Do you use a pad controller?

i’m planning to buy Korg Nano Pad, any good reviews on it?

Heh, I just packed up my trusty Akai LPD8 for tonight’s gig.. I use that little buddy to help me bring up the awesome levels to the roof and drive the party bus better into the realms of audio pleasure..

This little guy’s *.tsi goes like this:
-bank one controls the cue point selection, hot cues 2-5 on both decks;
-bank two controls the deletion of the same hotcues;
-bank three controls the fx units one and two (pads: next effect on effect slot 1, effect 1 on, effect 2 on, effect 3 on; knobs: fx bank dry/wet, effect slot 1 amount, effect slot 2 amount, effect slot 3 amount)
-bank four controls fx units three and four in the same manner.

I do plan to replace it because the knobs are not high enough for my taste.. X1, here I come.

Your PAD-One review made me want, Phil. I already have a range of buttons that I don’t use, but moar blinkenlights and buttons seems like it’s full of win.

gear lust. It’s what being a digital DJ is all about 😉

iztik21, post: 2286 wrote: i’m planning to buy Korg Nano Pad, any good reviews on it?

I’ve got one of those! Gen 1, not gen 2, BTW, though I’d imagine that gen 2 could only be better. It does exactly what it should. The roll/flam can’t be synced to external sources, but I don’t use them anyway.

I use mine for effects decks 3 and 4 in Traktor. Nothing fancy with velocity, so it could be buttons for that (velocity is handy for drumming in Ableton though). I have the nanopad rotated 90 degrees from the “intended” position, XY pad on the far side. Left side is deck 3, right side is deck 4. I’ve mapped out deck on/offs, dry/wet and the three effects to the buttons on each side. Pushing an effect button turns the effect on and enables the Y axis to control its fader, pushing dry/wet button enables the Y to adjust the dry/wet. I’m still rearranging it and tweaking it, but I’ll make sure I upload the relevant nanopad configurations and TSIs to match once I have it all set up perfectly.

For those considering buying any sort of pads for DJing, I would say GET IT! Make sure it’s on that’s intended for drumming, so that the notes turn off on release (the buttons on the S4 act as toggles, for example). Map it out to effects and it is seriously the most fun you will have with the effects. Using the one XY pad is a little bit clumsier than a bunch of separate faders/knobs, but at the same time more intuitive and playful.

ellgieff, post: 2329 wrote: moar blinkenlights and buttons seems like it’s full of win.

SO MUCH THIS!

I planned on using an Oxygen8 keyboard for controlling fx and cue points, but I haven’t really found anyone else that does the same. Is there a reason that I shouldn’t use it for this?

All I’m using is a pair of Kontrol X-1’s. I was thinking about replacing them with a pair of Midi Fighters, but nah…