Vestax VCI-300 en VCM-600 details

Geschreven door Reind Dooyeweerd zaterdag, 26 januari 2008 03:39

Vorige week berichte ik al over de nieuwe VCI-300 van Vestax, het moet de grote broer gaan worden van de VCI-100 met nog meer features en nog betere hardware EN met nog betere software als e Serato mogen geloven met zijn beweringen over het nieuwe stukje software, ITCH. Ook meer nieuws over de VCM-600, volgens sommigen nu al de meest interessante Ableton controller van 2008.

Vestax VCI-300
Vestax and Serato have joined forces. Sharing their technology and compiled feedback from Pro DJÅfs and users from around the world, they have created a dedicated DJ USB MIDI / Audio system and software offering absolute control. The VCI-300 is a dedicated USB MIDI controller for the included Serato DJ software. It also comes with a built in audio interface with standard 4in/4out and headphone connection, which means all you need for DJing is the VCI-300, a laptop and a set of headphones.

New features such as the [Emergency Thru Switch], which avoids the sound from stopping when the computer freezes, is an added feature from study of user feedback. Another is the new weight reduced JOG wheel and the adjustable JOG wheel torque mechanism to avoid vibration from low frequency feedback


Features:

High resolution controll
The VCI-300 can control more than 90 parameters and functions of the included Serato software with high resolution MIDI signals sent via USB. The pulse resolution of the JOG wheel and pitch control fader is 4 times higher than the VCI-100 and provides precise control of each function. The pitch control fader also shares the same high quality fader parts of the input fader for advanced operability.

Supern audio charctiristic
The built-in audio interface carries a Audio Codec IC with superb audio characteristic, generated by a deltasigma modulation 24 bit stereo D/AAEA/D converter. Audio connection includes 1 stereo input, 1 MIC input and 2 stereo output (Master L/R, Monitor L/R).

Level indication
A 12 level LED L/R indicator is set in the center of the top panel to monitor sound levels.

File controll
Audio files in the software library can be easily selected and controlled with the CRATES / FILES / BROWSE key and the cursor switch inherited from the VCM-100.

Emergency thru switch
The Emergency Thru Switch located on the rear panel is a countermeasure feature to avoid sound from stopping when the computer freezes. It instantly switches the output source from the computer to other audio players connected to the VCI-300.

Adjustable jogwheel torque
The torque of each JOG wheel can be adjusted to prevent them from moving from low frequency feedback and altering the pitch when using the VCI-300 in such places like clubs.

Fader curve control
The fader curve of each fader can be adjusted to the preferred characteristics for long mixes, scratching and any other style.

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Vestax VCM-600
The VCM-600 is a DJ MIDI controller designed with Vestax mixer technology. 160 parameters of the DJ software can be assigned to the advanced control section, and has excellent compatibility with Ableton LIVE 6 & 7. The VCI series was designed with JOG wheels to duplicate turntable operation. On the other hand, the VCM-600 is a controller specialized for mixing, which offers excellent performance to DJs who mix with digital music media and computer based systems.

The VCM-600 shares the same quality control parts used on Vestax mixers and 2 LED panels are placed on each side of the controller to illuminate the top panel for clear operability and vision in clubs.


Features:

• The VCM-600 can control 160 parameters of Ableton DJ software and other MIDI compliant software with high resolution MIDI signals sent via USB.
• LED panels placed on each side of the VCM-600 provide clear visuals to DJs by illuminating the top panel.
• High quality input faders and pitch faders from the VCI-100 and PMC-580 are also applied to the VCM-600 for advanced operability.
• Simple plug & play activation with Apple and Windows operating system computers.

System requirements

Operating System

• Windows: Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Incompatible with Windows 2000/98/Me)
  NOTE : Connection with Windows2000 Professional PC can possibly crash the system and cause the screen to turn blue.
• Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.3.9 / 10.4.7. (Incompatible with previous operating systems)
  Multi client environments that operate the VCI-100 with multiple software are incompatible.
  

Hardware

• Windows: CPU : Pentium III 500 MHz (Advanced CPU required for laptops) Memory: 256MB RAM USB 2.0 Interface
  These minimum system requirements are for the VCM-600 hardware. If the software's system requirements are higher than the VCM-600, please prepare an advanced operating system that is qualified.
• Macintosh: CPU : Macintosh G3 600 / G4 1.5 GHz or Dual Core 1.6 GHz 667MHz (A faster CPU is required for laptops) Memory 256MRAM USB 2.0 Interface