eks “otus”…
anyone tried it/knows how it feels? i could´nt find any good video of it one tube, except for the tutorialvids from eks, but they did no actionshots…thanx
Its crazy looking, but they sell them at any of the shops here. So I haven’t been able to play with one. 
Are they selling these already?
I am still waiting for these badboys to come out after the MusikMesse 2008.
I don’t think that they are for sale just yet. It says on their site it will be out September 1st. But its hard to tell when they will sell internationally.
edit:
If anyone is interested here is the link to their page.
http://eks.fi/product.php?p=products&id=34
Also, they are going to be releasing something called the otus raw. I think it may not have a sound card built in… which is what I would prefer. The problem is I think the took away a few buttons. They say its the bridge between CDJ and digital. I am very excited.
Are they also mentioning a selling price?
djservice.com said that the release date would be be june 08 but nothing happened…nothing about the price…
Well.. the EKS side still states 1st of September. So I am nervous like a little boy for christmas. 
I can’t find a price quote anywhere either. I think its going to be really interesting to see the tks file variants for this controller. There is just so much on this one deck. Also the touch pad will keep you away from you computer even more (+5 points lol).
I was stumped when I found these vids @youtube!
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=EKS++Otus++DJ++Controller++&search_type=
Just watched them. These Otus guys really do understand - they talk about futureproofing, using external soundcards as an option, and making sure all controls are assignable to whatever function you want.
Color me impressed.
Well when it comes down to it. The only thing that is going to hold me back from getting one of these is if the price goes over $800. This is such a sweet piece of equipment. Hell, I might buy even it’s over 1000. lol
Well, the XP10 is 209 euros… which is around $325… and they’ll probably charge 399 cause they’re bastards.
So I could easily see the OTUS topping $800 or $1000 
good times, right?
and it really sucks for me cause I’m obsessed with symmetry and would want two
that would also rock, though. It would render all my other MIDI gear pretty useless, though
Yeah, it looks like the next thing to beat!
Just hope it will end up meeting all of our expectations!
Just been watchin some of those vids, looks nice - seems very light though, wonder how tough it’d be? anyway had a quick search and found this if anyone is interested… http://www.westenddj.co.uk/product.asp?mod=OTUS&PCFeed=GoogleBase £579, estimated arrival, 4th September in the UK.
Tough? Dude, it’s from aluminum. You have to really put effort into that if you want drop it to render it motionless.
Thanks on the headsup for the pricing!
So you are saying if the price stays the same, I can expect $1100 USD? Christ! I think I would get the NS7 or something. It’s just so pretty, it has so much to offer. I am still awkward about the internal sound card though.
I am torn. At least I have a month or two to decide.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s really expensive. If it didn’t have a built in sound card I’d say less. I know I won’t have the funds for it but I’ll do many… many things for them
Well as I mentioned before they are going to release the otus raw. There aren’t too many details on it, but by the name, you could assume it would have less. There are less knobs, buttons and hopefully no sound card. I don’t need 3.
Then again all of their controllers have a built in sound card. Weirdos…
oh man! tough decission! i´m thinkin about buying vci-300 or eks otus… it´s the same price. whar do u think. which one would be better. i mean always switchin the decks on the otus is a minus…but again what do u think? vci 300 vs. eks otus?
I could live with the RAW too.