![]() ![]() OTUS is supported by 4 pointy feet - almost tripod like in effect. This base allows for a very sleek faceplate - all fixing screws are on the underside rather than spoiling the very tactile top surface. The based is cast aluminium which adds weight and makes OTUS feel a lot more rigid than many other controllers. Depending on your needs however, you could do away with a mixer altogether and configure the MIDI controls to do the same job.ĭespite what you might think from the photos and renders you've seen, this is away more solid unit than you might think. ![]() A Jazz Mutant Lemur is the only visually compatible thing, but a Korg Zero4 may just pull it off. There is NOTHING that looks like this - visually it stands unique in the marketplace, and one of my first thoughts was what could you possibly sit next to it? I have an Ecler HAK360 right net to it, and that now looks positively prehistoric. I think that is the first word that comes to most people's lips when they first handle OTUS. ![]() As well as having comprehensive software support out of the box, it also supports MIDI learn. OTUS is USB powered, weighs 2kg and works in Windows, OS X and Linux. Not your regular MIDI controller you understand - it looks like a single deck, but is in fact 2 decks in one, complete with a 6 out (4 RCA and 2 digital) Burr Brown sound card plus headphone port. But I think it's a calculated risk that EKS have managed to pull off. The layout and controls largely ignore conventional thinking and the inclusion of touch technology is pretty damned sexy and risky all at the same time. Having already made a small but aesthetically pleasing foray into the MIDI controller market with their XP5 and XP10 units, which on their own pushed the design boundaries into new territory, their design team clearly thought a seriously long way outside of the box and came up with OTUS.Īlmost everything about OTUS is next level. But for me, this has made the market full of me too units that frankly leave little in the way of real choice.īut then EKS came along. well I'd like to write all shapes and sizes, but the vast majority fall into the Vestax VCI-alike category - scaling down the 2 decks and mixer format into a handy laptop sized unit. The DJ scene is neck deep in MIDI controllers of. ![]()
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