First I wish to say hi to all since this is my first post on this forum.
I was looking into buying an USB midi controller / mixer for Traktor and at the moment I haven't really decided yet but my preference is starting to shift towards the Vestax VCI-100. From what I made up already by reading info on the net this seems an old one compared to some other ones but it still manages to pull ahead of those more recent USB midi controllers. The only one that also comes to mind is the Reloop Digital Jockey 2 but I have a bad gut feeling about it though I can't actually pinpoint the cause of it.
However, I'm not an expert in digital DJ'ing and I have to rely on communities such as this to enlighten me and learn me a thing or two...uh...million
I have almost no hardware. I use a Creamware Powerpulsar 15DSP audio card + Scope Fusion Platform 4.0, Cubase SL, Creamware Luna 2496 I/O controller, Traktor DJ Studio 3.0 and an Evolution MK-361C midi keyboard / controller.
It should be quite obvious that such a setup, even though it is a small one, is still alot to learn considering I'm just a rooky in creating music and digital DJ'ing. By the way, I'm aware of the fact I should get myself a decent pair of monitors
But anyway, I decided to put more effort in digital DJ'ing since this is actually what interests me the most, though I do understand that the Creamware Powerpulsar 15DSP audio card with Scope Fusion Platform 4.0 is some serious overkill just for the goal of learning to DJ on a computer. I'm not dropping music creation entirely but I need to learn more since the learning curve is quite steep and I have to admitt that having some basic hardware knowledge and expertise is required (for instance on how to connect the different types of plugins like synths, samplers, mixers or effect like reverb, etc)
So, like I mentioned before I created a serious interest in the Vestax VCI-100 and by looking into it more I came across the 'SE' version which can only be bought here. When I checked on its current price it means that this 'SE'-version is about 70 to 90 euro (sorry, dunno what it is in USD) cheaper compared to when I should decide to buy it here in Belgium. I'm wondering how this is possible on a product that has improvements over the original one. And talking about improvements, I read the 'SE' one also comes with a new firmware. Does this firmware include 14 bit (or at least 10 bit) support on jogs and faders since a local store advised me to keep that one in mind as standard midi (7 bit) isn't ideal for beatmatching manually. Hey, I know there is a 'sync' button but that doesn't mean you need to rely on just and only that. So I wonder how valid this advise is and how some of you think about it or have some experience with it and wish to share their thoughts on it.
When I should've decided to buy the VCI-100 SE I will ofcourse upgrade Traktor DJ Studio 3.0 to Traktor Pro
Thanks in advance for any info you could give me on all of this.
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