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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Novation Twitch: Brand New Controller with a Twist


re-blog from DJTechtools

Novation announced their new “Twitch” controller today. It’s a jog wheel free controller with controllerism focused performance zones that adopts a lot of elements from my personal designs. Along with 8 cue pads which can be used to slice, trigger and roll tracks it also has a dedicated fader FX feature on each deck. Continue reading for more photos and a video demo!

THE CONTROLLER

  • Novation “Twitch”
  • Available: July 2011
  • Price: $599.99 MSRP / $499.99 street
  • Ships With: Serato Itch
  • Weight – 4 Pounds
  • Dimensions – 350mm W x 275mm D x 65mm height (13.8? x 10.8? x 2.6?)

THE INPUTS/OUTPUTS

- Ultra-reliable 2 in 4 out USB-audio interface: plug straight into monitors, mixer or amp.
- Professional, high level outputs which eliminate hum and noise.
- Microphone input: with independent analogue gain control for vocalists/MCs.
- Second stereo input: TWITCH has an aux input with its own analogue gain for iPods or other sound sources.
- Custom audio/MIDI drivers: ultra-low latency audio/MIDI drivers by Novation.
- Outputs 24bit at sample rates of 44.1/48KHz.

THE BACKSTORY

Along with the fader FX concept pulled from our VCI-100 SE, there is a really interesting story about where many of the elements in this design came from. Once the madness of Musik Messe has calmed down a bit (look for our full report shortly), I will write a full article on the topic which promises to be juicy, titillating and full of international intrigue!

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