Those who do a lot of heavy scratching and crossfader tricks on their VCI-100’s have some minor complaints about weight of the fader being too light. Luckily however one of the users of our Forum going under the name of PaddyDj has successfully integrated a Pro X Fade into his VCI-100. We were able to get hold of PaddyDj who was kind enough to make a wiring diagram that will make doing this mod just that much easier.
Step One
First you you need to take off the bottom face plate of the VCI-100, this is a simple process just use a small screw driver to remove the 5 screws as shown in the picture.
Step Two
Now we need to remove the Two screws either side of the VCI-100 which are highlighted in this picture.
Step three
Now we need to remove the four screws on the side of the VCI and one screw under the VCI. The process of taking apart the VCI-100 was best described in this video Ean made for the VCI-100 firmware mod. If your doing this mod it also might be a good opportunity to perform the Ean Golden 1.3 firmware mod while the unit is open if you have not already. Either way your going to need to perform the first step in this video:
Step four
The next step is to remove wires on the VCI crossfader making sure not to damage the wires by pulling them out of the socket they go into . What this picture does not show is that the these wires and the pin connectors are actually housed in a plastic socket, they will have to be removed as described blow.
Each wire will have to be carefully removed from the plastic sockek using something pointy as shown in the picture below, the aim is to push the connections out of the small plastic housing without keeping the pin conections intact to the wire.
Step five
Connect the wires from the previous step to the pins shown on the Pro X Fade pins as shown in the next picture.
Last Step
The last step is to simply put your VCI-100 Back together. You can use the same screws and same holes you uses to screw in the VCI-100 crossfader to screw in the Pro-100 X Fade.
Once its done it should perform a little something like this:
Now all is left to do is enjoy your handy work !
A big thanks from DJTT goes out to PaddyDJ for prodiving the pictures, video and details for this mod.
The crimp pins look like Molex Female crimp pins made to connect to PCB header pins. The “pointy tool” has a real name - a Molex Extractor Tool - which is essentially a *specific type* of point thing. Should you accidentally destroy a connector they are cheap and easy to replace, provided you have the correct crimping tool. Here’s more than you ever wanted to know about Molex connectors: http://www.marvin3m.com/connect/
I wish it would be possible on the VCI-300 too !
i think they are using the same cross fader so I don’t see why it would not be
The correct tools unfortunatley are stupidly expensive
i just took the crosfader knob off my mackie d.2 and replaced the vci-100 knob and it works just as well, but i like the crossfaders more light than heavy
now for dj’s who scratch it would be better to find a channel fader that we could replace the vci-100’s with b/c the channel faders are to stiff…any suggestions?
You can replace the line faders as well. I don’t know which ones you could use instead, as Pro X Faders are pretty expensive. But it would work the same way as with replacing the crossfader because it’s the same bundle of wires just like with the crossfader. Only the CF curve adjustment wouldn’t work unless the software allows to adjust it.
The line faders on the VCI’s are longer than most crossfaders. I think most crossfaders are 50-75mm and the line faders on the VCI are 100mm. This is the fader I would use: http://www.pennyandgiles.com/docGallery/77.PDF
But I don’t know if it will fit or where to even purchase in small quantities.
The standard crossfader will fit where the line faders are. The screws should have the same distance from each other, only the line faders as such are longer.
Who has this ProX in teh VESTAX VCI 300? Mr. GOLDEN would it fit? I wil try to open teh VCI tonight to see if it would fit in the VCI,….that would be awesome wicked mate!!
I have successfully installed a PXF in my vci - thanks to this article!
it’s a big improvement over the stock fader!
YOO in WHAT VESTAX VCI 300??? I didn t had a chance to open it yet,..but if it fit ,..I would buy one and make it work,…someone must fixed one in the 300 already
I have just been informed that the Pro X Fade also works for the line faders!
Thats a nice piece of news.
Id love to see some pics of a VCI-100 modded with 3 pro x fade line faders!
ohhhh yummy!
if i find 2 more for cheap, i might do it…
I also have a VCI300 and would like to know if this mod will work!!… anyone!?
Or do I have to find out for myself..HAHA