All user reviews for the M-Audio Torq Xponent

I use very little regularly since 2008. Before that I had bought the Hercules MK2 that I found too limited and I did not like Virtual DJ. I then bought the EKS XP10 with a mixer but this config did not suit me at all either and I finally found my happiness with the Xponent. This is a console rather well done, with a good touch and Torq software has found a second life with version 2.0. The Xponent community is composed of small but passionate. Mapping twelve o'clock fully configurable offers unlimited possibilities in terms of ergonomics and combos effects and encourages creativity. This is a very fun console that perfectly serves its role in the evenings alone or with friends!

How long have you been using? I used about two years and then I went to the EKS OTUS of

Did you try many other models before buying it? I had a HERCULES MK2, but the properties was very limited

What is so special that you like most and least? Most is the all in one aspect and nomadic. We take the Xponent, the laptop and can mix!
More works beautifully with Torq is a virtual replica of the Xponent.
But it can not ordered any other software (try with Virtual DJ and Traktor)
Minimum: the jog wheels are too light, it lacks the heaviness of plateau Problem I can not find the OTUS ... That's it!

How do you rate the quality / price? I bought it used there are 2 or 3 years on ebay with 350 Euros Sony MDR V500 headphones, so a good deal at the time!

With experience, you do again this choice? No problem, but my skills are changing and I am now more focused HomeStudio

How long you use it?

For over a year

Did you tried many other models before buying it?

In just the digital U-Mix Control Mixvibes if the Pioneer CDJ 2000

What is so special that you love the most, least?

The "+"

- The super flow with the software provided: Torq

- The effects really great

- The tactile part to manage the effects and to serve as smiled at the computer

- The button backlight to mix in the dark

The "-"

- Aspect of the controller rather ugly ... (Plastic toy) but his is not the case at all

- The software is fairly ugly on the screen as well (Torq 1)

- The big lag on Torq 2. It's a shame it is prettier, has really intéréssente function over the first

- No button for sample ...

How would you rate the quality / price?

For what it is, it's a very good price

With experience, you do again this choice?

His YES!

How long have you use it?
I leave a session from 6 non stop, so it's a hot view

Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
Yes, I mix for 7 years, I started on vinyl stanton, then the MK2 and the CDJ-800, Denon DNS-1000, APC40, BCD-1000 in Personal stuff, and evening and box night I was able to mix on low prs everything turns, dns-3500, CDJ-1000 MK 2, 3 + DJM 600 / 800, even on a numark tlcomande lol

What is the particular feature you like best and least?
+ + + SIZE FADER! Finally a gear where you can REALLY numrique stalling ear when the software not recognize the tempo (which happens), it is the same size as on real turntables so it's cool
+ + + LE JOG! it is enough to balance balèze sounds by scratching (not to go to the DMC, right), and has the same mode as the Pioneers (eg: over a sratch, and the crown has bend), it is the top, I surprised even stalling sounds like j'tais on CDJ-1000
+ + The TORQ soft, it is well screwed. The graphical interface is not glamorous for a penny, for against it's 100% functional, simple and effective (at the same time it is done for the Controller, still happy LOL). Auto level setting, it often crashes, to use the sync feature, you often use the X2 before using the auto sync (the grid is correct but it's hard chopper kick of tracks). But ergonomics is gnial level, it mixes with the soft fluid
+ + There CONTRL all it takes to mix and remix live, hot cues, 4 FX, loops in out + size auto, 3-band EQ + kills, crossfader, in short, a nice little set 2 decks + mixing desk with FX ... it's just gnial
+ The LEDs on all CONTRL is cool and has good visibility in an announcement sional
+ The lightness of the Controller. It is plastoc, so it is lightweight. NICE carry. I have not yet made a crash test but the air is strong enough to respect its hardware
+ The effects will integrate super easy to mix

--- Either I have too big hands, or the CONTRL are too close together. They have to handle so much before we must be careful, a lot of times I touch the JOG playing with the FX.
- Leave to CONTRL much, much put a loop / loop 2 * 2, the last is not a real criticism I have not yet returned the soft 100%
- I'll AIM notches on the tempo fader. They have those of while a volume is nothing but not on the tempo, damages, could have allowed a stalling and mix without looking at the computer screen
- The equalizers, sound does not come naturally, and the gain knob is not used much. Wholesale mp3 is your master is out and nickel, or it is a little ghetto and we'll have to play with his master to keep a quanime. The more I may not be enough in FOUIN config software TORQ, but we feel the cot numrique of four, damage MAUDIO make good its cam Contents

How do you report qualitprix?
With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
Report MAX quality price, for me who am more comfortable on turntables or CD, I must admit that the TORQ given me good feelings, I used the same routines as on CDJ. Perfect for the mobile DJ who wants to provide quality technical services to

Torq Xponent s called a product that you want as it is sold in dropper
in fact for two weeks already I have this new toy so because beyond its hardware configuration profile looks like a toy but hey ....
at c money is a bit expensive but it does seem a table of potential use bcp to see in a few months after a good grip
j m audio would hope that rapid development and access to sampling effects for download to my knowledge There is no link for this kind of DVPT

see you soon as this weekend I would be book with this phenomenon!!

DJ KOD

Here it is the evening is DJ PAST KOD! GOOD NO SIGNIFICANT Beug HOWEVER SOME SERIOUS TROUBLE TO IMPROVE QUICKLY

1 IN A MIX OF THE SONG HOLD AWAITING LAUNCH ON THE LOSE WHEN SENDING ITS BPM I WILL NOT EXPLAIN THE COLD SWEAT

2 EFFECTS FUN WITH COMPLICATED BUT THEN LOST FISHING CAR IS A RESPONSE TIME ON EACH MODULATION EFFECT BUTTON ,,,,????
SHOULD DEVELOP OTHER EFFECTS AND WE GIVE THANKS COMPATIBLE APPLICATIONS VST

3 SETTING ITS MEDIUM LOW ACUTE C is a little light because I spend POWERED BY SPEAKER PRE AMP WITH SAME AND EXTERNAL EQUALIZER SETTINGS !!!!! NBR

ALL OR NOTHING POSITIVE ASPECTS are real

A DJ .... NEXT KOD

In a few words .. this is a little over a month since I practice DJing with Xponent. Previously j'tais what I call a more communment PD (ie Disc Changer) with skeuds 80s. The world of electronic n it but I never had the urge to buy vinyls of electro. The Xponent has led me on a new path and I am happy. Simple installation, ease MIDI setup (My table is connected in a MIDI controller with supplment-KORG). This table except for some small default birth MRIT sincrement attention. Its prsentation his gornomie, the Torq software's stability, its squenceur 16 tracks, his quality of his subject make my new work. I mix several times a week usually in places where the plates are required. And it is very thundering approval of many DJs who are suddenly surprised by this "toy" pro. For derrire this toy looks lies a potential that I have not finished exploring. I thank the team sincrement M-AUDIO which put on the market a machine rvolutionnaire j'espre and will continue to dvelopper. In any case I do not regret this purchase.

Well, Phew, APRS minutes of total flip, it is possible a driver for vista Tlcharger to fnner Xponent, but we also need the driver for Tlcharger log Torq.
In short, the machine install Xponent is a great product even when (some of the same precision could just avoid the catch of nerves). I must admit that my PC is what is more modest (512 RAM, Intel Celeron 1.8 ghz) but everything works great, I am delighted and feel are fabulous, over the handling is so fast and simple ...

How long have you use it? 5 days
- What is the particular feature you like best and least? The handling, performance. The least: the bibliotque in which he is not super easy to navigate if you do or do not like Itunes and slction a track a bit tedious and slow (the mouse) However these are really dtails.
- Have you tried many other models before acqurir? Turntable but I especially compared and analyzed recompar all available controllers of the market.
- How do you report qualitprix? Good, The question is whether the product is solid (one diode does not light up dja)
- With the exprience, you do again this choice? Of course. At that price, it's nothing sophisticated.

Great effect. equals but not have enough fishing

I have used for a few hours, but I think this is enough to be able to gauge the product ..

What I like most is the boiling of the machine, its size, however the touch and a bit "plastoc" and does not seem trs trs solid, but hey it's pretty subjective, we little love or dislike. Trsdsagrable is something not to hear the song in the headphones when the dplace with the wheel if it is in "pause" is said to look for her cue, or to scratch! and not to his headphone! only when the song is playing!

controller at the noon I possde the hercules dj console mk2, which works well despite its trs physionnomie "toy". Obviously, the Xponent is suprieur tt levels .....
Otherwise I mix on vinyl, so I used the "real" touch ....

a bit expensive because the software Torq need a good laptop trs, if not its plant without stop, its crpite etc ... So for those who possde dja I will say a "good report quality price," but for those who wish to invest I would say "good luck".
Personally I find the mix on a controller is not comparable with the vinyl ... I for one takes more pleasure fgaire sessions on my good old turntables.
However, given the ease with which dconcertante little mixer, accder thousands of songs, many effects, such a controller is an exellent choice to host the evening show in a club mix ... .
As for cons orients Techno dj drum'n'bass hardtek is not even worth ... nothing beats good old Gallettes push, the controller never give such sensations.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ah1t_lesnumeriques-maudio-torq-xponent_music


- How long have you use it?

Now I use it for three solid months, which allows me to have a step back and be able to give good points or bad ...

- What is so special that you like best?

-That the Xponent is ventilate and rather then one can mix comfortably
It is also the interface of each button corresponds to a function of the program TORQ
-The fact that we can save wav mixes that you do and then rework them on other programs, this type of product we can move closer to production than simple mixing.
-The fact that we can use the 16 sample banks to add its little jingles or sound effects or mixes his work more.

- What is so special that you like the least?

- The fact that you only install TORQ and the user manual is very succinct
- The fact that M-Audio makes the death and does not respond even on the Torq forum French for help
- Whether to use fully the bank sampler he will need another audio interface M (see ben)
- In order to open Torq Xponent you must connect, not practical if you wanted to make a play list to the onions in the travel time ...

- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
the vestax (vci 100) in MHD
the numark (IDJ2) in MHD
the cortex (HDDT 5000) in France projector
the pioneer (CDJ400) in France projector

- How would you rate the quality / price?

Ben saw the possibilities of the beast and the price I think the price quality ratio is rather good

- With experience, you do again this choice? ...

yes without hesitation even though I have galleries on installation

plus I had fun to do a little research to transport the baby:
My little research:

In fact by comparing the ratings of the Xponent with a table of 19 standard mixes "I realized that by making a small change on a semi-rigid rack GATOR we obtain a hybrid of the fly that you are too ugly and the album cover to labtop that does not protect enough!

LITTLE CHANGE IS SIMPLE: IT IS THE PIES HOLDERS FOR REMOVING MATERIAL SONO by blowing up 4 CLIPS WITH A DRILL BIT AND A BIG CAN IT BE APPROPRIATE FOAM FOR GOOD AND INTERFACE Chock Labtop

THAT'S ALL THE FACTS

COST OF SEMI RIGID FLY: ABOUT 45 EUROS, THE TIME TO CHANGE APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES

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wholesale outside'm thinking about a pocket in which labtop has a frame to avoid shocks in it ... I can put the Xponent and also to put the laptop ....


caulking with foam wedge the history of many MIDI controller ...

below and on the sides and bottom and it gives us this: they did not move


if I add that I have a place to put the cables that go well and the transformer, you can just close the bin with padlocks I think for 45 or 50 euros it's worth, the Xponent is well security, more than a cell phone bag anyway ... : Wink:

to carry the laptop and the Xponent rather take the fly in three U instead of two like mine ...

ATTENTION THIS IS A PROPOSAL, THERE ARE OTHER SOLUTIONS OF TRANSPORT

- How long have you use it?

Overnight to fully make use of the animal and understand all its subtleties in a professional setting.

- What is so special that you like most and least?

Most: ease of use when you have already used to use digital consoles. The sound quality (on the Torq software, sold with) outstanding for my taste compared for example to a VDJ.

Import VST effects. The quality of equalization and the accuracies of the knobs

Minimum: Pitch a little weak for my taste and archiving BPMS sometimes tedious, it needs work by hand but then once we have understood the principle, it goes fast. As against a beginner could do something foolish, but that's how we progress.
Black spot of logigiel Torq for my taste is that it creates files full of information on file that stores audio files. It is better to be organized to navigate easily.

- Have you tried many other models before buying it?

Yes, of Beringher BCD 2000 (is shit), Hercules (is less), MK 3 Pioneer is the top but eventually it becomes too heavy to carry and with a product like the Xponent is n ' are really needed), Numark CDX, VDJ (too much compression and sound bugs, Traktor ...

- How would you rate the quality / price?

Excellent
- With experience, you do again this choice? ...

Yes without hesitation for three reasons:
- Price
- Stability software: just a little bug of 8 hours but nothing nasty mix, decks have continued to turn and have resynchronized their own.
- The weight

- How long have you use it?
For four months, and with version 1.5 for 2 weeks. about 100 hours of mixing it.

- What is so special that you like most and least?
Assets:
+ The number of buttons all easily configurable.
+ Its precision timing, if it shifts alone is not the Torq is the file that is saved is not wrong to be on.
+ The auto registration in scratch - excellent
+ No latency
+ Ease of setting buttons, a simple right click of the mouse
+ Mouse built on the console, ultra-convenient.
+ The latest version afternoon with a terrible and, be it in master and slave, no problem, just set it up right in the same mix without restarting anything, it works nikel
+ The correct price for this material, and highly interesting for what they do in some technical term.
+ The updates of Torq, regular and keen to fix bugs, now I have none.
+ The size of the machine, enters a fly from mk2 example.
+ The effects are very significant, stacking up to three and very practical.
+ Illuminated buttons very beautiful and very distinctive.
+ Software stability

Cons:
- The buttons that do not look very strong in time (a PROFESSIONAL version of the Xponent with more robust knobs would be very interesting to me kit to pay a little more)
- The left button of the mouse clickable part 2 which I already played around, I'm not a fan at all)
- The desire to have the opportunity in the software to add an effect or more than 2 to select racks effect. But hey you just do without.
- The gray top plastoc not just stylish than the rest, and gives a little play with the frame (I expect a pro version) with solid metal plate.
- The requirement to use the mouse to load a sound by dragging a shortcut button to load each drive would have been perfect.
- No dust cover for faders.
- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
In its category, Hercules pro, vestax, with the software virtual dj and traktor.
On all the points wins the Xponent for my use. If not global dj gear not bad at all, 6 turntables, a packet of table, and the cd player cdj dnd 9000 or 1000 drive all the little musty.

- How would you rate the quality / price?
Excellent value for money, it is undeniable, however, I look forward to a more pro in terms of build quality, namely a metal plate with button more solid at vestax and send / return on Auxiliary assignable 2 slices (in my case I would be very helpful) But hey let's be clear for that price it's great stuff and I use it now to mix in club

- With experience, you do again this choice? ...
At that yes I even thought of outright purchase another 4 to mix sounds.

- How long have you use it?
A little more than an ego, about ten at night.

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
The system load songs, I have not found another trick up the slide deck A or B via the mouse or touchpad Intgr.
No microphone.

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
Before I possdais a Hercules DJ Console Mk2, I tried the numark total control, the mix of AudioPhony Virtuality (which surprised me enjoyable), the vestax VCI 100 and the VCI 300.

- How do you report qualitprix?
Rather good.

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
Yes because it has so far not itch. For the music tends electro is the top. The VCI 100 and 300 are much less complete for me.

Update from 30/05/09
APRS several months of use I am always satisfied with the Xponent so much when I read BTIS brands like below it leaves me speechless!

must see before criticizing everything is read the instructions on Xponent paramtrable Simply search through all the preferences and oh miracle! the sensitivity of the jog is paramtrable oh! miracle we can dye the flashing etc. ...... The trackpad works well trs but it is true and I'd say c is an interface intended to pros and beginners not to be that of beginners in computer science or a pro DJ use a mac preferences and not one day admit that pc pc priori there is some absurdity so prfrez a mac. But of that The Xponent is a toy for rich kid ... So before you criticize without REALLY test may need to learn to use a very ordinary and take the trouble to read the instructions on the pdf tlchargeable m-site audio.Je do not understand Nor audio fanzine of leaving without saying such nonsense perform all necessary!

The Xponent is really the best interface of the market at the moment (at least for me

- How long have you use it?

1 month (club night)

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?

c for me is a good surface trs CONTRL usb (see best) even if its appearance is trs plastic after a month of heavy use no problem, the "pots" priori are of good quality (we will see in the future), the functions are really good software (I use as a surface supplment CONTRL noon for the function sampler and some effects), it no latency, quality of sound is excellent I personally use it n tempo sync function, but the timing is perfect manual ... need I say more!

ah so low that I have read have not hear the sound in the headphones for the stall bits c is wrong simply to the CDJ mode.

even when it is an interface pro nothing to do with Hercules or The models behringer or more. However the software is much more orient "electronic music" that R & B but that it is a personal opinion

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?

more and for my part the Xponent is the best by far

- How do you report qualitprix?

perfect!

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...

without hsiter!

I use it for over a year.

The "+"
- Supplied with software Torq very stable.
- Everything is customizable (you can set the frequency on which the act of knobs EQ Bass / Medium / Hi for example).
- MIDI Learn (a simple right click of a button the software and then a flick of the button on the console to be assigned and voila!).
- Complete Control (everything is manageable from the control surface or near: mix, loop, FX ... and contrary to what I've read the trackpad to use the mouse of his PC from the control surface works very well on my two laptops)
- Ease of use: everything is pretty intuitive I think.

The "-"
- The next "plastic" the control surface (From the MK2 Technics vinyl mix I always find it difficult to get used to the aspect of "toy" of the control surfaces, but hey it's better than what was done before in this price range).
- TORQ: the software is great, but it's not a pretty screen! But then the worst you can use the control surface with other apps (Virtual DJ, Tracktor ...)


Conclusion:
This is a great control surface for this price range. It allows you to mix easily with a small footprint.

How long have you use it?

1 year at home and in the evenings

Have you tried many other models before buying it?

A Hercules MK2, CDJ800 mkII, V7 Numark, Gemini CDM3700, Reloop DJ 2

What is so special that you like most and least?

Most
Platinum-level performance effects
Good-quality sound card
Jogs right-sized
-Lighting (what I like most)
Torq 1.5.2-Stable
An in-turie mix (with effects + VST)

The-
Aspect-too plastoc
-For those who have had a problem that only led to noon and 2 max of red light on the stage equalizer transformer too fragile (had to change it because it gets too hot and it did eventually give up the ghost) it can always of interest to you transformer DC12V 1000mA output
2.0-Torq totally unstable
Pc-muscled to run properly (4 Hearts and 8GB of RAM) and even sometimes the software saccade (a low but still negative) small crackles are heard, I will say it is the latency bah whatever I make it but hopefully its still not too recurrent.
Approximate self-timing, but I made manual
BPM-recognized by half compared to the normal on some music (force multiplied by 2 manual)
Pitch-sensitive too, but his view is a detail
-Master who blew up if too high (80% say it) but I never rises to over 70% of the max

How would you rate the quality / price?

I paid 400 I can say that at this level is reasonable

With experience, you do again this choice?

Quite sure that so wrong sandstone some flaws its still a great product that is anything but a toy, I would advise those who have the mix on smaller plates because it is simple but in the details as you can play the card of the technique and evening with the repeat among others you can do to sacred things. And I de-Torq 2.0 and counseling rather I recommend 1.5.2, but less stable quality level at least. If I have something to say to the team who created this great software, it is a shame that version 2.0 is unstable because it have a huge potential that I may compare to Serato.

Only hope the next one platinum metal and a little more to Torq 2.0 is his hair would be perfect.

I use it for 6 months. It is really good, the effect is nickel.

This is my first controller! Before I was on mk2 with a DJM 600 and more space with the arrival of children to keep this stuff and tired of ruining myself in vinyl.

The pitch cata! Too sensitive! Well, with the percevérence it gets there! We must all just patting légerment. Mix with button automatic m'inetresse do too much, it's too easy to be a lot more fun to mix or even when we hold.

value for money is very good, you perform a system at low cost. This is not to dob

I pence, yes! I board no experience on the other controller, but I just make sure if xpondent had a pitch of ca MK2 would the ball! M-Audio Damage have bungled this point.

For almost 2 years
Some other models
The controller is not a toy for rich kids, contrary to some opinions, especially that given the sale price is not really necessary to be rich
What I like least: TORQ
Version 1 does not crash certainly never, but I find the engine not good, the very poor sync see mostly unusable, even with a good computer. You hold your grid nikel and when you initiate the sync the two grids will stall with 2 millimeters of difference (?????)
I am not a computer but kador Traktor runs much better.
TORQ 2.0: Software very ambitious with a number of options very good and practical enough to use, but then this is the Bug Contest! MIDI mapping that loads a half that half the time, the sync offset by surprise in the middle of the set, record function that plant and using that while no two decks! I dare not even attempt it with 4.
C is a pity because the software might be great, we really want to get it to work but is frankly discouraging c! (No updates to fix bugs, zero answers .... Phantom of the VAS)
In short, I think frankly acquire a s4 instead because after one month of hacking the ds log preferences without any real success, c is sucks