I want a Xone:42
Im really tired of mixing Traktor with the keyboard and mouse its a real pain in the ass. At first I had wanted to just get a regular midi-DJ Controller Mixer like the Vestax VC-100 but I kept reading reviews that said the nobs were really small and Ive got big fingers so I thought that probably wouldnt work too well for me. Then I saw the YouTube video of Deadmau5 vs. the Xone:3d and I really wanted one of those. But it turns out that the Xone:3d is like $2700, a little bit out of my price range right now (there are website that sell it for cheaper, but its still pricey). So then I saw the Xone:96 I thought that was the one, but then I realized that it was serious overkill for what I wanted to do. So then I saw the Xone:42 and that was the one. I felt like Goldie Lox in a mixer store, this mixers too expensive, this mixers got too many nobs, but this Xone:42, this ones just right.
Here are some videos of it in action Watch this guy use the mixer to mix things:
I dont like House Music
I dont think I like House Music. I mean, I LOVE Electro House, but regular old House I dont think I like it that much. Ive been listening to a lot of House lately trying to find some that meets my requirements. Ive been through several thousand songs on BeatPort and I really dont like any of them.
I have a small House collection in my larger collection, but it was really, really hard to find those tracks. I guess it could be that Im too picky, that Im looking for too specific of a sound (which tends to lean itself more to Electro House than straight House).
This is some bullshit. So I spent all the money I had to get a Xone:42 so I could control Traktor from a handware surface. Well aparently the Xone:42 doesnt do MIDI. Then why the FUCK DOES IT HAVE A USB AUDIO INTERFACE FOR IF ITS NOT GOING TO DO MIDI? Seriously? Thats so bullshit, Allen and Heath are liars and this mixer is having its capabilities falsely advertised.
DO NOT BUY THIS MIXER IF YOUR LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO CONTROL YOUR MIDI DEVICES WITH OR YOUR EFFECTS ON YOUR COMPUTER, IT WILL NOT WORK.