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Vestax Typhoon??? And Serato???

Doomz 7:00 PM - 10 June, 2010
I had a question. Im poor as hell and I cant afford CDJs or A VCI-300, so I was wondering if the Typhoon supports serato. Here in Fresno the club owners expect us to bring in our own rigs and sound and its a pain in the ass to bring out my whole coffin for the pennies they pay and Id like to pick up the typhoon for these nights. So is there any way for use to use the typhoon with SSL or itch?....
Free Man 8:30 PM - 11 June, 2010
do you have the Vestax Typhoon? if not i'd get Itch... it somes with the controler. and it looks like there are some really good ones

www.guitarcenter.com

more interesting to me..

www.guitarcenter.com
Dj BuddyLove 11:24 PM - 11 June, 2010
its a midi controller "so yes" but you will manually have to midi map it..
if you dont aready own it..i would save up and get a vci-100

techtools.myshopify.com
or save alittle more "no soda & beer for awhile" and get the vci-300 w/ itch
Doomz 2:22 AM - 12 June, 2010
ive been checking out the 100 on techtools and the one with the arcade buttons kicks ass... how would u set that up with a ssl1 box?
DJoftheway 9:22 PM - 28 September, 2011
Does anyone know if the typhoon controller work with the itch software. If it is just plug and play, then that is great. However, If I have to map it, how do I do it?
sixxx 11:13 PM - 28 September, 2011
The Vestax Tampon is for women.
Michael R 9:48 AM - 29 September, 2011
Hey DJoftheway,

The Vestax Typhoon won't work with ITCH, but will work with the new Serato DJ Intro. You can get this here > serato.com (click link).
feniks 1:05 PM - 29 September, 2011
Auto mix...nooooooooooooo!
AldoMorro 1:22 PM - 30 September, 2011
@Michael R: typhoon is listed as supported device, but Intro does not recognise it on Mac OS. Maybe update will take care of it, but vestax site does not mention anything about serato support.
Michael R 9:24 PM - 2 October, 2011
Hi AldoMorro,

It should work, so can I get you to try the following:

1) Ensure Serato DJ Intro is closed and connect your Vestax Typhoon.
2) Open Finder and go to the Applications > Utilities folder and run the Audio MIDI Setup application.
3) Click on the Window option in the toolbar and select "Show MIDI Window".
4) Scroll along and look for the Typhoon in the connected devices, it should show as "TYPHOON DJ-Controller". If it is connected, but shows as something other than this (e.g. "USB MIDI Device") then try the following:
5) Disconnect the Vestax Typhoon.
6) Whatever device name it was showing as, click to select this in the MIDI window.
7) Click the Remove Device button.
8) Reconnect the Vestax Typhoon, it should now correctly display as the "TYPHOON DJ-Controller".

Please let me know if this helps or not.
DJROCKSO 7:52 AM - 4 October, 2011
i am also poor as hell just got the serato dj intro with my typhoon works perfect
AldoMorro 3:30 PM - 4 October, 2011
tnx, Michael, that worked
Michael R 9:11 PM - 4 October, 2011
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tnx, Michael, that worked

Glad to hear it :)
dj-madmax 10:24 AM - 17 November, 2011
i have the vestax typhoon why is the red cup is on serato dj intro why its on
dj-madmax 10:30 AM - 17 November, 2011
why the red light cup is on for the vestax typhoon????????
Michael R 9:33 PM - 20 November, 2011
Hey dj-madmax,

Do you mean the Cup button on the Typhoon? This button has no functionality in Serato DJ Intro, so it shouldn't light up.
markcartel10 2:59 AM - 22 November, 2011
how to get the CUP button to work on serato dj???
Mathew C 3:03 AM - 22 November, 2011
it's not mapped, so you can't I'm sorry.
markcartel10 3:06 AM - 22 November, 2011
but when will it? like whats the sense of making a software compatible with hardware if every feature doesnt work :(
DJ Frank Labate 4:01 PM - 22 November, 2011
That's kinda the thing about serato intro. Hell they for some reason are shipping the 2channel cappable software with the vci400. Can you say "why not itch??"
Free Man 9:01 PM - 22 November, 2011
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That's kinda the thing about serato intro. Hell they for some reason are shipping the 2channel cappable software with the vci400. Can you say "why not itch??"

exactly... i started reading about it, and was wondering "what about itch"

seems like they want to open the market more, but have a contract with certain companies to make hardware for itch.
kbledesign 3:29 AM - 22 December, 2011
Hey guys, serato intro is not recognizing my typhoon? It shows up in the midi setup as Michael R has mentioned. Also the controller has problems freezing and timing out and being unresponsive while using other programs such as virtual dj. Im running on an i5 mac book pro using Lion osx. I had to do this to my first unit, which I exchanged for this one. Any suggestions why I am having such horrible luck with these units?