Which future purchase has the better value? Looking to upgrade come January-ish.
I personally am leaning towards the Twitch + K2 option, mainly because I think the K2 is a hugely versatile piece of equipment that I can hopefully incorporate into my Ableton production set up as well. I use TP2 for DJing, and I know of Twitch’s shortcomings with Traktor, but I figure the K2 can pick up the slack with some creative mapping.
One downside will be the lack of TechTools support, which I’ve relied heavily on as current owner of the 100se. With the S4 receiving a special mapping soon, and the 400 being the next SE controller from DJTT, I’m afraid I’ll feel left out haha.
What are your thoughts on these potential controllers? Which purchase is more valuable considering I already own TP2? Is the 400SE edition release date going to be too far off from January to even be in consideration? Does the Twitch + K2 setup seem like a good idea to you?
I’d wait till NAMM before making any major purchase decisions if you are going to wait till january anyway, but right now you can’t go past the vci-400. In terms of mapping support, there will be an explosion when it is fully released worldwide.
But keep in mind that vestax have set the new standard in the future of controllers, wait and see what companies take on the challenge of beating it.
All the bases have been covered but my advice would definitely be to wait til NAMM drops the new gear, or until the VCI-400 gets released. If it has scratch support it will be unstoppable.
I imagine this to be the case as well. Especially since the VCI-400 is so close in form and function to the S4 that scratch certifying it could and would cannibalize sales from NI hardware. Its a bummer too because my only real complaint about the S4 is lack of pro built quality.
Jippieyeahh.