Looking for QuNeo alternative, something with touchstrips
Anyone know an auxiliary controller with decently long touchstrips and not too pricey? Looking to add touchstrips to the modular setup I’m going to switch over to; I enjoyed using the NS6’s strip search feature and would like to able to do something like that with the four PL1s and MM1 setup coming up. QuNeo seems like one way to do it, just paying a whole lot more for pads and other things that I don’t necessarily need right now.
Livid BASE - first thing that comes to my mind.
I was going to suggest that you look at VMeter, but it seems they’re out of production. Might be worth a look for a used one (or several) though, as they’re fantastic products with tons of functionality.
NI X1mk2?
But…won’t PL1’s jog wheel’s allow you to fast scroll through the track/playlist much better and more precise that touchstrips?
I intend on programming in a seek mode for the PL1s for sure, just having a 0-100% strip was really handy. One peek at the waveform, one poke at the touchstrip, and done.
I saw both the Base and the VMeter…aawgh, the Base seems even bigger than the QuNeo for what I want it to do haha, and the VMeter seemed a bit pricy I thought the last time I saw them (shame they’re out of production). Surprised not much else is out there though, they seem to be being integrated into all in one systems (VCI300, Twitch, S5, S8), but not as much in modular setup.
Had a stupid idea that might workaround my issue…I’m thinking about mapping the pitch fader on one PL-1 to do the needle drop, on a shift level of course. Weird as heck idea, but I think it might work ergonomically.
Scratch and Tap are already going to be shift buttons, I could rig it so if both are held, it enters a sort of “prep mode” shift level, where jog does seek and moving the tempo fader moves around the needle on the whole track. Ahhh it feels good to be back in mapping land again 
Just keep in mind that the “Seek Position” output command isn’t going to play nice with the “Soft Takeover” mode due to Traktor bug
edit:
I still have my PL-1 
Feel free to contact me if you have any troubles with mapping it in Traktor.
I thought scratch changes the midi channel of the jog wheel?
Tap is not a shift button.
Only button that changes the MIDI channels is the deck switch button.
In Traktor any button can be configured as a Shift. Thanks to modifiers
[QUOTE]I intend on programming in a seek mode for the PL1s for sure, just having a 0-100% strip was really handy. One peek at the waveform, one poke at the touchstrip, and done.
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Perhaps try 2 seek modes for the jog wheel:
mod 1. really sensitive so small movements jump trough the track quickly.
mod 2. a less sensitive mode for greater precision.
And still have normal jog/scratch control as the main mode.
Try using beat jump instead of seek to - see what works best for you.
I typically will put a beatjump/seek mode on the jogwheel, was thinking about trying to have the pitch fader as needle drop as an option as sometimes that’s just quicker for me.
Stewe what is this about a Soft Takeover bug though? 
is it just that if I map needle drop to the pitch fader under a shift layer, it’ll just “hard takeover” when I leave the shift layer, or something else wacky so that I need to disable soft takeover on the fader altogether?
You might be able to use one of the stanton scs.3 controllers (scs.3m / scs.3d) - they are based almost entirely on touch strips.
You could also look at using a touch screen control surface (e.g. lemur) using an existing tablet or phone.