Wired: iPhone (or iPad ) with Lightning connector This should be straight forward if you have the correct cables and charger.
Connect the FLX4 to a fast, high power charger (I have tested several and the minimum is a 20w, 9v 3A USB-C charger), using the included USB-C-C cable to the power socket on the controller.
Connect the FLX4 from the “device” socket to your iPhone / iPad with a USB-C to Lightning cable (provided with iPhones in the last few years). This should connect and also charge your phone.
So it’s been a while but we’re back with another RANE leak. The ONE controller.
Leaked on Facebook earlier, the Rane One looks like 2 channel Serato DJ controller with large metal platters, probably motorised and about 7inch diameter.
What we can see…
From an earlier leak of the packaging compared to surrounding boxes, it’s about 60cm wide allowing for those platters to be about 7 inch. It has 8 RGB pads on each deck and the large start stop buttons similar to the RANE TWELVE.
The buttons above the pads are likely to be pad modes with buttons to the right being loop controls.
A full length pitch fader and touch strip as well. The ONE is likely to have motorised platters based of the recent products from Rane and what looks like real vinyl on the platter. The spindles look to have the quick release found on the TWELVE so all things point to motorised.
The mixer section looks like it has the new Mag4 faders, standard 3 band eq plus filter.
No sign of a digital display of any kind. But it has the paddle FX switches found on the Seventy and Seventy-Two.
It also looks like the Rane One has input switches for external inputs too, so maybe it can be used with DVS?
Rane ONE Features for sure:
2 channel Serato DJ controller
7 inch platters
8 performance Pads per deck
Full length pitch faders
Looping controls
2 channel mixer
Magvel faders
3 band eq with filters
FX with paddle switches
Input selectors
Probable Rane ONE features:
Motorised platters
Torque adjust
Removable vinyl
DVS
Built in FX
So, we still have a few questions about the Rane ONE.
How much is the Rane One? – probably over $1000.
Will the Rane One work with other software? – maybe Virtual DJ based on previous releases from inMusic
It’s a “portable” DJ controller with a 7 inch touch screen, the same found in their SC5000 players and some tiny jog wheels and pitch faders.
Looking at it doesn’t impress me, it looks small, almost toy like. But when you look at the features, it looks impressive. It seems to have the same processing power as the other Prime units (which makes sense) but without all the inputs, channels and ergonomics.
Whack in a USB or SD (only one of each here, and no internal HDD) and off you go. Load a track on to either deck and use the very basic mixer to play a set.
Why you’d want to carry this around is a bit of a mystery, tailgate parties, BBQ’s maybe? So far, the response on social media has been positive, so people may want this.
– The negatives.
It’s bulky. Yes it’s compact, relative to the Prime 2 and considering what it does. But it’s lumpy. Too big to have a casual mix on flight as portrayed in the video. Sure, if you have no one sitting either side of you and you’re not being served a meal, go ahead – have mix.
It’s pricey. At $999 USD / £929 GPB it’s not cheap. Especially for it’s lack of controls.
No performance pads.
No EQ or effects on the mic channels.
+ The positives.
It does a LOT. With the full blown ‘computer’ that you find in the Prime series, you can process your music anywhere at anytime. Still no computer needed.
It’s an entry point in to the Engine eco system.
It’s portable (relatively)
You can rock a party almost anywhere.
It has wifi for streaming and who know what else in the future
You know that Denon are going to back this product for a good few years to come.
Here’s the run down of features from Denon on the Prime GO.
Fully-featured, backpackable 2-deck smart DJ console
7-inch HD touchscreen with gestures
Rechargeable lithium-ion battery for up to 4 hours of unplugged performance
Built-in Wi-Fi and wired internet connectivity for music streaming
Dual-bank performance pads for triggering hot-cues, loop and roll
No-compromise, pro-grade audio and connectivity
RCA aux input for media players, tablets and phones
Capacitive-touch jog wheels
Internally analyse music files & Rekordbox™ collections direct from USB
Standalone Track Preview
Assignable FX module, 3-Band EQ and Filter/Sweep FX
(2) dedicated XLR (.-inch combo) mic inputs with EQ/Level/talkover
I’ve just seen this rumour or leak on Facebook showing a Rane Seventy mixer. There’s not much information here but it looks official and makes sense.
This looks like Rane’s answer to the Pioneer DJM-S9 mixer and a cut back version of the Seventy Two.
Looking at the picture it has two banks of 8 pads but unlike the Pioneer S9, these will have independent modes. So for example you can have channel 1 as cue points and channel 2 as the sampler.
There’s a small display, probably just a regular OLED display, that won’t be touch screen and just to display things like effects parameters and things like that.
The big thing people are talking about here are the faders. These are labelled as MaG 4 faders. The Seventy Two has Mag 3 faders , so these will hopefully be an improvement. Thecross fader has an external tension adjust so you won’t have to remove it to make it tighter or looser.
Going through what we can see on the features list:
Intuitive high performance layout
3 Mag 4 contactless faders
Solid steel construction (the Pioneer S9 has plastic sides)
6 Dual post fader internal Flex FX engines.
Serato DJ FX controls
Independent pad modes for each channel
(32 MIDI-Assignable Pads
Browse and track select controls
Intuitive Instant Double buttons, toggle as Sync On-Off or Silent Cue mode
