there will be a bag just like the x1 to put it at mixer level 
proof?
Edit: read the article more closely 
and that sound card is gonna be a beast!!! why would you want it without the sound card??!!
Quite the opposite for me. I wont replace my X1(s) but it would be nice to have a small footprint controller with a soundcard inside.
I have this cool thing were i put an Audio 2 inside the X1 case, zip it up with the headphone cable and USB cable popping out of the back and put the X1 on top.
Bar set with just laptop and X1 (Audio2 inside)
This new K2 will be a neat little job for a bar set.
Just on 2 Decks and use the 2 encoders as Jogs to seek position. Use 2 channels for the Deck mixer controls and 2 channels for the FX on those decks.
I’m sure many already have soundcard solutions and just want a controller. I just hope the soundcards can aggregate unlike the DB4’s.
Anyways, I’ll be getting 2 if that’s the price. Already started working out mapping…
Also if you’re linking two together you’ll most likely only be using the soundcard in one so it’s a little wasteful.
God damn it’s pretty though…
Says bag/stand thing included.
I can almost promise there will not be a version without a soundcard, it is already $240 which is around what the X1 was when it first came out and at least $100-$150 less than the 1D. There is no way A&H will make anything cheaper it wouldn’t make sense for them.
Yeah, the more I look at it the more I like it. If it really is $240 then I may replace one X1.
Agreed. No point making this without a card just to reduce it by £50. Pointless at the price point its already at.
Having a soundcard inside does not exclude any market.
No soundcard excludes a huge market. The noob.
This is the next level to the NI X1.
NI just need to release something similar with a soundcard and it will be better than the K2 because as good as the K2 is, it is only better than the X1 cus of the audiocard.
Isn’t anyone thinking, that it could be mapped to a perfect little 4 channel mixer?
Yes yes yes.
(I also can’t say I’d be mad if Behringer copied this, adding LED rings to the encoders and bumping the audio interface to 24bit/96Khz.)
(edit: and selling it for half the price of the K2, of course)
For how much does an x1 go these days on the UK? just to get a local price speculation.
The X1 definitely has a big advantage with native traktor maps. If you reinstall or import a TSI that wipes everything an X1 is good to go which is a nice bonus.
Led rings like the Behringer BCF-2000 or BCR-2000 
I thought the same thing… Assuming you’re using traktor, if you had two of them you’d have a 4 channel mixer (with kills), 4 Fx Channels, and a MF, with extra room for mapping on the top layer for less then $500.
Yep. Personally I’m not a huge fan of those sliders for faders, are there any other fadercaps that will fit with the faders so close together? Not that I would use it as a mixer but it is a cool option.
Can somebody tell me the main difference between a soundcard like this one and for instance, the Reloop Contour Interface Edition? Because this is the 48 kHz and the Reloop is the 96 kHz?
I was just thinking… this is named Xone K2 and has a built-in soundcard. We also had the Xone 2D with a built-in soundcard.
We had a Xone 1D without a built-in soundcard. Now gimme a Xone K1 without a built-in soundcard! Thanks =)
Yeah I can see what you mean with faders, I’d like to see what it looks like in hand or with a finger on it. I think I maybe in for one of these as it would easily replace how I currently use my X1 and LPD8.
Great piece of kit by first impression