They are VERY Good performance style pads and are sure to please most users in terms of overall feel and reaction time. The feel very good during use and I didn’t have many missed presses or issues with pressing them off to the side. Similar to those found on production style equipment for drumming beats.
These buttons have a rubbery but solid feel to them. All of these pads are velocity sensitive meaning they can react based upon the amount of pressure or length of time the button is pressed. The 8-pads are angled slightly towards the user, which is similar to how the Denon SC multi-media players angle the screen towards the user. These 8 pads per deck are responsible for handling the Hot Cues, Slicer, Autoloops, and Roll effects, Sampling, and Pad Effects. These pads are meant to correspond with the four different functions listed in the top four buttons of the Vestax VCI-380. Next up we have the coolest feature found on the Vestax VCI-380 which is the 2 x 8-Velocity Sensitive FSR Trigger Pads found on each deck directly above the jog wheels. Right in the middle of the VCI-380 lays the transport and load controls. Each Deck also has its own 3-Band Full-Kill EQ with their own FX Select knob, FX Depth knob and FX on/off button to select one of Serato Itch’s 12 individual track effects. Each deck has a 60mm short throw pitch slider which does a great job of accurately riding the pitch and they are located towards the outside of each deck for a mirrored style layout. Each Deck also has a Pitch range button that doubles as a Key Lock button when shift is pressed. Under the jog wheels are the standard Play/Pause, CUE, and SYNC buttons which are hard plastic. They are great for scratching, back-cueing and just about everything else you can throw at them. Just as with the other Vestax controllers, these jog wheels are very nice and are slightly larger than the others.
Each jog wheel also has its own Touch Sensor Adjustment knob on the front panel of the controller. Also in the middle of the jog wheel is the Vestax torque adjustment wheel that allows the DJ’s to change the tension of the jog wheel. The Middle of each jog wheel has a new LED indicator to visually display the position of the “needle” for the track.
Just load the preset of your choice, plug in a midi controller and start playing like a pro because we have done all the programing for you.Each deck has the new and improved Vestax Jog wheels which are very high-resolution and have a ribbed metal surface that feels super-sturdy. So Dj TT and Bomes have teamed up to create mini.T which runs all the same conversions behind the scenes. Those that use Bomes know its a very powerful program but not so easy for the average dj to figure out. You are essentially getting the entire midi processing engine of Midi Translator Pro, the markets most robust midi engine created by Bomes Software. The midi ouput however should be set to the vci-300 as shown in the photo bellow.Įven though its small and simple to use, mini.Translator packs a big punch. This is what you should select as your midi input, NOT the vci-300.
Next your Dj Software should recognize that there is a midi controller called “mini translator virtual output 1” available. Make sure the “MIDI IN port” input is set to what the computer has named your VCI-300.
This can be done by right clicking anywhere on the interface and selecting “midi settings”. If nothing lights up then you may need to re-define which midi controller the pre-set should look for. If you move a control and the blue light illuminates then mini.T is receiving midi from your controller. The pre-set should automatically recognize if your VCI-300 is connected. This can be done by dragging the preset into the program.
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