Musik Messe 2010- New DJ Controllers

Written by Ean Golden on March 25th, 2010 90 Comments

Without a presence at musik messe 2010, Dj TechTools sent one of our dedicated forum members, Maxxis, deep into the thick of the trade show to find us some cool new gear. Initial reports from other blogs have been short on anything eye catching, so I was quite surprised to see 3 new dj controllers that might spark your interest.

RE-LOOP

MANUFACTURER Reloop

NAME Contour

MRSP PRICE N/A

MAP PRICE N/A

IN STORE DATE July/August 2010

KEY FEATURES 4 Channel audio interface included, Metal Chassis, 4 encoders with LED rings.

ICON

MANUFACTURER iCon

NAME iStage

MRSP PRICE 100 €

MAP PRICE 90 €

IN STORE DATE June 2010

KEY FEATURES Velocity sensitive Pads, Dual Color LEDS, Single Encoder,

MANUFACTURER iCon

NAME iCreative

MRSP PRICE 100 €

MAP PRICE 90 €

IN STORE DATE June 2010

KEY FEATURES Multi Mode Touch screen offers several different types of control including;

Piano: X-axis as 16 notes and Y-axis as 8 steps of modulation
Drum: Touch screen divided into 8 drum pads
Fader: X-axis divided into 8 portions for 8 faders and Y-axis as sliding up and down for volume change
Creativ 1-3: Push, Rub or tap to the touch screen to create complex phrases with a single finger

MANUFACTURER iCon

NAME iDJ

MRSP PRICE 100 €

MAP PRICE 90 €

IN STORE DATE June 2010

KEY FEATURE USB DJ Controller with OptiSen™ optical scratch wheels (Touch Sensitive)

OTUS

MANUFACTURER    EKS
NAME                         Otus Raw
MRSP PRICE              699 €
MAP PRICE               not established now
IN STORE DATE        middle/end May 2010
KEY FEATURE
-    Velocity Sensitive Pads
-    8 Rotary Knobs
-   7.5” Jog Wheel
-   Two Heavy Duty Pitch Sliders
-   Deck Switch Button

The Otus RAW is not new but they re-engineered a few features and are preparing to release it finally. Great!

SOMETHING FUN

WildStyle VCI-300 from Djs Face

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Big thanks to Maxxis, who ran around the fair all day shooting photos for us. There were a few other new controllers that we didn’t show in this post but to be honest, these were the only ones that really caught my interest. Shout out in the comments if you saw anything else that should be added to the post and what gear we should review in the coming months.

Filed under: DJ Controllers, DJ Equipment / Accessories, News, and tagged 2010, contour, controllers, icon, icreativ, messe, musik, new, re-loop.

Callen

yeahh! first!
TOSH

wooo! second! those are all really amazing, Korg NANO series aint got nothin on those! sick!
chao

iCreative, how many fingers can be used at once? thanks for the article and the pics
http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/member.php?u=10746 fusion

Nice article :D
I think a review of the American Audio VMS4 could be interesting, and useful especially for beginning digital dj’s.

Keep up the awesome work :D

fusion

P.s Any news about the recent shipping of the white coloured knobs Ean?
Mr.Nicklebe

None of those look that special. The obsession with these korg clone controllers is getting a bit old now. But I suppose making a korg nano style DJ mixer was the final step with the tiny faders and everything. But I think it would be nice if they thought of something new now :p

Same goes for the other reloop controller. I realise there aren’t many specs on it yet, but it just looks like a Xone 1D. Common guys try and make something original and exciting! Wow us! (Please)
djas

Contour a bit like Kontrol One.
Eastcoastams

Right, the contour is kontrol one! but a year too late hahah. The Icons look awesome…but there has to be more there to show….
Gk

Contour a bit like Kontrol One. = yeah better layout for 4 decks but no dedicated pitch fader…..
Pieter

I’m definetely getting the contour, it’s like the kontrol one, the 1d and the x1 together! And as it’s reloop, the price will probably be very friendly!
http://www.trigitaliz.com Otto T

The website for icon is
http://www.icon-global.com/music/music/index.php

But Reeloop how do you buy there stuff..???
http://turntablepoetry.com dj professor ben

I disagree that these I-con devices are just korg ripoffs and nothing new. That iStage has a ridiculous amount of buttons and they light two different colors. It’s like three MIDI fighters side by side, plus 17 shift buttons, 5 pages, a rotary, and a crossfader, for less cost than a single one. Ableton on a Korg nanopad is pretty limited; but you could have a field day with this thing. And sure you’re not going to get RANE quality gear (or arcade buttons) for 100 euro but these look a lot sturdier than the Nanos. And the iDJ? This thing has almost as many buttons and as many pots (count em!) as the VCI-100! Sure, it’s toy-like, but it looks pretty damn functional for a toy that you can carry in your computer bag. Pretty kick ass for bringing your laptop to cafes and prepping your tracks, or tossing in your overnight bag with a sound card in case things get rowdy at the hotel. The other one looks pretty rad too — I have a vague sense of the possibilities that touchpad could provide; it looks far more flexible and functional than anything in the Nano line. There may be nothing new in these things overall but this is a LOT of kit for the price. Definitely promising stuff for someone who doesn’t have the money (or isn’t ready to) invest in pricier tools….
DJ Miko

Hmmm iStage and iCreative look interesting…

I’m surprised DJ Tech Tools hasn’t made mention of Pioneer’s new DJM-2000 yet. I was more excited to hear about that than I was the CDJ-2000.
The Real Casewag

[quote comment="28692"]Contour a bit like Kontrol One.[/quote]
I agree…nonetheless, great post!!! My interest totally piqued
Gunnie

Best (new) thing I see here is the USB cord clamp on the back of the contour! Gonna do that to my controller.
http://www.sevendays.no FDRK

Hahaha… :) Come on! Who in their right mind would change the button layout on Cue/Play!? Like that’s not gonna be remapped anyways! Would probably just take the thing apart and change the order of the buttons on the right deck… Or just buy a controller that hadn’t got it wrong.

I did actually map a controller like this by misstake and changed it pretty quickly.
Do any of you use a button setup on cue/play like this??

Note to iCon:
Cue to the left and play to the right!
mekon

footswitch :D

http://www.hyperactive.de/cms2/content/view/121/143/
Maxxis

Hehe, yeah, my photos are here.

But Ean, you have writing my name not corectly – its Maxxis, not Maxxi ;)

Cheers
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[...] Without a presence at musik messe 2010, Dj TechTools sent one of our dedicated forum members, Maxxi, deep into the thick of the trade show to find us some cool new gear. Initial reports form other blogs have been short on anything eye catching, so I was quite surprised to see a 3 new dj controllers in his photos that might spark your interest. Continue reading Musik Messe 2010- New Dj Controllers [...]
Gunnie

FDRK Good pick, Didn’t notice that at first. Same with the loop buttons. Hope the platters don’t turn opposite as well to match each deck !!!
http://www.djmap.org DJ MAP

oh my holy crap
http://www.digitaljockey.eu/ Cioce

The mirrored position in the iDJ of the buttons of one deck respect to the other is really absurd, seems to be projected by a drunked dj :D
I believe iCon will fix the layout before the release.
pilmat

The Contour is interesting, but way too busy. I take it the phones plug is on the front? Is there a phones mix knob there too?

The IDJ mirroring seems like a total FUBAR. It looks like they made 1 board and put it in twice in the same cassis, just put the tru-hole on the other side of the board. I like the portability for house parties (with say a A2DJ in your bag too) but the colour difference in the play/cue would drive you nuts even by remapping…

Phil.
jselma

Will the iStage sync its leds with Ableton Live’s clips?
http://www.mutagenize.us DJMutagen

DO WANT!
http://www.youtube.com/user/djdubadutch Double DutchDj

Just when you think you know what your kit you want… dam! For me this has to be the biggest (yet nicest) pain about being a digital dj. New highly desirable products are coming out soooo quickly, true there never seem’s to be the perfect solution to our needs, but it’s nice to be impressed by forward thinking manufactures, the critics need to remember for the last 10 years plus, pre digital all we had was same bit of kit repackaged year after year.
+++
There’s a few eye brow raiser’s here but I’m gonna hold out for dj Techtools next creation, considering what Ean’s achieved with vci map and the midi fighter I’m sure the next toy will be simply awesome and something I didn’t know I NEEDED!
Ean, over the last couple of months you let little hints and tease’s out, what sort of time scale we looking at? before, after summer? Sorry to pesta you, but like many others here, I can’t wait to see what epic idea has fallen out of your head this time!
Dragonfyre

Reloop controllers are Traktor Pro optimized. Here is the whole family: http://www.reloopdj.com/index.php/cat/c159_Reloop-DJ-Controller.html

Curious of the quality.
Nephew

The Icon Stage and Icon Creative look real tasty indeed, can’t wait to get my hands on them!
SFkickz

[quote post="5414"]Reloop controllers are Traktor Pro optimized. Here is the whole family: http://www.reloopdj.com/index.php/cat/c159_Reloop-DJ-Controller.html
Curious of the quality.[/quote]

Yeah, I was looking at those the other day. I was wondering if anyone has ever owned one of them. They seem really nice. I like the layout of controllers. Too bad they don’t have any dealer’s in the US.
http://bohh.altervista.org stevemb

what you think about the last controller?
http://myspace.com/anhleminh ANH LE MINH

VIDEOS PLEASE!
Tamay

Always love to see new gear!
Anonymous

msrp = Manufacturers’ Suggested Retail Price, What the manufacturer plans it to be sold at for retailers to make really good money.

i don’t know what mrsp is.
GH

OMG! SO CLOSE!

If only the iCon iStage had a 4×16 bank of buttons it would have been the best midi step sequencer on the market.
Alex

The iCon iDJ looks really interesting, like a budget VCI-100! Could be an ideal dj set up for less than £100.
The build quality looks pretty low though, I guess the optional aluminium case would be a worthwhile investment?
ArcLyte

Price point is going to be key here. If the ReLoop Contour comes in around $300 I will definitely get one but then I will finally succumb to the temptation of using 4 decks.
d.

[quote comment="28744"]Price point is going to be key here. If the ReLoop Contour comes in around $300 I will definitely get one but then I will finally succumb to the temptation of using 4 decks.[/quote]

Just found prices for the Reloops:

Reloop Contour Controller Edition:
http://www.elevator.de/product_info.php/info/p4604-Reloop-Reloop-Contour-Controller-Edition.html

Reloop Contour Interface Edition:
http://www.elevator.de/product_info.php/info/p4603-Reloop-Reloop-Contour-Interface-Edition.html

Not yet in stores, but maybe an interesting price.

thx for the article,

.
kojack

reloop looks really great BUT… they just ruined this controller by not adding the pitch fader… epic fail imo
http://soundcloud.com/jamesT James T

that iDJ could easily be mapped into a very simple four deck set-up, which could be interesting…
ArcLyte

4 decks here I come LOL! Wow!
Remote

[quote comment="28733"][quote post="5414"]Reloop controllers are Traktor Pro optimized. Here is the whole family: http://www.reloopdj.com/index.php/cat/c159_Reloop-DJ-Controller.html
Curious of the quality.[/quote]

Yeah, I was looking at those the other day. I was wondering if anyone has ever owned one of them. They seem really nice. I like the layout of controllers. Too bad they don’t have any dealer’s in the US.[/quote]

I owned a Reloop Digital Jockey 2 Interface Edition and I returned it for a refund. It’s a great controller with so many possibilities but there a huge let down. The Jogs don’t scratch correctly (maybe a traktor problem).

The Buttons are all double latched (I think that’s the term) so that when you press 3 buttons (like turning on/off all your effects) in one go it also kills the bas on the oppossite deck. This made it just unusable for any sort of fancy effects work. Basically as soon as you pushed more than 3 buttons at a time it started spazzing out and sending extra midi messages.

But if they’ve fixed that issue since then their controllers are excellent.
A-Dag-Io

great report, thx!
will definitely get the iDJ first, looks like big fun in a small size combined with a Korg LPD-8.
Mudo

…

About Lights and Live: Maxforlive and Midi/Osc are the keywords.

…
Rob E

Be nice to have more details on the icreative. Definately the pick of the bunch, looks like it could be very versatile for studio and dj applications. All depends how good the touch pad is really though.
elvis p

i really like the look of the icreativ, even if it does seem like a bit of a kaospad/kaossilator rip off. Something im really curious about is seeing as its 16×8 could it be used as a step sequencer? It seems like an extremely versatile bit of kit, its kind what i hoped the kaossilator pro would be.
http://allmidi@youtube.com allmidi

Here’s the VTT 101. Same deck as the re-loop. Works well with Traktor Pro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRRm8janizg
Remote

[quote comment="28774"]Here’s the VTT 101. Same deck as the re-loop. Works well with Traktor Pro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRRm8janizg/quote
It’s nothing like the Reloop the reloop looks useful that thing you linked is a children’s toy.
dän

How about a closer look on the AA VMS4 ?
http://allmidi@youtube.com allmidi

It’s tha same jog-wheel. A kontrol one jog wheel.
http://myspace.om/freshfluke dj freshfluke

ean, too bad you didnt add the vms4 pics.

the very special thing on the vms4 is that every of the four (!) channels can be switched individually (!) from usb to analog. also it has phono inputs.

this opens the door for soooo many different setups (including hooking up any DVS [then of course with the respective soundcard]), or, just to be able to listen to a track from vinyl/cd/mp3-player over the same mixer without the need to startup the computer etc.

i will personally continue using it and take it to my gigs once i completed my mapping.

big up for maxxis for the nice pics! :)
GrooveJunkie

Hey freshfluke – I am interested in a vms4
They are not released here yet so can you tell me the overall feel of the unit – is it good quality?
I just checked your myspace and I say
big up for freshfluke for the nice pics! :)
http://www.dj-nvidia.com/ Dj Nvidia

THe one bad thing about going on vacation… no internet at restorts so I couldn’t read Dj TechTools, lol now I like 5 articles behind (lol), let the reading begin…
timinya

omg, two IDJ controllers controlling 4 decks in traktor!
http://myspace.om/freshfluke dj freshfluke

[quote comment="28790"]Hey freshfluke – I am interested in a vms4
They are not released here yet so can you tell me the overall feel of the unit – is it good quality?[/quote]
it will be released in 2-3 months, so indeed, i’ve been working with samples (hand-screwed and -soldered) on the exhibition.

so far, i feel good with it. it is completely built in metal (top plate: 1.6 mm thick!), so everything seems to be solid and designed not only for @home.
http://www.myspace.com/djtonyok DJ Tony OKay

[quote comment="28699"]The website for icon is
http://www.icon-global.com/music/music/index.php

But Reeloop how do you buy there stuff..???[/quote]

FYI I bought my Reloop Digital Jockey 2 through http://www.juno.co.uk they ship to the U.S.
Maxxis

Thanks Freshfluke, i like “my” Post here :) and i hope it’s good info’s for all us :)

Cheers,
Maxxis
DJ Tony OKay

Here is video of a white OTUS http://www.skratchworx.com/news3/comments.php?id=1461
http://www.GamerScoreWhore.com Richard

Still need to see high definition midi support added to Traktor Scratch for the Otus Raw, until then I’m sticking with my timecodes. :(

Love the look of the Re-loop and the iCon stuff’s not bad too, prices seem very good, hope the quality isn’t compromised.
Lukas Keil

I also can take pictures for DJTT next year.. just send me a mail!
ANON

The Otus is trash. Tried it at NAMM a year ago and the build quality was terrible.
Anonymous

[quote comment="28692"]Contour a bit like Kontrol One.[/quote]
Except it’s good quality and has a built-in 8 channel sound card.
Anonymous

[quote comment="29166"]The Otus is trash. Tried it at NAMM a year ago and the build quality was terrible.[/quote]

If you tried it one year ago it was a hand made sample. This is a very well built controller, manufactured in Finland, much higher quality than what comes out of China.
Anonymous

[quote comment="28810"][quote comment="28699"]The website for icon is
http://www.icon-global.com/music/music/index.php

But Reeloop how do you buy there stuff..???[/quote]

FYI I bought my Reloop Digital Jockey 2 through http://www.juno.co.uk they ship to the U.S.[/quote]

RELOOP WILL BE AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER IN THE USA. STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFO………
StadturlaubBerlin

@Mudo ”About Lights and Live: Maxforlive and Midi/Osc are the keywords.”
Do you men that like syncronizing the i-stage to the clip-view in Ableton live?? Or is the i-stage capable of this itself allready??
discostudio

Trackback: [ ... American Audio VMS4 ... ]
Mudo

…

If it is midi full duplex for light, it could be possible with LiveApi and maxforlive will make it a potential monome “compatible”.

Anybody knows release date?

…
http://www.wix.com/MARCOPAC/MARCOPAC Marco

Yes me too i wanted to know….if the i-stage is remappable….because i’m a VJ and i wanna know if i can remap to use with MODUL8…..thanks !
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