WIll a Kontrol X1, F1, and Audio 2 serve the needs of a controller?
II am a newbie, yet, was doing some research for a somewhat portable setup. Thus, was wondering if I didn’t need scratch capability, will the X1/F1/Audio 2 do the job? Your inputs would be appreciated! Thanks!
If you just wanna use your laptop and X1/F1/A2 combo then that should be a nice portable set up. Just make sure you have enough usb slots.
Yes it will do the job just fine you could even go for an X1/ A&H K2 and have almost the same options. though could not controll the Remix decks.
Thanks Big Panda & dj gullum, your inputs are appreciated! I already own an F1, so my plan was to add the X1 & A2. dj gullum - did a little googling on the A&H K2 and saw some of the differences/options…though I prefer inputs directly from the users like you. Can either of you provide additional user inputs on the A&H K2 or point me to some reference mtl’s? I’ll keep searching around. Again, thanks!
There in an official K2 thread on here I think, read on there that the sound card is pretty quiet.
Also F1 and X1 look great together.
To be honest I have no experience of K2 though
Thanks again…I did find the thread and will read a little bit more, yet, leaning towards the X1 (adding to my F1) plus the A2. The only issue would be the lack of direct faders on the X1.
Personally I’d add a Contour instead of the X1, as you get a jogwheel (which can be mapped for tempo, pitchbend AND scratch control) AND a 4+1-deck (10-out) ridiculously low-latency (sub-5ms) audio interface built in. It’ll cost you less than the X1 and the Audio 2 as well.
Thanks for the tip mdcdesign, I’ll check it out! Thanks to all for chimming in, I appreciate the help.
No problem mate 
Either solution would work well tbh, I know plenty of people who use an X1 (or a pair) for controlling Traktor and it works perfectly well, I just personally prefer the Contours as they give you a bit more functionality (and all-metal construction)
mdcdesign - I do like the fact that the Contour has add’l functionality (esp the integrated audio sc and the jog wheel). How do you control the ch fader & cross-fader effect with the unit? (reading through another site it appeared to be somewhat convoluted) Your thoughts? Thanks!
Contour looks good for the money from reading i think you need D/C power for the audio card??
another alternative is a Allen and Heath - K2 which has a built in audio interface.
Yes, you do need ext power for Contour.
Nope, it runs fine bus powered. The specs say that it requires an adapter but in reality it works perfectly without
No crossfader capability on the unit; you use the club’s built-in mixer for that and the rest of your EQing needs; just take the 4 outputs directly from the back of the unit into 4 channels on the club mixer then mix as you would normally. By default, the Contour mapping is set to control deck volume with the jog wheel when none of the 4 “jog modes” are selected, but I removed that straight away as I mix externally.
Personally I have mine mapped so that it’s a normal jogwheel (touch-sensitive scratch + pitchbend on the outside) when no specific mode is enabled, Flux in “Scratch” mode, then pitchbend-only in “Pitchbend” mode, with shift+pitchbend as a tempo fader, then track position (rapid seek) in “Search” mode, then a deck browser in “Trax” mode.
another alternative more traditional look (with the addition on a pitch slider) is the Denon DN-SC2000 (no audio)
Thanks for the inputs!
sc2000 has a nice pitch fader, great for beatmatching as well as being built like a tank
a negative is that its push encoders are all notched which you may not like using for some functions
Thanks scooterADAM!
If I had to strip it down tomorrow to a bare bones set-up, and money was an issue, I’d go for:
DDM 4000 and Zomo MC-1000
Pretty bad-ass set-up for less than £500.
Thanks Patch! Just checked those 2 out and seem like another pretty good option. Now I’ll have to check all the price /value differences amongst the feedback I received.
I like this too! dollar wise anyways. so what about soundcard. Any other suggestion for soundcard with portability and good asio drivers for audio production???