Any idea when other controller support for Esperance will arrive ?

jeff wood · August 05, 2012, 10:54:37 AM

I'll be sticking with my hc4500 and formula sound fsm400

And what I mean is,,,its nice for the 4500 to have the play pause buttons to the left of the jog wheel,,

Looks a bit tricky to mix with the pitch fader being a bit more of a arm stretch to reach , and youve got more room around the pitch fader,,,the mc6000 looks a bit cluttered.

But hey,,as you point out, its very convinient.

The other controllers I would like to have seen support for is pioneers, I probably would have bought a pair of cdj900's..

or even a Sep C1 is a lovely controller...

andyhomercollins · August 05, 2012, 02:42:20 PM

I'd love to see support for the Pioneer SEP-1. That'll look lovely with my djm5000

DJ M · August 09, 2012, 12:15:02 AM

Quote from: jeff wood on August 05, 2012, 10:27:32 AM
never used an mc6000, but looking at it,, I prefer the layout of the important buttons on the hc4500 in relation to the jog wheel, ie pitch and play pause are in a better position imo...

i think we're lucky to have the 4500, it really is a great piece of kit, for the life of me I can't understand why anyone would choose to use OTS without one....

The MC6000 is a natural progression from the HC4500. It's everything you need in one unit. Controller & Mixer. Added advantage of a cross fader & chanel faders which is the one thing i missed on the hc4500. But now that I have been able to get rid of my mixer I can get the 4500 & 6000 into one flight case!

jeff wood · August 13, 2012, 09:57:23 AM

yeah a friend of mine was dj ing in the other suite at my regular hotel on saturday, and he had an mc6000 with VDJ,,, must say its a nice unit, looked smart...

Mike Sinclair · August 14, 2012, 10:04:30 PM

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Mike Sinclair · August 14, 2012, 10:08:59 PM

Quote from: Ots_Steve on August 05, 2012, 05:39:07 AM
The Denon MC6000 has always been planned to be supported in the 2nd Esperance release (not including any minor maintenance releases inbetween).

It requires changes in the actual OtsAV core code to support its driver.

Ots_Steve

Ots_Steve, is there at least an approximate time-frame for when the second Esperance release will be? Weeks, months?

Jumpin' Jeff · August 14, 2012, 10:16:40 PM

Personally, with what's remaining to come out in the original release notes, I would consider it months. Especially if updating the core code to function with the 48khz system. I've heard many great things about the MC6000. If I were stil active, I might have considered getting one to replace my Xponent. As it stands, the Xponent is more than enough controller for me at this time.

Greg Frasier · August 15, 2012, 03:14:21 AM

The Denon DN MC6000 is a great unit. I'm anxiously awaiting to be able to use it with Ots too. There's only a few things I like about Esperance, but I figure I won't go backwards because it will be paired with the MC6000 soon enough.

Mike Sinclair · August 15, 2012, 05:37:53 AM

Quote from: Greg Frasier on August 15, 2012, 03:14:21 AM
The Denon DN MC6000 is a great unit. I'm anxiously awaiting to be able to use it with Ots too. There's only a few things I like about Esperance, but I figure I won't go backwards because it will be paired with the MC6000 soon enough.

Agreed! I am currently using the HC4500 with the X500 but I own an MC6000 as well. The nice thing about the 6000 is that it weighs about 10 pounds. The 4500 with the x500 weigh about 23 pounds, so going with the 6000 shaves about 13 pounds of weight off your cabinet. My back isn't getting any younger and I too am anxiously awaiting Ots support for the MC6000.

Darryl · August 15, 2012, 07:50:59 AM

I'm now using the MC3000. It seems to fit my needs rather well. I'm gigging with it tonight, so I'll let you all know how it went afterwards.

DJ Postie · August 15, 2012, 08:50:28 AM

Me too waiting for support for my MC6000 as my console 3 is gathering dust........................

Dj Buik · August 15, 2012, 01:41:03 PM

Quote from: Darryl on August 15, 2012, 07:50:59 AM
I'm now using the MC3000. It seems to fit my needs rather well. I'm gigging with it tonight, so I'll let you all know how it went afterwards.

How did you handle the 44/48 KHz issue? With Breakaway?
I was wondering if you could get it to work with Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) as a sampler converter 44->48 only.

Mike Sinclair · August 15, 2012, 05:28:18 PM

I'd be interested if anyone can get "old school mode" to work with MC3000 or 6000 as well. I've tried asio4all and breakaway dj and can't get it to work.

Dale James · August 16, 2012, 05:15:36 PM

Quote from: Darryl on August 15, 2012, 07:50:59 AM
I'm now using the MC3000. It seems to fit my needs rather well. I'm gigging with it tonight, so I'll let you all know how it went afterwards.

How did it go Darryl?

I use MC-6000 regularly for my quiz nights, alas it's not perfect with the current 44/48 KHz issue. So how did the 3000 handle it?

Darryl · August 16, 2012, 07:31:52 PM

The mc3000 was fine except I knocked the cross fader accidentally a couple if times when using the faders to duck the music volume for talking. I accidentally skipped to the next track while editing the ticker because I pressed ctrl+right to select a line.

I really miss being able to scroll the media library window. The mouse scroll on my trackpad doesn't work and clicking under the thumb in the scroll bar doesn't go down a page like in a normal scroll bar. I often browse the media library looking for things to play and always did this with the mouse. I'll just hand to get used to using the keyboard instead.