Controller without a laptop?

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Controller without a laptop?

A couple of months ago I was looking for a laptop set-up to replace my CD decks. I couldn’t find what I was looking for, so I mocked up this design in Photoshop.*There’s a single platter for controlling two decks but the main feature is you can play direct from a USB stick so you don’t need a laptop. Basically you could play around at home on your laptop, but then just take the USB stick to a party. The single platter makes it a bit more portable too. Anybody know of anything like it around?

I’ve tried to upload the pic from my iphone but no joy, so here’s the URL:

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ive been wondering about a similar product
what you put together looks good
and i KNOW there is a cd player that plays as 2 decks in 1

ive seen it in an old ellaskins video, ill try to find it, but its old so i dont know if the product is still being made

EDIT: here ya go:

EDIT2: at the end he says that its using a usb in the back
EDIT3: heres a buy link. im sure you can find it for a little cheaper [ame]http://www.amazon.com/Denon-Turntable-Media-Player-Controller/dp/B0015YYZ10[/ame]

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do i win?

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Thanks a lot for the vid. I’ve never seen that Denon deck before. The single deck/two sound sources is interesting, but portability is the issue.
My ideal controller would be a*cross between an Otus Raw and a VCI-300 with the USB capability of a Pioneer CDJ2000, plus on-board fx! Basically it’s a controller, mixer and sound card in one. The search goes on…

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i doubt that exists, sadly. however it would be amazing, and i suppose you could get a xone 1d and have a shift ket yo swich between decks a and b

excuse me if that makes no sense since i dont know much about the 1d

as for portability, thats no too much to lug around, its 1 deck and a mixer

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Actually something very similar exists :
http://www.nextbeat.net/product.html.fr

It tested it and I don’t like the touch faders, but that’s just me

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i purposely didnt mention the next beat. me no likey

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“you could get a xone 1d and have a shift ket yo swich between decks a and b”
There’s an A-B deck selector switch at the bottom right so you wouldn’t need extra kit for that - although extra buttons are always nice!

Thanks a lot for the post about the NextBeat. It’s such a great idea but I don’t think I’d ever really feel confident with those touch faders either. If there was a platter, a crossfader and a pitchslider it would be much better - although these features might make it harder to prance about with the wi-fi control…

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The Next Beat is an interesting concept. The only other device I can think of is the Open Labs dBeat:

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That’s a sexy controller! But for a 2,999 controller that runs Windows, I’m not to sure. You could get a 17’’ MacBookPro and Maschine for roughly the same price. Or a 13’’ MacBookPro, Maschine, Audio 8, and a DJTT Vestax-100 for the same price.

I’m not too sure that dBeat’s a good bargain :stuck_out_tongue:

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Cortex HDTT 5000?