New Allen & Heath xone thingy

[addictive]

If it is a controller I just hope they use better buttons than the Xone: 1D. After using NI Kontrol buttons I couldn't go back to anything like they used on the 1/1/3/4D.

Couldnt agree more!

[Pollux#13]

oh man i havent use my 4d for months after getting the s4. i seriously am pampered with the one to one controls over traktor by using the s4. im stucked on how i wanna get my 4d remapped to suit my workflow after using the s4

[Xonetacular]

Couldnt agree more!

The little round buttons you hardly knew you pressed them they weren't clicky enough and felt dead. Then the worst was the bottom row of 4 buttons with the light circles that were way too mushy and had no click to them to let you know they were actually pressed, which is a big reason I sold my 4D after I got my hands on X1s. Those buttons are fine on their mixers to engage filters, but not as your main command buttons.

[Pollux#13]

after trying the db4 im seriously hooked to the mixer it's a beast...thinking of trading in the 4d with the db4 it's just a thought. just two months after i bought the 4d the db4 came out dammit.

[DigitalDevil]

I wish I had $5000 to burn on xone gear.

And I'm a bit scared that I do.

[Pollux#13]

And I'm a bit scared that I do.

im very tempted very much

[Garygary1]

and i was just about to pull the trigger on a 1d...

[bumtsch]

You make me feel good just now, my x1 is coming from states this saturday

And you won't regret it. I had a Xone 1D, it was pretty good, had to trade it in because of some bugs and got two X1s instead.
The buttons and led feedback on (nearly) everything on NI's kit puts it on a class of its own when you want triggers, IMHO, although the 1D still has the build quality and knobs going for it.

This second video looks like A&H's taken the hint, but we can't really see the buttons that much. For all we know they could still be those long travel spring-loaded mechanisms for which they only changed the caps on the DB4 (which would be suicidal)

[Michielygil]

and i was just about to pull the trigger on a 1d...

Me too, they're dirt cheap nowadays. But I'm waiting for all the announcements coming weekend before deciding how I can satisfy my RGAS. They still seem to be the bees knees for controlling sample decks though.

[V-Hoff]

And you won't regret it.

Also my macbook is coming and I will start to play out finally

Man, I'm so fucking anxious that I could eat two rounds of Feijoada today (Wenesday generally is the Feijoada day in the restaurants here at São Paulo)




Back on topic... Any news on the xone thingy?