Why do NI knobs/encoders feel so awesome?

DJ Life & Community General Discussion
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Why do NI knobs/encoders feel so awesome?

seriously, do they make custom knob post or potentiometers or whatever?

I seriously want just a 4 channel mixer made by NI, but JUST the mixer section.

I love my scs.1m and all bc of all the functionality but the whole thing originally came out at something like $1200, but it doesnt have the feel of a $200 X1..

Are there knob/posts/whatever they’re called that have the feel of the X1?

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I think it’s because the knobs are rubberized. When comparing rubberized knobs from NI vs. other rubberized knobs (say, Kontrol X1 vs. VCI-100 SE), I can’t say that the NI product has the better ones.

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I rate some of the Denon gear, it should be alongside the quality of the NI knobs

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anyone know where you can buy the NI knobs separately?

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I love a good rubber coated knob.

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lmao

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:wink: these slip :wink:

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- best condom joke -

Written on a Durex vending machine on my campus -

“This is the worst flavoured chewing gum I have EVER tasted”

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I love the slogan they have on the one at the student pub on the campus in exeter, just says ‘roger more’ written in condoms :smiley:

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Come on NI. Make a 4 channel mixer/transport control style midi controller free from jog wheels and extra fluff.

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I would kill for one

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Me too

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It just seems like such an obvious gap! NI doesn’t have anything really lightweight and portable that you can use to play alone at the moment.

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I wouldn’t. I would just pay for one lol :wink:

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Uh. I dunno. I think it depends on who and how I have to do it.

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haha

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so you want an s4 without jogs?

i mean i dont use mine as theyre intended to… so ive been playing with a mapping that does make use of them (handles effects kinda like the fader efx mode on the vci)

i feel like thats still useful. cause a x1mixer controller type thing wouldnt be much smaller than the s4 anyways (atleast teh way im picturing it)

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Yeah that’s what I’d be after something that fits nicely in a backpack. Though to be honest I think I’m more likely to buy a 4 channel mixer even if it did exist since I’m finding myself drifting further and further away from midi trickery and digital magic and more towards pure DVS with no fluff.

Thouuuuugh if it was priced right I might not be able to stop myself getting a new toy… Hey, maybe I could try and work out how this sync button is supposed to work. :slight_smile: