The S8, in action.
Posted Nov 6, 2014, 4:30 AM UTC
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Agree with a lot of the comments on here, I also think this will be overkill for a lot of DJs. No problem with NI trying to get DJs to tweak things up a bit, I just think that for a dance floor, this kind of endless effects, single shots, looping and focus on the remix decks doesn't give much flow. There aren't going to be many DJs, sorry, performers, who can improve on a song by fucking with it using the S8.
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Yeah I can't stand it when DJs constantly okay effects over the tracks they're mixing. I prefer subtle mixes cause they can sometimes create much more momentum and flow
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Yeah but I didn't post this video to critique/criticize the guy. I couldn't care less. I posted the video to share the capabilities and potential tools in this new controller
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My thoughts exactly.
These things are great for these 10 minute, pre-planned youtube routines but anyone who has to play a 4 hour set in a club has no use for 80% of the buttons on this thing. Sometimes I think NI is trying to to push "the next big thing in DJing" angle too much.
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No jog wheels, No problem.
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I constantly see r/djs talking about these things, but I have only ever seen a controller used in a club maybe 5 times at most. Is there something I am missing? Do I live in a geographic location where this isn't popular, or are these geared to a certain type of music?
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I think a lot of the djs on here are either hobbyists or mobile. The great think about controllers is that they are easy to lug around, so controllers and a good choice for the mobile dj. Also when starting out, controllers are a fair quality and cheap solution to dip your toes in and see if this is something you would want to stick with.
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Eh, average at best. Still, not impressed with the S8, it looked better in he beginning. For the same money, I'd take the SX2. However, neither can hang with my VCi-400. :)
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Not impressed, just a bunch of sample single shots and basic queuing into a track instead of actually mixing. That's just a giant glorified midi controller. I can plug my midi into Abelton and do the exact same thing or use the NI X1. I am also looking for a new controller and I recommend after much discussion and research to just get the S4. The new ones have the midi pads on the controller allowing you to do what this guy is doing.
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How can it be a glorified midi controller when its exactly a midi controller?
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It's has more features than a standard midi, it's not sold as a midi either.
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It's a midi controller with an audiocard inside it. All the signals are midi signals. It cannot play without a computer, because it's all midi signals. The standalone mixer part of it isn't really the controller aspect, just the audiocard that is attached to the midi controller. It's a midi controller. If you mean to say its a glorified clip launcher, I'd actually get what you were saying.
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Glorified doesn't change the fact that it's a midi controller and I'm not saying its not. Glorified describes the midi controller, they are taking a basic concept and making it look fancy, thus "glorifying" it.
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I've got a lot of prescribing to do😕
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I'm in the market for a new controller (my mixtrackproII just recently want kaput) and I plan to step my game up to DDJ-SX/S4/S8 level stuff in early 2015. This is the first video I've seen of the interaction between the remix decks, the beat slicing and DVS support. I like what I see so far. What do you folks think?
I didn't like the mix but the controller looks amazing.