![]() There are software maps for Ableton Live, Traktor (in different configurations), MixVibes, and so on, but I think I like best a custom overlay PDF so you can make your own. Schade – it’d be great to use other hardware this way, but it does allow easy combination with Allen & Heath mixers or a rather nice combo of the K1 and K2.) These units are also daisy-chainable using Allen & Heath X:LINK over Ethernet cabling, saving you a USB hub and tangled cables. MIDI functionality – nothing proprietary here, driverless I just … heard that somewhere.Ĥ linear faders (these are, to me, the real selling point in feel) So, uh… forget that I just told you it’s the best-feeling slim-line fader controller on the market. It’s a bonus that it feels great and comes with an optional, cute travel case that protects it in your luggage and doubles as a stand.Īctually, I’m saying way too much, as I should ask Allen & Heath to send me a review unit (and maybe… take some time sending it back). I’ve seen more than one live visual performer buy a K2 to run VJ apps – even though it has an audio interface that’s useless to them. It’s the Traktor Kontrol product NI somehow forgot to make themselves.Īnd that same layout lends itself to other software, too. In fact, you’d be forgiven for imagining you’d seen something like the K1 with an NI logo on it, but despite the similar name, the K1 isn’t an NI product. The X1 is closest, but – no faders, and fewer controls. The Z1 is more of a two-channel mixing surface with crossfader the F1 sacrifices controls and opts for short-throw faders to fit a big disco-light grid. But the NI range, while it has lots of handy hardware, just doesn’t offer this particular layout. This is slim and sleek and tidy and tasteful, like NI’s hardware. Or, to put it another way, the Xone:K1 and K2 are good enough that they can take Native Instruments on at their own game. ![]() That’s a significant change, but perhaps with the K1 as a satellite to a K2, it isn’t such an issue – or if you don’t mind having one layer for everything. Update: One key difference – you don’t get layers and latching as on the K2, as near as we can figure. And it feels simply fantastic, better than any other hardware on the market (save perhaps for the Faderfox). In that configuration, it fits a whole lot of controls, whereas some slimline controllers might leave you wanting more. It has a no-nonsense layout – faders, backlit buttons, encoders, knobs. But that’s a good thing, because the K2 was already I think one of the best unsung controllers on the market. The K1 is essentially identical to the Xone:K2, minus the K2’s audio interface. If you’ve watched closely, it also shouldn’t look terribly new. Its selling point from the manufacturer is that it’s meant to work with the software you want, the way you want. It isn’t forcing you to some default mapping. And Livid are about to ship a mixer-style controller.Īllen & Heath, for their part, are quick to say they’re making something generic. There are bundle deals on Traktor with NI hardware. So, yes, there’s now Akai gear that will work with Serato and finally gives that tool something slimmer than a house. We’ve certainly had some controller news this month, partly because DJs are lining up for a big event in Atlantic City. ![]() Whatever you own now, you may find yourself wanting one of these to go along with it. Spoiler alert – the K1, like the K2 before it, feels great, has a terrific layout, works with anything you like, and more or less beats every other slim-line controller for DJing or VJing. But that’s a pity, because they make one of the most compelling controller units on the market. Also, for some button mappings, to get the LEDs to work right, you need to change the drop down in LED to Midi Out.UK DJ builder Allen & Heath may be best known as a mixer company, not so much a controller maker. Then you can play with Mode eg Toggle / Gate depending on what you're trying to achieve. So using the below website put in "02C" instead of B02C and you will get 44 which will be CC 44 in Controller Editor. You have to use a HEX to DECIMAL convertor to work out the corresponding numbers BUT you have to drop the first letter / number (either 9 or B) from the HEX midi. The way it's displayed in Controller Editor is Decimal eg CC 44. Ok, so it took a fair amount of figuring out but basically it's all about how you configure NI Controller Editor and making sure the knobs are set right.Īlso another thing to note, the way the midi is displayed in RB is in HEX eg B02C.
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