On all systems, if you want to use it with DVS, you’ll need to buy Serato’s DVS expansion pack, which is an add-on purchase to the standard Serato DJ software that’s provided with the unit. On a PC you need to install the unit’s driver first. Setting up on a Mac simply a case of plugging it in to a laptop with Serato DJ installed on it (1.7.1 or up), and the unit is recognised immediately, launching Serato in the corresponding two-deck mode. Overall, it feels like a neat, feature-packed and professional device. The RCA ins for CDJs/turntables and the single pair of RCA outs from the sound card are all gold plated.Ī mini Innofader sticker advertises the unit’s high quality crossfader, and the “Akai Professional” and “Serato” logos are printed on both the top and front of the unit. The big central “browse” button is a stepped rotary encoder, and the gain knobs are also endless rotaries, although smooth, not stepped. The headphones socket front right is 1/8″ only, and the crossfader curve knob on the front of the unit protrudes and can’t be pushed in as with some designs, in order to tuck out of the way when not needed. The switches are all flush to the surface of the unit, and the backlit buttons are hard plastic and have a firm “click” when pressed. The two line faders are recessed and have decent resistance, and all the knobs are properly bolted on to the faceplate. The AMX’s volume faders are recessed on the faceplate, and it comes with a mini Innofader for its crossfader section built-in. It has a black top panel, with a bright red base and four thin rubber feet, and again like the Kontrol Z1, it is shallow you’ll definitely want a stand of some sort for it if you pair it with turntables or CDJs, which will otherwise dwarf it. It is plastic but feels high quality, especially as it comes with a fantastic Mini Innofader built-in. It’s small and neat, squatter and wider than the Traktor Kontrol Z1, a controller with which it shares some similarities (both control their respective softwares’ built-in mixers, although the Traktor unit lacks DVS and transport controls). (Numark and Akai Pro are sister brands, anyway). While the AMX unit bears the Akai Pro name, it feels more like a Numark device, mainly because its knobs are lifted straight from the NS7II.
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