How It Works the new Kontrol X1 Mk2 ??

well, I've already spoken about the new controller Kontrol X1 MK2 from Native Instruments in my last post.. yep it was only in italian.. so.. nevermind ! BUT ..today I wanna do this post and I'm gonna talk about the features of this controller. 

..you already know that there is a touch strip and, as you can see, is divided in two section.. so normally if you're using a deck A & deck B you'll have like two separate strips in one. The left side is for the first deck, and of course, the second one for the other one. In the middle you'll find a zone for 'zooming' and switching in a particular deck. It's really simple, you've just to put your finger in the middle, hold it and slide on the left or right for having the entire strip for a particular deck. (Ah, you can also change the response of your touch from the X1 options with the "sensibility" slide..)

Can I only use the touch strip for seeking in the track? Nope! You can also use this strip for the pitch-band and phasing ...and for controlling a particular effect. How?! well, in the middle of this strip there is this zone that can be used like a shift button (the same of before)... so, hold on in the middle with your finger and select the effect in the upper section with the dedicated button... personally I think it can be very useful for some effects, in particular I'm a lover of the beatmasher !! ..but yep, I've already talked about it the last time :D

You can do the same work with pressing the middle of the strip and setting a loop with the dedicated knob.. moving the finger it'll change the lengh of the loop... useful with che flux mode... I suppose.... ahah

What about the browsing knob ? Yeah, finally they removed a knob (do you remember how useless is in the first X1 with two knobs for the browsing section?! ahahah) ...now there is only one knob and two new buttons for load the track in each deck. aaaaand there's another useful features.. with the pushing of the knob you directly zoom-in in the browser section.. so you don't have to press you space bar or use another button on your consolle etc etc etc... well done!

As I've said, this new controller can be very helpful with this new features but I think that it misses of some buttons, like for the hot cues ...I bought the old x1 for that !! XD

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