Vestax VCI-100

Seems like the vestax VCI-100 is about to ship.

http://www.vestax.com/v/products/players/vci100.html

Interestingly it comes with a copy of TRAKTOR LE.

 

impressive specs for the jog wheels

and this is SO designed for Traktor! (with matching labels)

hey, if the price is right ...

 

It looks nice and makes other controllers look a four year olds dj mixer! No headphone socket though?

I better it's more than £200!

 

defo will be >£200, i can see >£300 easy

re:headphone socket > it's not a mixer!
your headphones will go into your sound card as usual

but i do agree that an internal sound card would have been purrrrfect

 

That's what people want though, you don't want two different boxes and loads of wires everywhere! Someones needs to make a xone 3d equivilant for cheap!

 

From Vestax's news page @ http://www.vestax.com/v/info/newsevent/index.html

March they say.

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06.1214 The VCI-100 will be in the stores!!!
The professional USB MIDI controller (WIN/MAC) long awaited by DJs from across the globe has arrived. The VCI-100 is simple and stylish, packed with features such as a high resolution JOG wheel, hardware CF curve control and top quality faders & switches all produced and designed by the professional hardware maker, Vestax. We promise creators the next generation in music. Native instrument Inc.'s TRAKTOR 3 LE is bundled in, allowing users who don't have software to play and use it right away.
>>>Click here for more information

Vestax will be demonstrating the VCI-100 at NAMM 2007 (Jan 18th - 21st) at the Anaheim Convention Center (LA), booth #6474. Come and check it out!

Pre-order NOW!!!
The VCI-100 will be in the stores from late December in Japan, February for Europe and Ocseania and March for the US. Contact your local Vestax distributor for prices and other information. http://www.vestax.com/v/info/distribution/world.html

 

So, here's the price for this baby: 499 USD

http://www.djdeals.com/vestaxVCI100.htm
(or, as you might notice, a little less than that)


To be honest, I find it might be worthy, consdering the aspects of its build (gotta love Vestax on this aspect) and that it includes Traktor 3 LE.

Currently I'm using the BCD 2000. My FS2 is covered with dust, and I pretend to sell it ASAP -- I'm just waiting to hear from Stanton on this month.

For me, it's a question of seeing which's gonna be the winner: the Vestax VCI 100 or the Numark IDJ2 -- the idea of getting rid of the laptop is very cool also.

Now, one question: the VCI 100 doesn't offer any audio. Which would be your recommendations to couple with this baby? I think that a PCMCIA card with 2 outputs would do great. Do you have any ideas?

 

low-cost: echo indigy DJ or soundblastr audigy 2 zs pcmcia (with kx drivers!);

high-end: RME Hammerfell;


Personally, I think the soundblaster's soundquality is really good enough for clubs. With the kx drivers you have three stereo outs at very low latency. Though, I dunno if that vestax controller will support the third channel at all.

 

I do have some trauma with the kX, specially with that bug that suddenly drops the sound and starts buzzing. Don't know with that's solved for now, but anyway, you can't expect much from non official drivers.

The Audigy ZS doesn't have ASIO? Can't believe the kiddies at Creative still ignore the low-end producers and musicians...

 

Hmmmm, an M-Audio Conectiv could be an great option. For 288 USD (http://www.djdeals.com/maudioCONECTIV.htm) you can have a decent audio interface to play with the VCI 100, and also have the option of spinning CDs and vinyls.

So, that sounds like 450 + 290 = 740 USD.

Sure it's expensive, but still it's cheaper than Traktor 3 + FS2, and you got an rock solid midi controller.

I'm going for it. What you guys think?

 

creative does have their own ASIO drivers, but my experience is, that the kx drivers work on lower latency and very stable on my system.

 

Dont get this "option of spinning CDs and vinyls."

if "Spinning CDs and vinyls" means using timecode, this is not possible with TDJ3 and the conncetiv by now. I doubt it will be possible in the future. (you may do so with torq, virtual dj or mixvibes or other DVS software not locked to a certain device).

If you dont need vinyl/cd control, i would rather use a pcmcia device that two usb devices (the vestax thing is USB2.0). Just my 50cents....

PS: search the forum for the post "my love for the connectiv is over"... some guys complained about bad quality of that device.

 

I meant using the Torq bundle for DVS. I don't expect T3 LE support any DVS, of course. The good point here is to have both platforms for the same cost of one platform, as we FS2 users are hostage from Stanton, a thing that I don't want to live never again.

I will look forward that reputation about Conectiv, these things you got to see for yourself. Here in Brazil, "FS2 is crap", everybody loves Serato even without knowing anything about FS2. Go figure.

 

talking about being a "hostage", the torq softare is afaik know locked to the connectiv. I dont own it, so better check the web for this information.

If you are alooking for an open system, check out virtualdj for some minutes. In its new version 4.2 its not as bad as a lot people tell...

 

I don't mind using an locked system, if there's only one good supplier behind it. That was the problem with the FS2: one party makes the hardware, other the software. Now you got this mess. For this reason, I won't go for SSL, for example. Specially when both parties aren't focused on making what the other does.

With Vestax VCI 100, it could happen, too. Vestax does not make software, but at least it's an midi device, meaning it could be used on other softwares.

On the other hand, M-Audio is decent at both hardware and software.

The good about this, for me, is to have two platform options for the same price as FS2+T3 -- which now ends in a very rude way. There's two update lines to watch for, which could be very good. It's lame to see that my software suffered just minor bug corrections in 2 years (TFS 2.0.3), and now they're announcing FS3. Great, for 600 bucks, it's defintely lame, don't you agree?

Point is, I'm definetely going for the VCI 100. And since I have to buy an audio interface for my laptop, why not buying one that supports DVS and doesn't cost that much above other audio interfaces?

I've read the "lost love for conectiv" thread, but I think that was a very strange and isolate problem. The guy himself is telling that he's going to check out Torq few weeks. Gotta trust M-Audio a little, they might not be the top manufacturer but they're not lame. And, in thesis, I still trust more in an audio interface made by them than on Stanton, who have no tradition on doing this -- see ScratchAmp1 -- even though they got it right with SA2

 

i wonder why it would come out earlier in Japan... Odd....

 

I wouldnt trust Stanton rather in the Software as they relied on NIs year long experience....

 

For sure. Final Scratch and all other DVS became a reality thanks to NI work on Traktor FS. Before that, FS 1.0 was crap and nobody would really take it seriously.

Same thing on Behringer BCD 2000. Great cost/benefit controller, but out of the box it's impossible to mix something in that.

 

i can't wait for this to come out!


it will be a major upgrade for my aging DM2/mixer combo.



i'm really tempted to order from a Japanese retailer.... but shipping would be expensive.

4-5 months to wait...

i found some namm video to tie me over for a bit... (it only shows the fader in use - i want to see some jog wheel action!!!)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x11s9v_dj-troubl-namm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn8yy9ZMtgg


it looks so great!!!

 

Hi there,

don't you think that the 45mm faders are too short for really using the pitch? If the VCI aims at emulating real DJ devices (either turntables/CDs) this isn't enough.

And please don't write me about using the SYNC button - I really think that a DJ should be able to beatmatch without relying on Traktor.

Cheers

Peter