EKS Otus – Most Innovatively Designed Controller

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EKS Otus – Most Innovatively Designed Controller

By djvibe ⋅ March 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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EKS is proud to announce the launch of its latest addition to the controller family. Known for its previous portable DJ controllers XP10 and XP5, EKS will now introduce the revolutionary Otus model range.

EKS Otus will bring fresh thinking to the DJ controller world. Otus are designed with both usability and technological progress in mind. While the controllers will feel familiar to users of current DJ tools they will also allow better use the software features of tomorrow.

The first one in the family — Otus dualdeck — is a professional 2-in-1 DJ controller. The revolutionary virtual audio technology enables the use of multichannel soundcard inside Otus with different DJ software. This makes it possible for a DJ to play two audio channels simultaneously with just one controller. Otus is equipped with a big, configurable 7.5″ jog wheel and new features for effects control, including touchpad and two motion sensors. Otus also brings you an innovative switch key which enables the DJ to flexibly use two layers of controls. To add more show into the mix, the effects controls are placed to make performing more visual. All this combined with the state of the art space age design, solid aluminum build and fully configurable controls makes Otus a true next generation DJ controller. With the advanced MIDI support and Midi mappers it will be easy to configure Otus with just about any software application imaginable, be it audio, video or something else altogether, leaving the boundaries to be defined only by artist’s imagination. Otus dualdeck will have a suggested retail price of $899.

A more rugged single deck controller Otus RAW will be added to the Otus product line during the summer of 2008. Otus RAW has a more traditional approach to controlling software and will be the perfect bridge between the CD players of today and digital possibilities of tomorrow. Otus RAW will feature 7 1/2 inch jog wheel, high quality physical pitch slider, touchpad for effect and mouse control and 4 velocity pads for effect/sample/cuepoint launch.

The eks otus is quite possibly the worlds most advanced dj controller, both in terms of features and in terms of styling. The deck has a touch sensitive user interface, for instance the pitch slider is controlled by dragging your finger along the allocated pitch fader strip. There’s also a touch sensitive x-y controller, which can be assigned to variable parameters in your software. The fluid, touch sensitive jog wheel gives hands on control over your tracks, just like a real turntable or cdj. A host of virtual knobs and controllers, along with the four jog wheels featured on each of the otus’s corners, give direct access to an incredible amount of settings on your software, so your complete computer dj set can be controlled from this single usb deck. Rather impressively, the otus can be used to control 2 virtual decks in a single programme. For instance when used with traktor 3, at the flick of a switch you can alternate between deck a and deck b, with full control over each. And to keep things straightforward, all your settings are carried across and the otus will become illuminated in either orange or green (with each colour correlating to a different deck) to help you visually distinguish between decks.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

USB Turntable controller with audio output
USB connection
High resolution 7.5″ wheel with touch sense (position/speed LED indicators)
4 jog dial type controls with switch
17 assignable low travel buttons
6 assignable touch buttons
10 assignable control knobs
Built-in touchpad / assignable X/Y control surface for mouse or effect control
80mm touch sensitive pitch slider, with position LEDs
Dual virtual deck layers (two decks in one!)
backlit LED display
Built-in Audio interface (connect to DJ mixer like traditional deck
16bit/24bit, 44.1kHz/48kHz
4 x RCA outputs (two stereo outputs – one for each virtual deck)
2 x digital outputs (spdif)
6.3mm headphone output
PC & Mac compatible
Can be used with any MIDI compatible software, such as serato, Traktor, ableton etc