Out of the Arcade
“They just feel right” is a common sentiment often used to describe the increasingly popular arcade button. We cant be sure if it’s because of their smooth, spring-loaded action or years of nostalgia packed into each press but ever since Ean’s first famous arcade mod, DJs from around the world have been adopting 20 year old buttons into the modern DJ paradigm: controllerism. The result is a cornucopia of designs incorporating the retro triggers into a modern context. In this article we’ve gathered all of the arcade button controllers we could find and compiled them into one master list for your enjoyment. Many of them are custom one-offs but several are now commercially available.
