I was just sitting and playing around with my VCI when an idea struck me. Is there any DJ-controllers with motorized faders and would it be possible to install them on a VCI?
My first thought is that youd probably install a seperate "brain" for the faders. Assuming that you dont need a motorized crossfader, this would give the user 4 analog pots (since the pitch- and volumefaders wont be used). That, my friends is a second FX-bank!
Any ideas?
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02-02-2011, 10:51 AM #1Tech Mentor
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Motorized faders?
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02-02-2011, 11:58 AM #2Tech Guru
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The only one I know is the Behringer BCF2000 (Tim Exile seems to like it).
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02-02-2011, 12:19 PM #3Tech Mentor
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Why would you want motorized faders on a DJ controller?
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02-02-2011, 12:28 PM #4Tech Mentor
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Well, for example if you're running 4 decks on a regular VCI, or just for the pitchfaders, so that they always match up to the number on the screen.
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02-02-2011, 12:30 PM #5Tech Mentor
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Sure you can.
Alps, Bourns and many others make motorized models.
They go for a tad more than regular faders, but that's only reasonable I guess.
http://www.alps.com/WebObjects/catal...SN1M_list.html
http://www.bourns.com/ProductLine.as...panel_controls - PSM, click it
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02-02-2011, 12:39 PM #6Tech Guru
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Stanton SCS.1d has a motorized pitch fader.
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02-02-2011, 02:03 PM #7Tech Wizard
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If you modded a controller would you have to put another chip in to control it?
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02-02-2011, 02:14 PM #8Tech Mentor
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Hmm.
I haven't looked into motorized fader usage.
I guess if you had a 0-127 midi signal, you could wire something up to control it.
I'd be hard pressed to give you just a schematic and tell you to get building, without knowing of the controllers inside, the room, where the power comes from, etc.
Easiest way of asking is, how well versed in electronics are you?
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02-02-2011, 02:19 PM #9Tech Guru
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You'll need to monitor the position of the Fader as well, so you may need Microcontroller & some programming skills.
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02-02-2011, 02:22 PM #10Tech Mentor
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Yeah, that's why I asked his electronics skill.
It's hard just to say go do this and that, when it's a fair bit more complicated than that.
Getting a fader to move based on some input signal is more than doable, but making it behave properly is a lot more feisty.Fixing stuff that isn't broken.
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