Numark DJ Goodies...

[travism]

Friends & fellow MACheadz...

Numark has now released the DJio Soundcard, Total Control, Virtual Vinyl & a whole lot mof Dj goodies locally. I personally got my hands on the Total Control and have started mapping it out with the Traktor on my G4 ppowerbook. I'll be posting some reviews & announcing some demo dates & gigs where you can catch em live. Of course, it'll be with Macs... I will be announcing soon. But for now, the Total Control is awesome!!! I'm loving mapping it as I post this new thread!

More goodies guys... Save Up! Hehe

Cheers!

[sl1200ltd]

Hi travism, who's the distributor of Numark in the Philippines.? thanks

[nomanji]

forerunner technologies

[badge]

can you map this to live? salamat..

[travism]

Yup. Forerunner Technologies... You can contact em at 9252597 or 9263630!

@badge: yup... this is midi capable! So far i've mapped it to traktor 3! I already mapped almost all the buttons. I however mapped the effect selector option to the "sync" button. I have never liked the sync button. defeats the purpose, if you know what I mean.

@nomanji: Galing ng total control... you should check out also CUE/Virtual Vinyl... It's perty much like Serato & Torq rolled into one. The best part of it is that the program already has a built in mixer which you can map! Wala Traktor Scratch, Serato & FS2 nun... Torq lang ata meron nun aside from CUE.

[nomanji]

travis: i would love to try them out but i can't use them in official gigs due to my commitment with denon dj.

[technetium99]

hi travism...wow, spinning has been very much advanced these days....say hi to Mario of Forerunner when you get to see him...tell him a former dj-turned-dr is amazed with his biz & the tools he's bringing in....would like to see these Numark goodies one of these days

[travism]

will do technium99... cheers! no worries nomanji. well be putting em on display soon for all you guys to try out. will post soon.

[travism]

hey guys... still in the state of mapping it "properly". since getting my day job, my time to tinker with stuff was cut drastically but i still find time... hehehe.
the total control is awesome. i installed traktor le & cue in my mac mini & right of the bat it worked. just plug in the total control amd start up the program. but lemme just remind you though that this is a controller and not a soundcard... you'll still need a soundcard with this set up. so latency issues are not applicable in this review. i mapped the total control to my powerbook running traktor (the full & updated version) instead of just relying on the preset, i took to the task of mapping it from scratch... i'm now 95% done and i'm just playing with the "what if's" when it comes to mapping... i learn a lot when i tinker with stuff.
the knobs have a solid feel and when running it with the cue software the jog dials are touch sensitive just like the cdj1000s. (haven't mapped the touch sensitive feature in traktor because i'm not a scratch dj) the knobs feel solid and the buttons are positioned properly... it's quite small but the layout is just right for house djs. the faders are like what you would find on a pioneer but with a bigger feel. length-wise however, it's like what you would find in a pioneer djm300 or 500. it's hella responsive & is now seated on my number 1 dj controller for the moment.
i am writing this review from a dj's point of view. the controls are layed out for djs & though it's mappable with other software too the layout-ing is more leaned to dj-ing. i'm gonna try & map it with ableton live for a ableton dj set. review of that to follow... but as of now, this is quite a awesome controller.
i am currently also tinkering with the numark djio soundcard... will write a review in a couple of days. cheers guys!
more reviews to follow....

[badge]

salmat sir!

i'll wait for your review regarding total control + ableton..

kung okay, i might get one just for fun.