Any thoughts on the Stanton SCS.4DJ
I was looking at buying one, it looks like a really good and simple system, and for the price it looks like you cant beat it. I was wondering if anybody had one or used one and what their thoughts on it was. Is it worth buying one, or should I just save up the money for something better.
Wouldn’t waste my time unless you really want something portable that doesn’t require a laptop. Dollar for dollar, the S2 still beats the hell out of it.
It would be nice to have something that portable, that still has the option of hooking up the laptop to it.
It’s a great idea in theory and I’m sure Pioneer will bring out an all-in-one unit that is good in time, but people I know who have played with the SCS (I haven’t) were a bit critical, said it felt cheap.
It has got decent reviews though so if you can try one somewhere local then I’d say go try it out.
garbage. Save your money.
I do like the idea of it, and from what I’ve seen it would be something I would buy and take on trips with me where I dont think I’ll be doing a set but if it came up I would have something to do it on, or on trips where I dont want to haul my turntables mixer and crate with me.
i got the xdj and its works perfect for me. No laptop just xdj-aero and I’m good to go.
yea but the price tag on the xdj doesnt look as appealing hahaha
although it does look like a nice system
Looks like a pretty good solution for mobile use. I wonder what the sound quality is like.
I used to own one and returned it a week later! Analyzing tracks took too long and the mixer has no hot cues. Midi mode was okay but mapping the jogs was almost impossible for some reason. It’s been more than a year since i messed with it so im not sure if Stanton improved all this with updates. Other than the chassis I believe it was all made of plastic. I did like the jog wheels, they were a good size and was fun tho scratch on. Browsing tracks on the menu was kind of laggy and felt generic.
sounds like i should just save the money then haha
i was watching some video (i forget which one, but it was some guy from stanton explaining it) and the sound quality is supposed to be good, no bleeds, complete kills, no crackling or distortion since you didnt need a soundcard because it was all in the system. Of course im not sure if this is an occurring with other controllers since ive never used one. but it sounds like it was and that was a main thing he was sure to point out.
It’s still a great concept. A part of me wants to take a chance on one of these.
oh yea the concept is great, and for the pricetag which is about $200 on ebay it seems like it wouldnt be bad to take a shot on. If you dont like it you could turn right around and sell it for about the same, if not more, whatever you paid for it.
however this sorta makes me think otherwise.
i might just go to guitar center or somewhere and see if they got em in stock and see if I cant mess around on it for a little while.