Bought a kontrol x1 it might of been the wrong choice.

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Bought a kontrol x1 it might of been the wrong choice.

Love my kontrol x1 but all its good for is cue points and effects through the knobs. The effects are awesome but mostly arent needed for hiphop music unless you use beat masher and some filters but those arent great with hiphop and the knobs. also theres an instant gratification map for the x1 but mapping n setting it up doesnt seem to work for me even when i did the step by step.

Then theres the dicers, they sell for $75 new on ebay and have all cues ready and when using effects you use buttons so you can loop and beat roll on them with ease and transform music especially hiphop very well. they also take up less space with my turntables.

i dont think i necessarily made the wrong decision but dicers seem more useful and practical for me all im looking for is your opinion on all of this.

Am i not using the x1 to its full potential or for what i use them for should i sell and get dicers?

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Do you use T2? Map the knobs and FX buttons to the sample slots.

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Its a phenomenal piece of gear, but I can’t comment for hip hop. Try PhotoJoJo’s advice before reconsidering.

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I was gna suggest what PJ did so… +1.

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you .. dont … like .. the … x… 1…? heart sinks

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I’m with Jester here, the X1 is awesome. Also think of the possibility to map the FX section as a simple midi-mixer with 3-band-EQ, thus enabling you to gig with just your laptop, an audio interface and the X1 (on occasions where no turntables and mixer are available.

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My last 2 recordings have been done ONLY using the x1. Best controller in years imho

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agreed, love mine to bits. had mine remapped on the fly in midi mode for a one time gig where I only had space for 1 X1. and all was good. love the intelligence of the hotcue, shift and midi-mode which have different nhl/midi signals by default.

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Damn die hard x1 fans! yeah see i tried using the sample deck mapping but it just got rid of other functions i needed i guess i can understand a little better whyt he x1 is so great now but idk if its gonna be my go to controller might still pick up some dicers or maybe wait n get midi fighter along with the x1 even though its not as portable

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Have you seen the custom white dicers with custom LED’s? :slight_smile:

http://www.djtechtools.com/store/controllers/novation-dicer-pair.html

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yeah theyre cool but twice as expensive

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its a pair

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yeah i realize but $150 for djtt dicers or 75 on ebay for the regular dicers so for twice as much i get prettier lights

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Digital DJing is all about the pretty flashing lights. Without them, what would be the point?

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hahaha funny thing is joke or not a lot of people see it that way. when i sold my vci 300 and bought the s4 months back my friend goes this one doesnt look as cool in the dark ha cuz the vci had bright green and blue lights. but hey moved away from that all digital scene anyways

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CDJ-2000s are among the flashiest gadgets out there.

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I love my X1s, but I use them differently than you do…they’re basically my only controller (I have 2 so I don’t have to unpack my travel bag at home…no other reason).

For using them with turntables, they kinda make sense…ish. But the Dicers do seem a bit more suited to hip hop. Then again, I can’t really see using many effects with hip hop…especially if you’re scratching a lot of your tracks in. Seems like it would just degrade to a noisy mess very quickly.

I kinda feel the same way about the sample slots in TSP2 unless you’re actually good enough to make a new beat live…at which point integrating Maschine (the app…using it just as a controller is stupid) or an MPC might suit you better.

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first off, besides FX, hot cues, and loops, the great advantage of the x1 is browsing your playlist and loading decks without using the laptop!

Regarding Hip Hop and X1, have you seen the Craze vids?