jake olsen

You don’t even need to put your hands on your turntables anymore with the midi interface.

The Vestax Controller One turntable instrument. Previously know as the Melody, this is the next level musical turntable designed by D-Styles and Ricci Rucker. Now appearing in gleaming piano black, the Controller1 is an interesting deck for sure. Aside from being a cracking scratch deck, it’s also revolutionary in that it can play notes. The 8 buttons around the platter correspond to notes in a scale and can be played in major or minor key. It can be controlled by a footpedal or on the deck itself. But this is the most interesting and impressive - it can also be controlled by Midi. Check out this movie to get a better idea of how it works. A little note about the movie - in the foreground you can hear some regular Ahhh scratching - it’s the beepy tone stuff behind that you need to listen to. It shows the little Yamaha box knocking out a beat and sending midi signals to the Controller1 to change the pitch. Availability should be “soon” with an estimated price tag of £1000.

Watch the video here.