TR-1S Thud Rumble Mixer

[mdcdesign]

Where are you reading that the Mini is a carbon fader? The Innofader website claims that it's capacitive like the other Innofaders.

That's odd... I suppose its possible they've integrated capacitance sensing into the base PCB, although the unit its based on is definitely a carbon fader.

[SlvrDragon50]

Yea, I was looking at the page and didn't see that it had an innofader so I was kinda puzzled why the TR-1S was standing out vs the Numarks and whatnot.

Gorgeous? I wouldn't go that far. But I'm all about bang for the buck. Components over aesthetics.

[MRG12EG]

That's odd... I suppose its possible they've integrated capacitance sensing into the base PCB, although the unit its based on is definitely a carbon fader.

you guys are looking to deep.

its good for scratching - simples.

i wouldnt argue with q-bert when it comes to scratching lol

[Professorbx]

That's odd... I suppose its possible they've integrated capacitance sensing into the base PCB, although the unit its based on is definitely a carbon fader.

Alright......I was involved in the Mini from day one-bugging Elliot to do it, telling him what form factor he needed to use, going over features, getting one of the first hand made samples in the world. Ask Elliot about it. (That said, he did do all the actual work that made it what it is, so take my involvement for what it is).

The fader BODY is based on a currently existing fader from A-Plus. A-Plus is made of former people from Alpha who wanted to make a better product, and knew they could without making the compromises that Alpha has made in the last few years. As such, the bushings are a little bit tighter, and the rails are far more high-polish (needed for smoothness). That is where the similarities end though.

The fader PCB is a simplified version of the currently available Innofader. Simplified in that it doesn't have the calibration control dials, so the actual controller used is a little bit simpler. It does have an end stop calibration button on the bottom though so you can set the end stop points (useful if you want to push out the end point for some strange reason). The fader itself is actually somewhat insane-the linear response curve rivals and in some cases exceeds the linear response curve of many short body Alpha-style faders on the market. This itself is really important-it is pretty hard to get a great response curve in such a small body.

The important things here are that

A: it is an Innofader, capacitance and all, just made small and affordable enough to integrate into a manufactured mixer.

and

B: you should do some research before you say stuff like that-it isn't like there are not a ton of articles on the subject, many of which are on the very site you are on.

[mdcdesign]

Alright......I was involved in the Mini from day one-bugging Elliot to do it, telling him what form factor he needed to use, going over features, getting one of the first hand made samples in the world. Ask Elliot about it. (That said, he did do all the actual work that made it what it is, so take my involvement for what it is).

The fader BODY is based on a currently existing fader from A-Plus. A-Plus is made of former people from Alpha who wanted to make a better product, and knew they could without making the compromises that Alpha has made in the last few years. As such, the bushings are a little bit tighter, and the rails are far more high-polish (needed for smoothness). That is where the similarities end though.

The fader PCB is a simplified version of the currently available Innofader. Simplified in that it doesn't have the calibration control dials, so the actual controller used is a little bit simpler. It does have an end stop calibration button on the bottom though so you can set the end stop points (useful if you want to push out the end point for some strange reason). The fader itself is actually somewhat insane-the linear response curve rivals and in some cases exceeds the linear response curve of many short body Alpha-style faders on the market. This itself is really important-it is pretty hard to get a great response curve in such a small body.

The important things here are that

A: it is an Innofader, capacitance and all, just made small and affordable enough to integrate into a manufactured mixer.

and

B: you should do some research before you say stuff like that-it isn't like there are not a ton of articles on the subject, many of which are on the very site you are on.

Fantastic clarification post there, cheers

[BFLY]

where can u buy one of these in the uk?

[DJWORX]

As I said in my article, it's available from the Thud Rumble online shop only.

[the_bastet]

http://compare.ebay.com/like/3309331...Types&var=sbar

without the thud rumble branding.

[Nicky H]

It's good value but for the same price you can get a NOX202 which has much more features.
http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/NOX202.aspx

I think the DJ-tech mixer would probably suit scratch dj's more though because of the room on the mixer.

[Ross]

Not really sure why people are creaming over this? I think it's actually aesthetically ugly as fuck! And you pay more, just for it to be made ugly. I'd pick the Behringer over it any day.