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    60mm faders for scratching?

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    22 hours ago, JHouse said:

    I miss the old school Alps faders with the long cut-in time — it makes for funkier cuts, IMO. The new school faders are cool, but it's more on/off, even after adjusting the cut-in time. I feel like you can accomplish better/stronger stabs and chirp variations with the Alps faders. Essentially, I think Alps faders lend themselves to more of a gray area in between the cuts, and therefore not just black and white in terms of sound. Just listen to old school Qbert and DJ Shadow tracks and you'll know what I'm on about.

    I thought that myself years ago but die-hards ended that thought saying "it's just an on/off". Even in TTM is just a dot...

    I'm that "less is more" guy which barely can do transformers (on time) who is called "smooth" by my 3ple-click-flare (off time) fellas ... 😕

     

    On 4/6/2024 at 7:29 PM, Rodrigo said:

    Hey man!

    That's the thing, it's definitely not *necessary* at all. I was visiting a friend and he was showing me some DIY thing he was building with 60mm faders and asked if I've tried that for scratch-based stuff and I was puzzled as to why not.

    Obviously most of the "action" happens in that 10mm range at the edge of it (trad or hamster), but it got me thinking about using "the rest" of the fader throw for more detailed control of other parameters.

    In my case I tend to do weird mappings with a DIY fader anyways, so it seemed like an interesting thing to explore.

    I will try cleaning/lubing an alps one, but was just curious if there was some off-the-shelf things to try too.

    Well you made me remember the Beatfader...

     

     

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    60mm faders for scratching?

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    On 3/31/2024 at 3:16 PM, Rodrigo said:

    Does anyone know of any 60mm "scratch" faders?

    I've been doing some DIY stuff with some nice 60mm alps faders and it got me thinking that it may be interesting to experiment with a DIY scratch controller option based around that.

    In the past I've made a DIY MIDI fader around this fader that Rasteri recommend on here many years ago, and after degreasing it and adding fader lube, it feels ok enough. Not as smooth as a contactless one, but still usable/passable.

    I also found some old Alps K-Series faders on ebay that appear to have two thick rails ala most DJ faders, though sadly all the ones I found are 15k audio taper, which isn't ideal for use in a DIY project.

    Has anyone come across something like this or know of an existing fader/product that has one?

     

    Hi Rodrigo,

    Why do you need long travel faders for scratching? Usually scratch is considered "cuts" because the modulation is like on/off switch (more aggressive with curve control) and it isn't just a button (or kill switch) because the soft control of the fader allows for more complex nuances and combos (think crabs and click flares). Also hamster mode allows users to switch the side where you focus the thumb force (and other things I probably miss or misunderstood over the years since my knowledge comes more from asking than doing since I'm a poor skilled scratcher...)

     

     

     

    Maybe I should build myself a sc1000 to improve my skills 😭

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    DJ studio

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    Most actual battlemixers have midi crossfaders but back in the day only A&H uberexpensive mixers had them. Hercules dj console was one of the first pseudomixers with that feature (and audio interface) and lately BCD2000 but none of these truly suitable for scratching madness.

    That was the first reason for me to start tinkering in electronics. Second was midify turntables (using some code from Andy Rasteri) envisioning open source Rane twelves (even Stanton scs.1d was available before)

    https://cdm.link/2011/08/scratch-this-a-diy-project-repurposes-dj-controllers-as-scratch-inputs/
     

    I uploaded the og video to one of my secondary channels alongside another not released at CDM article about ttm1 turntable attachment

     

    Renamed them to make it more clickbaity so maybe someone finds it. It seem attract more trolls than truly scientists :B

    offtopic end.

    DjStudio concept as many other related to djing came from the foundation of “mixing music” with the “perfect output no matters how to” meanwhile turntable afficionados will prefer manual control over automatic corrections so tools like sync or automation curves for scratching (and also for the xfader like samurais) get hate over adoption… but time goes and people start to understand that tools properly used could be helpful. The risk of missuse is there of course, just look how gone for autotune…

     

    😛

    DJ studio

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    There’s a way to do it that anytime I point it nobody cares (since coming from me, the tools involved, just how usual dj mind… or a “mix” of them lol)

    You can load Scratch track plugin on your DAW and not only “play” your mixes but also “redraw” your scratches. Similar to Serato The Bridge/Mixtape but fixing which was wrong in it (playhead control).

    People (ttablist) are getting nuts with realtime ttm tools (just a decade after skrat.ch and 2 decades since I envisioned those tools when I saw Scratch the Movie btw…) but the same people still doesn’t get the can perform their mixtapes like any other vst out there and redraw automation for fails or just draw by mouse like wave traveler in fruity loops :V

    The technology is out there since some ago but meanwhile djs don’t care… don’t expect brands doing it!

     

    🤷🏻‍♂️

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    Beat Fader MiDI Mixer

    in EQUIPMENT & AUDIO PRODUCTION

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    7 hours ago, arkei said:

    Looks nice. I still regret selling my Vestax Faderboard though

    I don’t regret selling mine even I used it in junction with Roland VariOS for slicing/chop samples… as a synth faders were ugly to play, as sampler was fun but very limited, as mixer was heavy and few curve adjustment or non existant (maybe were the attack for faders but xfader was cut lag infinite lol?) 

    it was sexy for sure but the sound module was the same of electribe em1 (afaik) and I also sold that one for being hard to play (loool)

    I miss more variphrase technology… 🥲

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    CDX reverse engineering

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    On 10/7/2023 at 12:39 PM, dm3 said:

    Is it possible to upload it again? The link doesnt seems to work..

    Time to time someone asks for permission… sometimes I can give it with just click and others I need to download myself the content and send it to the mail asking for… I drop that folder as part of my “let’s forget about this” but as you can see I’m still coming back time to time.

    what do you exactly need?

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    Hercules DJControl Inpulse T7 Review

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    On 8/11/2023 at 1:18 PM, savwar said:

     

     

    Now that there's this for €1100, I'm not sure between this and the Hercules....

     

     

     

    This is not motorised.

     

    On 8/11/2023 at 8:54 PM, JHouse said:

    Pioneer makes sound products. Hercules, not so much.

    Hercules has being doing djing products since 2003 (controllers) way before Pioneer considered controllers an option…

    https://www.hercules.com/en/more/about-us/
     

    before that they were Guillemot, creators of the infamous Audio ISIS… the first cheap 8 multitrack soundcard for pc. Infamous because it was released for win98 but never got official xp drivers afair (I had one but I can’t/want remember)

    https://homerecording.com/bbs/threads/is-the-guillemot-maxi-studio-isis-card-really-that-bad.8705/

    Over the years they have been improving their proposals but keeping the original spirit of “budget controllers” (but IDK about the lack of support…) so that’s what it is.

     

    EFX Chain Question

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    These are very similar for vocal processing fx so maybe there's a bit of redundancy but in the end up to personal taste.

    In your situation I will explore the rc505 fx to see if it has everything you need from the vT-3 (I don't know what is a VC3...) and if there isn't anything "killer function" from the second just don't put it in the chain (but it doesn't means sold it neither). 

    About the Tc Helicon, it has some autotunning (VT3 also) and some synthetic effects/sounds that maybe worth putting it in the equation but maybe not enough. Again a taste matter...

    You can plug everything (my advice will be VT3-TC-RC) and just try to avoid same fx on each one. Vocoders usually are placed before reverb/delay (that meansb these fx on the RC) but in music there are no true rules. Experiment to find your sound.

    What kind of music/noise do you want to achieve?

     

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