This way, the only time I had to touch the mouse was when I was dragging in a clip. I mapped the sets of REW/FF buttons to moving around the session view in Live. With the cue buttons, I set one to toggle “loop on/off” for the selected clip in live. This way, I could easily mix the two channels in my headphones, independently of how the individual volume sliders were set up. Instead of using the “cue” buttons for cueing, I decided to use the “pitch” sliders as independent cue volumes for each channel. Volume sliders, crossfader, and the start and stop buttons were standard as well. The EQ knobs went to each channel respectively, and two of the aux knobs went to aux send levels for each channel (where I had various effects).
My first test was going to just be a standard 2-channel DJ gig, so I assigned things in a pretty standard way. Just load up Live, press the “MIDI” button, and assign away. Getting the XSP to work in Live 5.2.2 (my DJ tool of choice) was a snap. However, for $100 retail, these are minor complaints. The only real complaint I might have is that the top piece of plastic feels a little “cheap”, and the knobs and sliders stick up so high that if you pack it in a bag as-is, you need to take care that nothing would come crushing down on top of it. The EQ/aux knobs are tall and spread out apart, so it’s very easy to tweak just the ones you want. One nice touch is the crossfader slider is much less resistant then the volume/pitch sliders, as you’d expect. The device feels sturdy, better than my M-Audio Oxygen 8, and on par with my M-Audio Trigger Finger. The XSP is a new MIDI controller by M-Audio set to replace the older “X-Session” MIDI device, and attempts to replicate the standard 2-4 channel audio mixers with which most of us are familiar. Eric took the plunge early and brings us some hands-on testing from the DJ booth.
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Mouse over the image to see what he did, or view the full flickr photoset.Įric Richmond is a “deep house DJ who was looking for a dedicated MIDI controller for ‘standard’ 2 channel mixing.” Amidst all the buzz about M-Audio’s new X-Session Pro (XSP) DJ-style controller, even before it had been released, it’s been hard to get solid information on how the gear works in the real world. Wondering how you’d set up the X-Session Pro? Here are Eric’s Ableton Live assignments for the X-Session Pro: some obvious choices for 2-channel mode, with a few twists (like using the transport controls to navigate Live clips).
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