Fitzy P's Command Station

Fitzy P’s Command Station

Started off with a Hercules RMX soon after added a used mpd16, Korg nanopad and an Akai MPKmini. Using VirtualDJ.


Hercules got old quick as did VDJ, found a used VCI 100SE arcade online for a sweet deal.
Switched over to Traktor and added a Midifighter classic
Customized the MPD16 and did the ghetto electrical tape under the pads to improve sensitivity trick. It actually worked.
Bought a bunch of sanwa buttons from China and started changing things up
Maschine added
Homemade Maschine woodgrain trim added. Oak
Wanted to get a 4 deck controller, coming from the beast that was the 100SE, I went with the VCI400//EGE

Wanted to get a 4 deck controller, coming from the beast that was the 100SE, I went with the VCI400//EGE


Added an f1
And some randoms

Sweet little history there. Love your choice of gear & the progression in which you got it!

So awesome machine:slight_smile:

Wow, your newest setup must look fantastic in the dark! Nice gear choice, man :slight_smile:

Looks awesome in the dark but also very functional. I usually never have a problem playing in a very dark booth. Always bring a flashlight though as its a pain setting up in the pitch dark. Thanks for the comments guys. Adding the homemade wood trim to my maschine made it stand out a bit from every other generic maschine out there.

I like your style, Fitzy,

Nice synths!

[quote=“MWagner, post:7, topic:49864, username:MWagner”]
I like your style, Fitzy,
[/quote] Thanks man, actually not to far from the D. I live in Canada across from Port Huron, Michigan

That vci Arcade with the red buttons and black rims looks sick!

Sarnia area?

that homemade bit for the mashine is beautiful, very impressed.

Yah man , Sarnia is currently where I hang my hat.

Gear pRon


Bought the Chroma Caps for the VCI100se Arcade. Switched buttons to all white.



HA, Forgot I hacked a Nanopad to make it a moduler X/Y pad

Hey man, as a schoolday lurker of this site during the day, would you mind giving me info on how you did that hack?

[quote=“, post:14, topic:49864”]
Hey man, as a schoolday lurker of this site during the day, would you mind giving me info on how you did that hack?
[/quote] Very simple. Open up the Nanopad. You’ll see that the Pads and the XY section are on totally different PCBs only attached by a ribbon cable. You can actually detach the ribbon cable easily and the XY pad is still functional. I just took a hacksaw to the plastic housing and cut the pad section completely out. Cut a small piece out of the scrape to cover the now open side of the XY pad.
Back when I was using windows, I could never get the pads to respond at all. XY pad worked fine. So I said screw it and ripped it apart.

That sounds like a sick sort of mini mod i might look into. Thanks man!

[quote=“, post:16, topic:49864”]
That sounds like a sick sort of mini mod i might look into. Thanks man!
[/quote] No problem, real simple. I want to build a controller that incorporates the xy pad and some of the extra arcade buttons I have around. Thats the grand plan.