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  • December 8, 2011 at 5:35 pm #11090
    Hee Won Jung
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    All depends on what software you are using what style of music are you mixing, and how you mix.
    FX heavy/Beat juggling/Cue jumping/Mashups etc.

    There are a million controllers out there and all of them are decent but are suited to different needs

    December 8, 2011 at 10:46 pm #11102
    Kevin Williams
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    I considered the xD zone, it’s a good price £499, doesn’t need additional software purchase because uses serato but I didn’t like the jogs. Finally went with denon mc6000 and I love it. It’s not as portable as some but so solid and great build quality. it’s got every connection you will ever need, buttons galore, two mic inputs and good jogs. Some complain about it being cramped but it’s ok for my fingers. Denon have issued a firmware update to be able to use the sample decks in traktor pro 2. It’s still well worthy of phil’s 5 star rating and I am a big fan!!

    December 10, 2011 at 3:11 pm #11192
    Craig McVeigh
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    The Denon’s one I like the look of as well. Gonna head out to the shop to have a we play with some of them.

    Out of interest, did you try the 3000 before buying the 6000?

    Hee Won Jung – it’s mainly house I mix, and I’m pretty orodox in mixing style. Although I guess I’ll be trying out some new things when I switch to the 4 decks & software combo.

    Any opinions on the wheeling & dealing I’ve got planned?

    December 10, 2011 at 5:28 pm #1002363
    Kevin Williams
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    I didn’t try the mc3000 simply because I found the mc6000 for £535 from http://www.cleverboxes.co.uk. This was only £35 more than mc3000. I did try many controllers at bpm and narrowed my choice to vertax, reloop and denon because I liked the build quality of all. I believe however I made the right choice with the denon which will last me a few years

    December 10, 2011 at 8:08 pm #11202
    Hee Won Jung
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    All A&H products are pretty well made and solid construction.

    the DX is meant for ITCH so if u fancy that then go ahead. A few things that i would like to point out about itch are:
    Although the software supports sample decks…there are no current controllers that will allow you to use the sample decks.
    There is less effects and less options in ITCH.
    ITCH currently does not support midi controllers.

    IF you are purely an EDM dj go with Traktor and an S4/S2. S4 has really easy looping abilites, up to 8 cue points for cue juggling, direct control over 2 sample decks, loop recorder, and a ton more effects.

    Now on the other hand, ITCH is a great just plug in and go controller for standard mixing and it just works, but there is little to no customization currently. Serato plans on allowing midi controllers to be used with their software but when is a different matter. As well ITCH has no midi mapping abilities on current controllers that ITCH has

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