Comments on: Vestax VCM600 is a Ableton Specific Controller

By: dennis ackermann

dennis ackermann — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:00:51 +0000

where is the 4 channel version in “set-top-box” style? Would love this piece of gear if it’d be more portable….

By: eerms

eerms — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:47:21 +0000

hmm. been using xone:3d for some time, but never i had fun much to use it with live.
this look like a lot of fun. i hope the price range is somewhere around 700-800 bucks.

By: digitalbeatsyndrome@yahoo.com

digitalbeatsyndrome@yahoo.com — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:41:31 +0000

there was a cat on the ucapps.de / midibox forums who integrated a fw 410 into one of the smaller allen heath dj mixers..ill post the pic when i find it..fly as fuck it was though

By: digitalbeatsyndrome@yahoo.com

digitalbeatsyndrome@yahoo.com — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:34:43 +0000

The CME/Bitstream 3x is cool but its a shame they add FW audio cards to there keyboard range only and not the bitstream…same for the novation thingy. Korg zer 8 zero 4 do it but i hear they are buggy as fuck. Not enough ppl buying em either to do a review and I got no music store around me to test one out in..regardless i wouldnt shell out the coin for one anway

By: Lost

Lost — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:33:16 +0000

Yeah I recently got a BCF2000, and am having trouble integrating it into my work flow. It seems quicker to struggle with the on screen knobs/faders rather than assign them in live to the bcf you know? but i think after most of the work, in the mix down and polishing phase it will be most useful. Who knows. I hope i didn’t just waste 200 bucks.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:28:25 +0000

“From underneath the curved edges is a row of white LEDs that light up the face of the unit in the dark. ”

WOW - now that is a hot design feature! I also think that no company can match Apple for design - and this Vestax looks very Apple-esque (to me), which is a compliment.

I don’t mix with hardware (I mix as I go), though I do own a Novation SL0 mainly for live use but also in the studio to record automation in realtime using physical knobs.

Speaking of mixing, in a previous article you mentioned that you have all of your faders at -12db, and your master at 0. This is interesting - do you set each chanell to -12 whenever you create a new one? Personally I default mine at 0db and go from there, though as a result my master usually ends up around -9db by the time I’ve finished a track!

By: os

os — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:54:11 +0000

I use a Behringer BCR2000. There’s a lot to be said for any external controller over keyboard and mouse - not least that you can twiddle more than one knob/fader at once.

This Vestax thing looks very nice. Unless it’s not bus powered. That would be rubbish.