I am about to head overseas in 6 weeks for prob best part of a year and I have vci-300 which is ace but i cant see myself getting it fixed over in eygpt if it broke so i am looking at taking a backup controller and was looking at one x1 controller and the new fader fox.
I know how to beat grid thanks to the tuts on here but i tend to mix live and would prefer pitch bend buttons etc, so which is gonna give the best bang for buck?I have a sound card already.
I was actually drawn to the fader fox post on here first, then saw the x1, the new faderfox looks tiny though?
My main need mixing wise it a decent pitch bend, i dont play with fx’s at all really,I have a torq connectiv as a backup sound card but if itch and the vci went tits up then as i have my tunes mapped in ituns then traktor time it would be!!
Cant afford to be overseas and djing 5 nights pw to have itch and esp vci die on me as i would not have cds etc, but i do have a backup lappy so looking to get cheap ish controller as a backup.
Good post mate, the x1 does seem geared to edm music and not a bit of everything which is what i do like house urban and top 40, cant see me sync all of my tunes, i would need to pitch bend.
Can’t make my mind up, faderfox looks good but is soo small i dont think i could live with it.
What about a Vestax Spin or Typhoon? You would be familiar with the controls, but you lose the benefit of having another controller to incorporate into your sets.
I am leaning towards the x1 as It’s not too small and I can assign pitch bend buttons easy enough.
New fader fox looks ok but just too small, I had thought of a cheap Numark controller or similar but it looks like being the x1.
Anyone here using it as a standalone for all types of music and how are you finding the x1?
Tonight I have been looking at the M-Audio X-Session Pro and if i can get pitch bend mapped and use it on traktor then i will look in to it, as it is a backup and not a main controller.
