Kontrol S1: DJDoubleYou sawed a deck off a Kontrol S4 to make a new DIY controller

Published on : Published by : Dan White

We’ve heard it for years: when will Native Instruments make a single deck DJ controller? What if they made a single-jogwheel device? In a new DIY project, DJTT forum user DJDoubleYou has chopped off a single deck of a Kontrol S4 and build a functioning “Kontrol S1” concept controller. Keep reading for the details so […]

Kontrol S1: DJDoubleYou sawed a deck off a Kontrol S4 to make a new DIY controller

Published on : Published by : Dan White

We’ve heard it for years: when will Native Instruments make a single deck DJ controller? What if they made a single-jogwheel device? In a new DIY project, DJTT forum user DJDoubleYou has chopped off a single deck of a Kontrol S4 and build a functioning “Kontrol S1” concept controller. Keep reading for the details so […]

Get some guitar feel in your electronic music with the StrumPad MIDI Controller

Published on : Published by : Robin

StrumPad is an immediately impressive MIDI controller that you strum with your fingers. It then manipulates incoming MIDI notes and sends them out in response to the strumming. It looks a little awkward but it seems to work marvellously. StrumPad MIDI Controller It’s an Open Source project based upon the Arduino ATMEGA328 microcontroller. It has 6 […]

Hacking Serato DJ’s MIDI Mapping: Jogwheels, Touchstrips, and Modifiers

Published on : Published by : Teo Tormo

From the early years of Scratch Live to the current Serato DJ Pro, Serato has been relatively secretive about the MIDI implementation of their software. Though the software allows the use of any MIDI device, many features are only available on certified controllers. You can’t map your own jogwheels, functions like needle search / slicer are restricted, and there […]