American Audio VMS4 Midi DJ Controller

American DJ VMS4

The American Audio VMS4 is probably the most advanced Midi DJ controller to date! American Audio have jam packed this controller with soooo many features.

American Audio VMS4 Sneak Peak Video:

This video is a sneak peak video and officially released by American Audio, but presented by Simon Fletcher who is the founder of internet DJ magazine, (or e-zine), The DJ Business.

A Look at the American Audio VMS4:

This is a very short demo of the American DJ VMS4 hosted by iDJNow and was filmed at NAMM 2010 DJ show.

Full Feature List:

General Features:

  • Midi Controller with 4 USB / Analog selectable MIDILOG (Midi & Analog) channels
  • All audio control faders, knobs, switches, and buttons smoothed - eliminates popping, wiper noise, and zipper noise
  • On/off soft startup and turnoff
  • Gain/treble/mid/bass EQ on all MIDILOG channels
  • 2 phono/line selectable analog channels
  • Two microphone channels with illuminated on/off switches and gain/treble/mid/bass EQs
  • On/off cueing on each MIDILOG channel
  • Split cueing headphones with rotary mix control
  • Illuminated rubber knobs for ease of use in dark environments
  • Solid 1.6mm thick faceplate for extra durability
  • Panel mounted rotary knobs
  • Full analog mixer operation if the computer crashes or with external power supply
  • Innofader replaceable crossfader compatible (sold separately)
  • Crossfader curve control
  • Crossfader assign and reverse
  • Q-Start crossfader controlled startup for 2 external audio players
  • User replaceable channel faders
  • Master and Booth outputs with L/R balance
  • Balanced Master outputs
  • 12 position stereo master output VU meter
  • Dimensions (LxWxH): 320×486x65mm

Midi Features:

  • Built-in mouse pad
  • Long life MIDI assignable touch strips
  • Two 10- bit resolution pitch sliders
  • 62 assignable MIDI buttons and switches
  • 50 MIDI buttons have LED illuminations, including 18 with dual blue/red LED
  • 4 assignable rotary encoders
  • 34 assignable rotary controllers
  • 5 assignable linear fader controllers
  • Dual MIDI controls on all buttons and switches
  • Dual 2000 point resolution touch sensitive turntable scratch controllers

Audio Features:

  • 24-bit 48 kHz analog audio
  • 16-bit 44.1kHz USB audio
  • 10-bit resolution on all analog fader controls
  • THD <0.1%*
  • Channel separation >60dB*
  • S/N ratio >85dB*
  • Analog channel audio latency < 1msec
  • Selectable USB modes: 4 in 4 out mode for running software effects on phono/line analog channels or 2 in 8 out mode for running 4 software channels and master recording

* For each audio channel, both line and phono modes

Release Date: The official release date for the American Audio VMS4 has not been officially confirmed at this time but representitives of American DJ Europe have told us that it’s likely to be around July 2010.

Permalink: http://blog.discostudio.co.uk/2010/04/american-dj-vms4-midi-dj-controller/

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