American Audio is showing prototypes of three new controllers, all aimed at the budget-conscious DJ.
The American Audio VMS DJ is a largish controller with decent sized jogwheels and a built in sound card. Two channels, it has balanced outputs. Meanwhile the ELM-C1 comes in at under US$100, has better jogs than some of its competitors at this price point, but has no sound card. And finally, the VMS Jelly is like the VMS DJ, but changes colour to the music!
These controllers are currently only prototypes so we have no word on when they’ll be available. The VMS DJ is the most promising of the two, feling actually quite similar to the old Mixtrack Pro, but having XLR outputs as a bonus addition.
All of these controllers will come with Virtual DJ LE.
What do you think of a controller than changes colour to the music? Do you like the look of those jogwheels? Do you think American Audio’s controllers will do well at the crowded budgetend of themarket? Please share your thoughts in the comments.
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Tags: american audio, ELM-C1, namm, NAMM 2013, VMS DJ, VMS Jelly
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The VMS looks promising as an iPad controller. Wonder if they are core midi compliant? Any way to find out yet?
[ link ]the original VMS is core midi
[ link ]Miss volume and pitch faders on ELM-C1. A controller without effects buttons would be perfect to me caus I already have another controller only for effects. But they forgot pitch and volume faders. Shame.
[ link ]Small ass pitch faders. Another miss.
[ link ]This guy needs to take a page out of Eric from Numarks book!
[ link ]But it looks SO much like the mixtrack pro!
[ link ]I would never had expected this guy to be a rep at NAMM, lol.
[ link ]God, those metal platters look absolutely gruesome, lol.
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