10 DJing controllers that defy convention

[wrong chris]

cool article...

http://www.musicradar.com/news/dj/10...6619/2#content

[Jester]

very interesting !

[tekki]

BWAH, I'm totally bummed out... NO BCR?

[fullenglishpint]

I'm surprised they went for the FCB10 as the foot controller. That vs a McMillen softstep, I know which one I think is further out of the box.

And no twitch???

And no BCR?!?!?!?!

[TommyQuiet]

ahhhh the ohm64 one day she will be mine.

[3heads]

Yeah, strange stuff being listed there. The (imo) quite useless Nocturn, but no UC-33e (which is widely used, but definitely doesn't conform to the "standard-dj-controller-layout")?

[fullenglishpint]

The (imo) quite useless Nocturn

I think the nocturn's a very good controller for production, since automap works very well for VSTs. But as far as DJing is concerned, I don't think it has the build quality to stand up to hard use.

[BradCee]

everytime i see the eks unit i remember the bummed look on the eks reps face at bpm last year...

him; ah you're interested in this controller
me; no, waiting to try the s4

[Bang the DJ]

I don't think it's meant to be a de facto list, as already mentioned there are loads of contenders that could have been included, enough for a whole new list.

Perhaps more about encouraging thinking outside the box, rather than just reaching for the regular two decks and a mixer affairs.

[MrPopinjay]

Right. So a CDJ imitator, a mixer imitator, an mpc imitator and ableton clip grid controllers defy convention?

I thought there might be something interesting here like some of the weirder faderfox gear, BCR, livid code, etc.