Since its nearly impossible to get our Vestax VCI-100 Special Edition controller, we have created these overlays to give every VCI-100 the same look and performance. As you can see from the pictures, the results speak for themselves and the overlays are stunning. These are not vinyl stickers but durable Lexan, the same material and quality found on Rane mixers and many other top dj products. Its impossible to scratch off the labeling and they will never stretch or change shape. Just remove the protective backing, apply it directly to any VCI-100 and you will have a factory quality label that will last for years.
Perfect for Traktor Pro
Now that Traktor PRO has duplicated many of the unique features we created for the VCI-100SE and Traktor 3, its possible for every VCI-100 to get the same performance without a firmware upgrade. Please check out this post where you can download a TSI mapping file for free that matches the original special edition and these overlays. Traktor 3 users will still need to upgrade to our custom firmware version 1.3 to get the same performance.
Black or Silver Knobs?
As you can see from the photo above, the original silver knobs and the black variety both look great. We will have some black knobs for sale within 2-3 weeks if you want to upgrade to the rubber SE style. We will not . however, be selling black touch plates as its much more efficient to just paint them yourself with a can of spray paint. That will not decrease the sensitivity of your jog wheels as the silver plates are already painted.
Replacing parts after application?
Cut outs have been made for all of the screws needed to remove the top panel or replace any parts. This overlay will not inhibit your ability to service the VCI-100 in any way. The overlay adhesive, while very strong, is removable.
Installation?
Installation is very simple, will take about 5 minutes and is almost impossible to screw up. To really put them to the test I invited one of our readers, Dj B33SON, to come down and install one on his own.
Will it come off?
unless you start picking at the edges its on there for good. The material is thick enough to provide a professional look but thin enough to wrap around the edges and cover your entire VCI-100. Your stock silver model will be transformed into a black SE in the time it took you to read this article!
Does the silver show?
The coverage is excellent and nearly all silver is covered. If you end up with a little miss-alignment a black sharpie can easily fill in any spots or color your silver screws black.
Other Styles?
We have several other overlays in the works that will be available soon. They include the limited edition Nintendo style above and a fill in the blanks style overlay for self labeling. If your interested in the self labeling style please visit this post in forum to vote for the design you prefer. That will give us a better idea of how many to order.
they look amazing!!!!
nice video!
Very nice, when are they going to ship?
Yes very nicely done. But with pro coming out won’t there be better possibilities with effects and such. Will the SE layout get superseded because of Pro’s new features and therefor the overlay will essentially become sort of useless in time??
The layout will remain useful for a while yet, there really isn’t any new features in Traktor Pro that will make the EG edition redundant. All the Traktor Pro update has really done has thrown in some new effects and made it a little bit easier to do stuff that what was done with EG edition - there really is no ground breaking functionality that will “break” the EG edtion layout.
How long to wait for the Nintendo tops? Those look like so much fun!!
How long are the overlay for the nice price dont have any mony on my accout until the 27th CANT WAIT they look soo soo Nice. a + is dat the buttons will come up a bit. GRRRRREAT WORK
Very nice. Get yours quick!
Ean tells me the layout is also completely removable, so you can continually change the overlays to keep up with various configurations.
I just spoke with our manufacturer about that and he actually recommends just putting any new overlays over the old ones. If you leave the overlay on there for more than a month there will be some adhesive left over, so rather than deal with removing it you can just keep putting new ones on.
Great stuff! I ordered mine together with the firmware update. Thanks for sharing this with the community Ean- you rock!
So Ean will there be a new tks coming out incorporating any of the new features or is what Bento said more true, that there is nothing really groundbreaking in Pro to supersead the SE??
Ooo! Ooo! Already ordered this bad boy. I can’t wait to get the black rubber knobs too.
Hmmm, reading that last sentence back, it sounds so wrong…
Why does Dj B33SON look scared of Ean Golden?
amazing work, simply amazing! it looks really good
Looking at the first image, It seems that there are 2 missing labels in deck copy section: “A>C” and “B>C”…
Are all the overlays in the store wrong?
Yesterday I ordered mine, so I’d like to know…
Thank You.
Seeing the same thing on the videos…That stinks if it was an oversight, I ordered mine yesterday as well, said it shipped out already too :/
Let us know Ean
Thanks
Reg
There is product that i sell called Rapid Remover that works really well for getting that left over sticky residue off (just fyi, i guess).
and, that Traktor Pro stuff is great news!!
Hey guys, no that was not an oversight but intentional. That area was a little too crowded on the original SE so to clean things up a bit I re-did the labeling there. IMO, a or b copy to C was fairly intuitive and didn’t need to be labeled. I left a to B copy ( the much more common control) so the function listing would be there and to remind you of the copy function.
Sorry if thats a disappointment but the goal was to make the section easier to read and less confusing by removing the less important labeling.
Great job again Ean. You’re making a lot of dj’s happy!
I think I just generally look scared. It gets me beat up on the street, but girls usually have sympathy on me…. so I got that goin’ for me.
I have a question for the board and Ean…
Being that I am a complete newbie and have no idea what I am doing with the VCI-100 or Traktor at this point. When I do get the VCI-100, and the SE overlays, I am wondering if I should start by learning the SE layout or if I should keep the VCI-100 as is and learn Traktor LE OR if I should keep the VCI-100 as is and use it with Traktor 3.2 (which was given to me as a gift)
So yeah, I see those three choices as my options…I really would like to learn the best way and truly master this craft one day, so any and all advice is welcome.
Thanks again everyone…
Reg
here is my very non-objective opinion. :)
The SE (while being very powerful) is the most straight forward and easy way to get access to traktors functions. Therefore, i think it would be easiest to start with that and then as you grow and want to learn more- then deeper functions of the SE will be there waiting for you.
The overlays look pretty neat! A pity they are sold out already. Any news on the mini.Translator to emulate the v1.3 firmware?
We will have more overlays in stock next week and its possible the VCi-100SE mini.Translator patch may also get released as a beta next week too.
Wow, I’m really excited about the custom overlay wich you can label yourself (as you pointed out in your video). How will that work exactly? And when can we order those?
Wow I ordered on Monday and it is here on Wednesday many thanks to yall for creating this, and shipping it so fast. Yall rock my socks.
Okay. So what I’ve gathered is forget about the vci-300 and go for the original, silver, vci-100. Then download the tks file to upgrade to 1.3 firmware and get the black SE overlays. And a pre-sonus firebox soundcard sounds like the best bet. Does this sound right? Anyone?
Yeah, that pretty much hits the nail on the head :)
Well, I try and let people decide for themselves but if you plan on using traktor then that is going to be a much better bang for your buck.
Sorry I know this has proberly been asked before but can i still purchase a VCI-100 SE?
Many thanks.
Hi Ean,
Will you consider necessary to publish a new upgrade of the firmware to fit better the Traktor Pro features and new effects? Or is it completely unnecessary?
And … could you provide us more info about when the fill in the blanks style will be available?
Thanks a lot and keep up the good work!
Your welcome Carlos, we will not be publishing a new firmware file for Traktor Pro. 1.3 will work quite well and if anything we may build our template on 1.3 and use mini translator for any needed “special” functions. This will ensure future compatibility.
Hey Ean,
Thats great! Might you have an idea of when you will be releasing the Tks/Tsi file for the VCI-100SE with Traktor Pro? Also, I think you said this already, but will all the lights be working with the SE and Traktor Pro?
Thanks again
Reg
I have just received and fit a black overlay over my VCI-100. Really easy to apply.
Now it looks loooooovely! :)
Ean, when will the knob and platter be availible for the over lay. it locks great.
Please let me know. also we are having a hard time getting a bag that will fit the vci 300 and a 15 or 17 inch mac book pro.
Thanks Tyrone Bradley (Detroit)(
Ean, that’s the black knob and Black plate for the vci 100, when will they be avalible
Tyrone Bradley