eks otus

Hi i get a bit more control's with Vestax vcm600

This is still under construction !
I use jog wheel from Otus and Otus sound card
the rest of the controls are at the moment all on vcm-600

its fun

 

Issues with HD Midi update on Otus

Hi Folks,

This is a bit of a Strange one....

I just got into testing Traktor Pro with latest midi update for MacOsx from eks-website.

One of the things that I was looking forward to most was the Scratch fix (this being a bit dysfunctional until now)

Everything was going very sweet, Jog-wheel responded nicely and midi-control was nice and with low latency response.
I set it up at 4ms and with no problems at all.

Then i happily unplucked my machine and went to do a session with my mates and for some reason or other the HD midi functionality had stopped, it seemed like the update had disappeared after shutdown?

I am only at the beginning of my journey to resolve this. I would really like to get TPro working. I like the features but yet again I am getting more stability from Traktor 3..........

Any one of you guys got same problems/any possible fixes to get this right?

Sigh.....

Matti

MacOSx
2GHZ 2GIG Ram
Otus
Lacie 160GIG External

 

hi im andyfoz and i just won the eks otus dj competition, check the links below.

i won an otus bag which is very high end i must say, make me an offer

see me below second vid (middle)

http://eks.fi/news.php?id=135

http://eks.fi/shop.php?p=purchase

http://eks.fi/product.php?p=products&id=56

 

congrats.

nice to have four of them but don't really understand why you would, isn't each otus supposed to act as two decks?

 

anyone of you otus owners interested in this bag, im in uk make me an offer

 

Otus Bag

Hi Andy ,

I am doing some flying soon and could do wif some good portable solution.

Say EKS got is for sale for 119 Euro's, I would be happy to offer £60.00+Post & Packaging. : )

Let me know what you think.

Matti

 

ill accept, pmed

 

Hi guys,

i just got my Otus last week and i'm just setting it up, this midi mapping and adjusting is a real pain in the ass... I finally got pitch bending to work nicely, but i'm wondering if there is any way to have the finest pitch sensitivity to be precise enough (steps of +/- 0.1%) with the 35% pitch as it is with 10%? I need the pitch range of 35% but then fine pitch is not precise enough

Is it possible to run decks A/B via Otus soundcard and B/C via Presonus Firewire soundcard?

One thing about this controller makes me rather sad - altough built quality is very good, when i unpacked the controller for the first time some of the black stickers on the buttons peeled off and as time goes by other stickers start peeling off also. Do you also have this issue? I mean, for such an expensive controller this is unacceptable...:angry:

 

hum, well, I have my pitch set at 35% and have np goin in 0.1% steps, but then im at the finest pitchmode on the deck(led closest to u lit)

about sound, i guess its possible to get it to work to have the Otus and the presonius run side by side if u can get them running usin ASIO for all, but i cant tell u if that will be stable. EDIT: didnt se u r on a mac, u might try what i do, se next sentence.
I use an xp10 that i added to the setup, with it I get my 4th audio out(I take the 2 rca and the headphonejack from the otus) and also use the xp10 for controlling deck c and d with traktors focuscommand

but i found his http://www.apple.com/pro/techniques/aggregateaudio/ and it might help, but the way I have it runnin might be better as the EKS drivers supports adding more units and gives more channels out by it

and ye, mine lost some button colous to, but imo its bad and good, it dont look that good, but u can se the buttons easyer in dark DJbooths

 

Paint peeling off

One thing about this controller makes me rather sad - altough built quality is very good, when i unpacked the controller for the first time some of the black stickers on the buttons peeled off and as time goes by other stickers start peeling off also. Do you also have this issue? I mean, for such an expensive controller this is unacceptable...:angry:[/QUOTE]



I had the same phenomena with my first Otus controller, but got it changed easily by EKS. The first series has the matte colour on the buttons that peels off easily. Now i have a newer one with glossy paint, that has not shown any weaknesses so far. (3-4 months..) So go for it and have the Otus changed. MJ
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The Aggregate Audio Thing is working fine. I also had to do it to get my 2 Otusses working together for the 4 Deck Setup. Should go with your Soundcard tooo.... MJ

 

having issues..! setting up

can any one please help..?

trying to set up a EKS Otus with Traktor Pro...

Just got Traktor... its up to date 1.1.2.004..

also got the latest firmware & drivers for the OTUS


then followed the set up steps here..
http://eks.fi/index2.php?p=support&o...ro (OSX)

steps all good till i get to..
Open "Preferences.." Panel

Open “MIDI Setup” panel:

in the midi set up it says to set it to “EKS XP-Series MIDI”

but my only option is XP - series.... no EKS option...

with a little bit of messing a round i can get sound only from my lap top..
speakers... and able to get to get some of the midi buttons working..!


not able to get sound out of the sound card at all the sound

if anyone has a list of setting thats working...
could someone bounce me a copy...?
cheers
BB
cheers
BB


set up
1 X Otus
(updated Firmware - OSX _23.2.2009
(updated EKS Driver pack OSX _3.6.2009

Traktor Pro 1.1.2.004


15" Macbook Pro
2.8 Duo Core
4G Ram
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Hi,

To get audio is very simple, just go into your pc settings, and select the Otus in your audiosettings, as the default audiodevice! Put up the volume to the max, and your set! To go.

For the midi part, import the midi settings that the Otus has put in a map called third party setting. And from there start tweaking your setting. But with this default midi setting, you got your Jogwheel and your pitch setup with the feel of a CDJ1000. Good luck

Best Ronald
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Hi there,

I got my Otus working perfectly the last few weeks, I only have 1 problem, when I'm pitching and I take of my finger from the pitch it move a bit, so you can never get it 100% right.

Does any one have the same problem, or does anyone have a solution on this?

Thanks

Best Ronald

 

to set the last bit of pitch i use the finest setting on the otus and to move in 0.1 steps at 35% u kinda have to just slightly touch it/swipe it up or down

 

otus problems

i have been using the otus with a mac on 4 decks for a month. I love it so far.

A few annoyances though....

1. the tempo does jump when you take your finger off the slider.... i think its because of the flex of the touch sensitive material. the lighter you touch it... the less it jumps.

2. The 6 flat buttons next to the mouse pad.... SUCK. they cant be seen in a dark room. and I bump them all the time when i stroke the jog wheel. (He said stroke... ha ha) since i have master/slave set on those buttons ... its really annoying.

3.. the future design foot print is great if the turn table is landscape... but in battle style... you have to take out the phono cartridge to get it to sit in a solid position.

4. the mouse pad speed is not adjustable... its so fast on my mac i cant use it safely.


but i moved to this from an xone 1D and i like this much better. all in all a great midi controller.

 

4. the mouse pad speed is not adjustable... its so fast on my mac i cant use it safely.

you can fix this by going into your mouse pad settings on ya mac..
slow it down and its fine..!

 

I'm selling a brand new EKS Otus on ebay if anyone is interested (bids starting at £114 less than retail), will post to the UK or Europe:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EKS-OTUS-Midi...lers?hash=item2a0095e423&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

I'm selling an EKS Otus, will ship anywhere in the US. See my reply to the "buy and sell" thread:

http://www.nativeinstruments.de/forum_de/showpost.php?p=566271&postcount=345

 

EKS Otus / CDJ 1000 = Mirror Performance?

Has anyone got the jog platter to feel exactly like the CDJ1000? I just cant get my midi settings right.

I would love to know what midi setting details you used...

Type of Jog Dial... Sensitivity.... invert or not....etc.. etc...
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if you do that... then the mac track pad is super slow. they should have the same performance so they match when adjusted. Just something more to tell the eks engineers to add to the list