Hi there!! Well, this time I'm looking for an all-in-one DJ controller to work with, because I think the time has come to change my hardware and starting doing serious things. I wanna work with Traktor Pro 2.6, because of the effects, and I don't need the 4 channels or jogwheels, but they'd be nice so in a range of price between 250 and 350 I've found 5 controllers that may be good enough, could you help me with choosing the one? I've found some pros and cons, but I'm still not sure about this... Thanks a lot!!
-American Audio VMS4.1 Traktor: Comes with 4 channels, 2 independent mics, awesome build quality, good combo between Analog and MIDI, but I heard about bad sound quality, right? (Price: 290€)
-Hercules RMX2: AWESOME build quality, jog wheels feel awesome, mic input, 2 headphone outputs but limited extra controls (FX and cues and stuff) and Faders and Knobs are small and a little bit shitty. (Price: 290€)
-Novation Twitch: Modern, alternative, clear to see in dark rooms, no jog wheels, but maybe too small, and weird disposition of the controlls... (Price: 350€)
-Denon MC3000: Seems well built, I love the disposition of the buttons, dedicated Traktor FX controls, 4-deck layout but maybe too old right now, because of the MC2000? I don't know. (Price: 390€)
-Stanton DJC-4: AWESOME build quality, every knob and fader will last, push knobs for kill, jog wheels are kickin it, loving the FX section, 4-deck layout, but maybe buttons too small? anyway, I don't use cues and loops a lot. (Price: 350€)
-Akai APC40: Alternative, loving the hardware, many buttons, many faders, many knobs, ships with ableton, but there's no soundcard (anyway I will get Audio 2 to have a traktor 2 license) and maybe too many controlls I won't use, also it's out of my price range, I mean, I could get it, but there would be no more money for a Midi keyboard maybe. (Price: 400€)
So, what do you say? any thoughts? which one will fit me better? Once again, thanks a lot
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