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Published on 08/07/13 at 10:13Hi to all,
I used the Kontrol X1 long but I had remapped almost entirely to have the four cue points on the blue button at the top and a new assignment for the tempo bend the four decks (who started the mix on decks, I mix without synchronization, and I hold to the ear). Discovering the news NI, I was always super interested in the new version which is exactly how I use both for cue points for calibration with ribbon, much faster, tested and approved.) In addition, I mix more internally with the S4 but I passed externally with a Xone 42 (I could not leave the plates but the mixing desk), and the only thing that I miss me when I resold the S4, is the indicator of the loop length, I lose time every time to watch television on my macbook 13 '. Ba good here, the new X1 is at home since yesterday and it is exactly what I needed.
The positives:
- The same quality as other NI controllers
- Perfect ergonomics for my playing
- The new ribbon control super convenient to stall but deadly in use with the flow loop function.
- Display of loop length
The negatives:
- As for the S4 or F1, you do not have access to mapping factory, we can still get along but it is much less convenient and I have not been able to map the ribbon or something else, or other buttons "shift" mode.
- I thought we could change the color of the cue buttons to better identify the computer but in fact their color depends on the type of cue (loop, grid, cue ...) so if you have four normal cue, they are blue (besides, I do not know where they found the violet color you see on the pictures to cue 1)
In any case great buy, no big surprise, but it's a great evolution of the X1 as well designed as the rest of the Traktor range, if it suits your type of game, go for it
I used the Kontrol X1 long but I had remapped almost entirely to have the four cue points on the blue button at the top and a new assignment for the tempo bend the four decks (who started the mix on decks, I mix without synchronization, and I hold to the ear). Discovering the news NI, I was always super interested in the new version which is exactly how I use both for cue points for calibration with ribbon, much faster, tested and approved.) In addition, I mix more internally with the S4 but I passed externally with a Xone 42 (I could not leave the plates but the mixing desk), and the only thing that I miss me when I resold the S4, is the indicator of the loop length, I lose time every time to watch television on my macbook 13 '. Ba good here, the new X1 is at home since yesterday and it is exactly what I needed.
The positives:
- The same quality as other NI controllers
- Perfect ergonomics for my playing
- The new ribbon control super convenient to stall but deadly in use with the flow loop function.
- Display of loop length
The negatives:
- As for the S4 or F1, you do not have access to mapping factory, we can still get along but it is much less convenient and I have not been able to map the ribbon or something else, or other buttons "shift" mode.
- I thought we could change the color of the cue buttons to better identify the computer but in fact their color depends on the type of cue (loop, grid, cue ...) so if you have four normal cue, they are blue (besides, I do not know where they found the violet color you see on the pictures to cue 1)
In any case great buy, no big surprise, but it's a great evolution of the X1 as well designed as the rest of the Traktor range, if it suits your type of game, go for it