start delivery of LV2 / LX2

[beatsta]

hi there

Im in australia, and have been a vinyl dj for along time..
I have been looking at controllers for using with live in a live dj situation...
and after going to shops and seeing whats around which is like the uc33 and the behringer stuff , a person at a store showed me online the faderfox LX2 and LV2 and these appear to be pretty good, although very expensive for me, but within budget.

I am just wondering from people that do use them, how they actually work as a dj controller? like just an lV2 seems quite interesting to me....im not sure about the lX2 as generally when djing ...hitting buttons isnt going to do much for me...

at home I have a an evolution Mk 225c 25 key midi keyboard and I just midi map the rotaries to 2 eq3s one on each audio chanel that I setup in live...so i can control bass mid and high for each chanel..so six rotaries assigned there...and then another rotary to crossfader and another to ping pong delay and another to auto filter..

but this is a plastic toy that i wouldn't dare consider using In a club

and limited to those rotaries I would like to be able to assign each chanel to an auto filter and delay..and even further on from there..

But with the lV2 with its rotaries and faders...im just wondering how it really works ...? as far as a basic live setup of two chanels with eq assigned to each.. for djing and then with effects on each chanel?

Is this how it can work or would I need two lV2s......Im never going to be able to get hands on and try one and reading the manual is kinda hard to understand withought having an lX2 hooked up....

if any of you users could fill me in.. I would really appreciate it...

[xfive]

Has anyone else in the USA ordered any of the new units yet?
I fear that customs is being a bunch of douche bags...
They were shipped on the 9th and I have still not heard hide nor hair of them.

Good thing I didn't need them for a gig or anything.

[DeadlyKungFu]

Don't know how but a shop here in SF has them for $289.
http://store.robotspeakstore.com/faderfox.html

[xfive]

Don't know how but a shop here in SF has them for $289.
http://store.robotspeakstore.com/faderfox.html

Heh... how is that gonna help me?

[DeadlyKungFu]

Don't know how but a shop here in SF has them for $289.
http://store.robotspeakstore.com/faderfox.html

Heh... how is that gonna help me?

True. You get the advice you pay for, I'm just another anonymous idiot on the web.

my $0.01.

[ayahuasca]

Question for Mathias: have you looked into partnering with another company to coproduce your products so you can bring down your per-unit cost and improve your distribution?[/quote]

excellent idea.

clearly mathias is an innovator, and a small business, and we shouldn't compare him to behringer, etc. he's pushing the envelope. perhaps it's time for him to seek out a partnership deal, otherwise the competition (e.g. yamaha dist. of the bitstream) will bury him. or not, whatever feels right mathias.

(yeah I'm one of those guys who pays more for organic food from the local farmer;-) not because I have the money but because I like to support the little guys and get the good stuff).

[John Sweet]

Anybody heard anything about MORE faderfoxes coming out? Like when to expect them?

[djsynchro]

it's probably going to cost you a lot of money to build your own controller, without even mentioning the time spent wrecking your head trying to build it, waiting for such and such part etc.

I'll be playing music during this time

If you're comfortable drilling holes, mounting & soldering pots you can make your own with a Doepfer kit. I want three "decks" at least so I'm not going to get the Faderfox (at least not now) but build something similar to this
http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic. ... highlight=

And if it works out I'll build a 6 channel one with clip start stop and all that Jazz for the livesets.