Vestax Vci 400 Traktor Pro 2 Tsi

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Oct 16, 2014  Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Vestax VCI-400 Professional MIDI and Audio DJ Controller with Built in Mixer at Amazon.com. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. This mapping is basically a fusion of what was the version DJTT VCI-400SE 1.1.2 mapping and Flashflooder's 1.2.0 mapping while also adding new Traktor 2.6 features and effects. This mapping is only fully compatible with Traktor 2.6 or greater. ///// DJTT VCI-400SE Flashflooder v 2.5 MIDI Mapping for Traktor Pro 2.6. Mar 15, 2012  This is an initial release of DJTT's new Traktor Pro 2 mapping for the VCI-100SE, updates to follow if necessary. Please use regarding the mapping's functionality. EDIT: In v4.1, a few minor bugs and LED issues were fixed.

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Digital DJ Tips reader Jona Menasso writes: “I was hoping you could help me deciding between the Traktor Kontrol S4 and the Vestax VCI-400. At the moment my choice would be the VCI-400 but maybe if you answer my two questions I can get a little more clarity. “Firstly, does the VCI-400 offer nearly the same integration with Traktor Pro 2 as the Kontrol S4 without the need of a complex mapping? (I am not a very good “mapper”). I ask this because that is the main catch in the S4 for me. Secondly, do you think the VCI-400 would last three years without failing? “If it helps, I am not a ‘controllerist’, and I am not going to bash and hit buttons, faders and knobs – at least not much! My mixing style is based on smooth transitions and incorporation of samples, one-shots and loops, mostly mixing house, prog, minimal and tech.”

Digital DJ Tips says:

Nov 18, 2011  50+ videos Play all Mix - DJ Kuya on the Vestax VCI-400 with Traktor Pro 2 YouTube; MIXING. Vestax VCI-400 Overview and review with Andre Cato - Duration: 18:37.

The answer is really quite simple. If you want the tightest possible, out-of-the-box integration between hardware and software, buy the S4. It (and its smaller brother the S2) has the tightest integration with Traktor of all, and these controllers are more likely to be “fixed” first when Traktor gets updated down the line (ie, NI will prepare the software to work with its own hardware flawlessly before release).

Everything else has compromises, either in performance (only the S2 and S4 have 100% perfect jogwheel performance with Traktor, although this is improving with third-party products), or ease of use (ie even with the most easy to set up non-Native Instruments controller, you’ll still have hoops to jump through to get it to work close to perfectly with Traktor). However, if you’re prepared to learn a little bit about Traktor’s set-up and mapping, and aren’t a DMC scratch DJ, many other controllers come into view, the VCI-400 being one of them. It is supplied with a Traktor mapping to get you going, and there are plenty of people coming up with their own out there too (try the Traktor Bible or DJ TechTools sites for examples).

And as regards longevity, while the Kontrol S4 is well made (albeit with lots of plastic), the VCI-400 is an all-metal workhorse. I wouldn’t worry in the slightest about it not lasting the duration.

Have you considered these controllers? Which did you go for? Have you owned both? Which do you think is the best out of the two? Please let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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  • Hello everybody,

    I’ve downloaded the Traktor mapping for my Vestax vci-400 from the Vestax site and for me, these mappings are ok except for the browser section. Apparently, the only thing I can do with the browser knob, is go up and down the list (turning) and change from mixer mode to browser mode and back (pushing).

    I had a Numark stealth control where the browsing was very simple (perfect for me) but efficient and I would like to remap Traktor to be approximately the same for the Vestax. I was thinking about:

    left shift + push browser knob to toggle between tree and list

    dial the browser knob to go up/down the tree and the same when in list

    when in tree, push the browser knob to expand/collapse

    Now here’s my question: is this possible and if yes, how? I must admid, I,m an absolute noob with computers.

    Anyhow, many thanks and all the best for 2014

    Since it’s midi and Traktor has an extensive list of midi commands you can map (including browser functions) I’d say it can be done.

    Now HOW it can be done, that’s a different story. Time to dig into midi mapping and experimenting.

    Greetinx.

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