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Stanton Debuts DJC.4 Controller For Virtual DJ

Stanton has debuted its latest DJ controller, the DJC.4, which like the Reloop Beatmix is designed specifically for use with Virtual DJ.

The controller is built to a higher level of quality than, say, the company’s own SCS.4DJ (and the Reloop controller), being finished with decent rubberised controls, lots of metal and higher-end features such as a replaceable crossfader, standalone mixer capability (phono/line) and balanced master outputs (no booth though) – and is to be priced keenly at “mid 300s” in dollars.

Designed to work tightly with Virtual DJ’s feature set, the controller has hot cues, sampler triggers and loop controls in a bank of twelve backlit buttons for each deck. The effects section is comprehensive and includes fader effects, similar to those on the Novation Twitch.

While the mixer is only two channel, it does work with four decks via a deck layer switch for each side, and there’s also a video switch to enable both video and audio crossfading.

The external inputs can be routed through Virtual DJ or alternatively just straight through the unit as true analogue throughs.

There is external power which I guess will be necessary for use as a standalone mixer, but the unit works fine as a Midi controller using bus power.

There’s crossfader curve and jog sensitivity adjusters arere small but nice to use and have the usual two-way action (nudge/scratch) depending on whether you touch the edge or the top of the wheels.

Source: digitaldjtips.com