i’ve got an idea.
i want to make these kontrol one’s a lot more portable… like fit in a backpack/laptop case/messanger bag kind of portable.
as they are, they are very very thick, so that they’ll sit up at the same height of a standard mixer.
but really, they could be pretty thin, like vci-100 thin. i opened mine up:
i would just need some custom housing for them, what should i use!? aluminum would be awesome, but i wouldnt know where to begin with that.
on second thought… i could see about going to a machine/cutting shop, and just have them chop off most of the top portion of buttom section, leaving just enough room for the jog and circuits to fit in there.
really really really cool idea… it would definitely be the perfect controller!
and when you play in a club, it’s just perfect, you put these on top of the CDJs, and your’re ready!
I still can’t believe that a company like Vestax didn’t make a single deck midi controller for about 200 €… I guess there’s a pretty big market for this.
Yeah I got get it cut at your local shop or make one out of wood. It would look pretty classy with with a wood housing. much like the livid ohm seen here
which is way easy to make at home since it’s just a simple rectangle.
Either way it will look pretty dope. good luck keep us posted
WOW ive been meaning to open my Kontol One’s to see how much wasted room was underneath. This is frickin great that you posted the pics…THANKS
Its sad that there really isnt a quality small midi mixer that has come down the pike. I like the Stanton and all, but I need something with accual physical knobs and faders.
The X session Pro (Pro?) is the right size but lacks in pretty much every way possible.
And beyond that all the other options are too big…
i really think the stanton 3m compliments well for a couple of reasons.
first, its a powered usb hub, so all these of these only use up one usb on my laptop.
also, you can use the 3m w/o all that dascratch software. you can just straight program it with midi learn inside traktor or whatever. and the toggle buttons to switch between decks A&C and B&D still work just fine, as well as switching the sliders from eq’s or effects.
so for each kontrol one, and each side of the mixer, can all independently switch between decks.
the only catch is that when a kontrol one is on channel 1, it and the 3m will have overlaps of midi messages. but i just use channel 2, 3, and 4 for 3 deck mixing, and the other deck for audio through for mic.
aprox 17 3/4 in wide. prolly need at least 13 in deep, a little headroom for the usb connectors to stick out the end. and currently about 4 1/2 in height (this is the part i’m hoping to change!)
what is this mouser catalog you speak of?
took the kontrol one’s to a metal shop today…
bad news. they said it would take them about 45 min a piece to get nice clean straight cuts (just cutting off the top portion of the bottom part). so 1 1/2 total, and they charge $100/hr. so it would be $150 just for them to cut the tops off…
needless to say, i didn’t do it.
maybe i can find something in that mouser catalog, that would work for just one unit, and get two of them.
or a custom wood encloser would be pretty sick! these are not skills and trades i know though, so its gonna come down to price basically.
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i just had a brilliant idea! make my own lego case for each one! haha, thought it might fall apart in my bag.
Man that is expensive. ive been looking at doing the same thing. I work at a “machine shop” (industrial steel supplier with boilermakers) and i would say definately go aluminium. It’ll make the difference in weight if your going for portability.
Here i reckon could have 2 done in 20/25min tops…and @ ~ $40 labour and only a few more $'s for the small amount of material.
45min just to cut the top off sounds pretty steep. They may have over “quoted” so they didn’t have to do the job. Just incase they stuffed it.
Keep searching though and posting on what you come with…
I’ve been thinking about possibly picking up the Kontrol One (I really like the rotary switch which allows you to select individual decks a la VCI-100SE). I haven’t seen much about them in these forums or on the web in regards to folks who have actually used them.
How do you guys like the overall feel of the controller? How are buttons, jog wheel, and current mapping they have set up for Traktor Pro?
I’m really on the fence right now and don’t know if I should pick up a VCI-100SE, A&H Xone 1D, or one of these Kontrol Ones?
the dj-tech kontrol one feels pretty sturdy. all aluminum housing. i like the jog wheels, and they seem pretty responsive (depending on your latency of course)
i think i prefer normal knobs for effects, but the endless encoders work just as well. you just have to manually set their sensitivity in your dj software so that they respond as gradual or quick as you want.
all the buttons feel pretty stiff, with a nice click. good or bad depending on what you like.
here’s a couple little videos i just made about them:
