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Hot Cues mode permits users to jump instantly to markers in their tracks, and re-trigger up to eight different points, just as one can with a sampler. Twitch has four performance modes (Hot Cues, Slicer, Auto Loop and Loop Roll) that interact seamlessly with ITCH, so a user can mash up his or her tracks and mix them back together, completely on the fly. Twitch users can grab, pinch, tap and nudge to navigate, perform and improvise with tunes. The touchstrips permit users to manipulate their tracks using gestures, just as one would on a multi-touch trackpad or touchscreen.
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The Twitch control surface-with two banks of eight large triggerpads, professional cross-fader and per-channel Fader FX-opens up a range of possibilities for digital DJs and the new generation of controllerists. You can do scratch effects, and you can flick it really quickly and it’ll be like flicking a record really quickly, where it speeds up and slows down.” So, if you need to play ahead to an important spot, it’s easy to find it quickly with the visual of the waveform, and you can see where the needlepoint is going to drop.” Of the touchstrips, he continued, “You can use them basically to scrub the audio file, almost like you’re doing it with a record.
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One full swipe of the touchstrip will bring your needle anywhere, from the start to the end of the track. “You can drop a needlepoint at any location in the track. “The touchstrips allow you to do a lot of things in regard to controlling the ITCH software,” Carroll began.
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You can also download software that makes it a controller for Ableton Live.” Obviously, the operative word here is flexible.Īs noted, Twitch has essentially been christened the touchstrip DJ controller, and the two LED-backlit touchstrips are core to the product’s capabilities. Carroll added that, although, yes, it comes with Serato ITCH in the box, “You can go on the Novation Web site and download software to make it work with Traktor, and there’s a Traktor overlay, as well. The included DJ software can automatically beat-match tracks to let users get creative with their DJ sets, and it has unique touchstrip controls that enable users to do some pretty impressive things with ITCH’s new performance tools. “Serato has two major forms of software,” explained Carroll, “ITCH and Scratch.” Noting that ITCH is meant for DJ USB controllers, he added that ITCH has comparatively more effects than Scratch does. Twitch, a certified Serato controller, comes with Serato ITCH software. The Music & Sound Retailer drew on the expertise of Brandon Carroll, Field Trainer/Product Specialist, Focusrite Novation, to elucidate the value proposition that Twitch presents, as well as home in on the features and specs that make this product, released last summer, stand apart.
So, in our inaugural Under The Hood technological spotlight, this product for the modern-day digital DJ seemed a natural choice. When it comes to products making waves and grabbing headlines in the past year, few have drawn wider interest, and earned greater acclaim, than Novation’s Twitch, dubbed the touchstrip DJ controller and the proud recipient of a Music & Sound Awards nomination as Best DJ Product of the Year.
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