Reloop Contour?
Have read some reviews about it but not many feedbacks from normal users to this reloop controller. Also could not find any good video of this unit.
I mean it seams like the perfect controller for me. With the interface edition i could use the club mixer and i just had to bring my laptop, my reloop contour and my lauchpad into the club. A professional, not that expensive setup.
do you have the controller? what do you say about it?
really nobody got this controller?
Would like to know the same thing… looks neat heard some negative feedback regarding button durability on other reloop units and would like to know if anyone has used this.
Also, are these minifaders useful at all?
Cheers
Hey ZiiK,
i bought the Contour now like some weeks ago without any feedback and i love it! It is very flexible in use with all the different controls and layers ( like 8! ) because of the 4 channels AND the shift button it gives a lot of different midi notes out. It has awesome build quality and even if the mini faders are a little bit short, it is way more fun and way usefull i think to use them for the effects. hope that helps you 
The Reloop Contour is a underestimated controller. Pricing and brandname unfortunately bring that to the table.
Truth is, this is a much more brilliant controller than one could imagine. The touch sensitive jog, the rotaries, buttons and mini-faders are much better than initially thought.
I might even rank it higher than it’s counterparts, even though some would say I’m blaspheming. 
layerwise it looks exactly like what I need.
Just a little put of by the talk about bad customerservice and quality!?
is any of the knobs hardwired to anything? Or is everything midimappable?
And do you guys use traktor or other software?
Seen something about the midi signals from the encoders could cause trouble outside of traktor.
cheers for sharing your experience!
Much appreciated!
as i said the build quality is very professional. I don’t have any experience with the customer service yet, but i will contact them now because they have to update their mapping for the sample decks for TP 2.1. Then i may see what you mean
I didn’t had any problems with mapping everything, but i just use traktor with this controller
did you get the controller version or the interface edition?
do you need external power? I’ve heard ppl use it with or without…
sounds good indeed, and looks good with that metal body.
still one thing I’m curious about with the midi layout. I understand that the top right buttons swap inbetween four midichannels.
But what about the buttons for the jog? Is there four sub channels to each channel at the top or is that just the same four channels?
Trying to find out how easy this thing would be to map and how much modiefier work need to be done to do what I want to use it for =)
Been great help so far!
Cheers
From what I remember reading in the instruction manual (always the better to read than the marketing blurb), the buttons above the jog make the jog send out different CCs - handy!
For sure, just never seem to be made that clear what channels are used and how they are linked even in proper documentation.
I’m aware that the buttons above the jog change the channel for the jog. And that the deck change buttons at the top also change channels.
So the q remains, does the deckchange give me four jog channels per deck channel or is it four deck channels and four jog channels in total…
Looks like a great controller but stearing away from it now since I’m not to fond of the “click” buttons.
Great concept though!
Cheers
you have four jogwheel channels per deckchannel also don’t forget that you have got also the shift button per deckchannel. This litte things can give out so fu**ing many midicommands that i still don’t understand why it isn’t that well known in this forum.
To your other question. When i play at home i never use the external power device and there were never a problem. But at home i just use 2 stereo channels out of 5 (because the headphones have a seperate channel that you can use). When i play a gig i always have the external power device in it, because i run then 4 channels with the clubmixer. but i never tried if it would work also without the power device, safety first ^^
best wishes from germany
Great to get that confirmed. Looks truly amazing for mapping!
Still not to keen on the click type buttons, but I might just have to get over that.
Also getting into using the midimasher app by zestoi here on the forums reduces the importance of good layer layout since you can set that up in the software.
Thanks for all your replies, will make my decision easier for sure!
How do you like the soundcard by the way? And are any of the knobs hardwired to handle the soundcard output or how is that done?
cheers
soundcard is fine, It runs a little louder than the Audio 8, so is more inclined to distort when it is cranked up if you dont adjust the levels in the software to suit the output, but it’s not really a big issue if your aware of it and turn it down a little. Oh yeah there is no hardwired knobs to control the audio output for either the decks or the headphones, it all has to be done in the software.
if they had pitch faders I would buy another 2 and use them with a mixer, but unfortunately It doesn’t so I don’t really use it. It was my intention to use it with the Digital Jokey 3, but because that only has two mixer channels it’s not really an option for me.
Also the led light rings around the top 4 encoders are a great feature, although Unless you have the controller positioned on an angle, they’re pretty much useless as you cant really see them very well if your less that 2 feet higher than the controller.
It’s still a great controller, but could definately be improved upon.
sorry i gave you wrong information ^^ the jogwheel has even 5 jogchannels per deck. when none of the jogmodes is selected the jogwheel is mapped to controll the volume fader.
What do you mean by ‘click type’ - are they totally plastic and hard to push?
they aren’t plastic, they are rubber and very easy to push. They don’t feel as good as my launchpad buttons but are better to push.
Tyvm
sorry to keep bothering you guys about this.
But I have one more q about how the layers are working.
Does the deck select buttons also choose which fx unit is controlled and then the numbers are to activate fx on the current deck.
Or is the numbered buttons select which fx unit is in use separate from the deck…
Think I already know the answer, just wanna get this right before I order a couple.
cheers
and happy new year!
you may have it right but i may didn’t understand you (i’m from germany) so i just describe how it works 
Right from the Trax encoder you chose the deck, left from the encoder you chose which fx banks that are activated to the selected deck.
now to change the fx parameters with the minifaders you also have to jump through the deck layers. the layer of deck A controls the fx bank 1, the layer of deck B controls the fx bank 2 etc.
btw. i may upload my own mapping here in the forums in two weeks or something. it uses the shiftbutton and brings things like jogwheel controlled effects.