Aurora open source hardware mixer
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The Aurora 224 is a DJ-style controller geared for software like Ableton Live. The design is, as you can see, gorgeous: not only is it at the high end of aesthetics in open gear, but it celebrates its DIY nature by exposing the circuit board. It’s USB powered, and offers easy mixing control functions in a 2-channel, DJ-oriented layout. And it lights up and makes pretty colors. But to be clear, it’s not actually a mixer; that is, it doesn’t mix audio signal. It’s just a controller in a mixer layout; any mixing and DJ functions are provided by your software. But it is freely-licensed from the ground up, under a Creative Commons license. [read more @ Create Digital Music]
A video with Ableton Live, plus CDM chats with the creators about more details:
aurora Open Source DJ Mixer\MIDI Hardware w/ Ableton Live from mcubed on Vimeo.
