Serato Itch has a lot going for it but everyone always mentions the same thing. “man, I wish it had some effects ”. Well your wishes look like they may be coming true very soon. There is leaked information floating around the web that exposes what appears to be a Vestax FX controller designed for Itch.

Ean Golden @ djtechtools.com has many many infos about this new baby, make sure to go and read his post .

I guess I’m not the only one who is looking for more informations about the new Vestax DJ controller. djtechtools.com just posted a nice and really detailed review. Go and check it out!

The Vestax VCI-100 made quite a splash in the digital DJ market, selling a significant number of units and raising the bar for DJ MIDI controllers. The most significant difference between the VCI-100 and its larger cousin, the VCI-300, is more conceptual than physical. The VCI-100 is a multipurpose MIDI controller designed to interface with a broad range of DJ software by offering a generic palette of controls that could suit many purposes. The VCI-300 adopts an entirely different approach. It has been designed specifically to control one piece of software, the Itch program from one of the leaders in the DVS world: Serato. [read more @ djtechtools.com ]

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Here are two demonstration videos of the dream controller by Serato and Vestax, the mighty VCI-300. Uh Uhhh, huhh huhh, we are realllllly excited!!
[via Skratchworx ]

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WANT TO BE A DJ = VCI-300, Computer and Headphones!

Vestax and Serato have joined forces.
Sharing their technology and compiled feedback from Pro DJ’fs and users from around the world, they have created a dedicated DJ USB MIDI / Audio system and software offering absolute control.

The VCI-300 is a dedicated USB MIDI controller for the included Serato DJ software. It also comes with a built in audio interface with standard 4in/4out and headphone connection, which means all you need for DJing is the VCI-300, a laptop and a set of headphones.

New features such as the [Emergency Thru Switch] offers an option of using the VCI-300 with the provided ITCH software or without the computer connected if you simply want to play music from your external CD or MP3 player. Another is the new weight reduced JOG wheel and the adjustable JOG wheel torque mechanism to avoid vibration from low frequency feedback. [read more tech spec @ the product page]