boo, i no longer want to win the dmc's now that just doesn't have the same appeal as the gold TT's

Ain't it...no hating on Serato/Rane whatsoever, but nothing yet compares to snagging a pair of gold 12's

They had one at the Serato stand at Sonar (Not sure who the DJ is in the pics, but he was pretty good with it all)

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^That's a gold faceplate. The DMC 68 is gold plated all over!

close enough...

Im gonna start saving to be ready when it hits ebay!! :D

I was thinking of you and feniks both chiming in with a comment like that!

Adding that to my table would be beyond my dreams! Hehe

congrats DJ _____, you just won a DJ battle! now here's a mixer you would never use!

what he said^^

Just what a turntablist wants, a $5000 14" 4 channel behemoth. Why not a 57 that they're using in the battle anyways?

its ugly

Have you guys seen the history yet? rane.com

as pretty as it is the whole appeal of winning a dmc title was the gold technics, to me anyhow,
they should never have sold gold ones only have them for the winners of the comp,

can't say i want a gold 68 or even a normal one

i hope it comes with gold vinyls too :P

gold rane 68...priceless. Chad thank you and rane for allowing us to see the process of creating a 68...wow. You KNOW i want one...

thanks

Wow - that's awesome! Cheers Chad!

+1

sparky, stfu

true fanboy cries when his brand is questioned, want a tissue?

dude, this mixer is so ssexy. Seriously, the way the light bounces off her face and shines around the room. OMG, in person it looks even more amazing.

there is no denying that Chad its very slick, but for the people that enter the dmc's and probably have been entering for years do you think they want that mixer or the gold technics?

I know technics are no longer the sponsers and Rane are but I think only the dvs constants would want that over the old gold technics, I may be wrong but thats what my gut tells me

...you may be wrong. lol. Not a bad prize to be had and it costs a hek of a lot less to ship back to your house after winning. We think of everything ;)

if you guys sponser them again next year can we expect a gold 58?

/\ things that wont happen

Sparky stfu!

Lol :P

you would say that you have gold techs and want that gold mixer to finish off the goldmember collection,

my advice if you want one so bad, strip your mixer like they did, send it off to get gold plated and ask rane nicely if you send it to them will they put the decails on again,

or win the dmc's :P

they should play this when presenting the gold mixer,

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Hahaha thanks for the advice! Im gonna start practicing right now! Lol

could be but since that is no longer an option, it's not like they have a choice and I'm sure they would much rather have a gold Sixty-Eight (which is a hell of a lot better mixer than the gold Technics mixer that they used to get) than a pr of head phones, slip mats, needles and a record bag etc...

Exactly PLUS... if they don't want it, they could sell it... it alone would be worth more than 2 technics and a technics mixer combined! I'm sure Ace would gladly pm the winner his number.
;)

Exactly...

Maybe rane could make a Dj ace one...I would purchase this!

Gold technics are everywhere a mixer as dope as the 68 IN gold...wait sparky have you even used one yet?

nope havent used one, not a fan of 4 channel mixers, and i've yet to use a mixer thats better then my djm 909, still waiting on a company to make a better mixer so far no one has, only thing it doesnt have is midi

I figured...

Why wont Rane just go ahead and make their own industry standard turntable that would solve this all. If they make a turntable the same quality as their mixers it would selll

THIS^^^^!

I talked to the owners of Rane about this at the beginning of the year. They didn't think there was a strong enough market to justify all the cost of R&D. I beg to differ though. If they did it right, then there would be a lot of people who upgrade from the Technics.

I still have hope. I'm a turntable user for life. Sign me up for a turntable tattoo.

you need these Technics to go with the gold 68.

www.ebay.com

check out the description

last year's DMC winner was the first to miss out of the Gold 1200s and look what he is doing to make up for it

Thanks for the link Chad

Nice link dub

thanks Chad and Rane for the 68 story. I really enjoyed seeing some of the inner workings of the Rane factory.

one question.

does the Gold 68 come with regular black vinyl?

I thougt in saw something in the background that looked like R n D on a turntable or something?

wishful thinking?

which pic?

^I had wondered what vinyl it would come with. Does anyone have the Gold vinyl from the Novation video?

Every picture!

Guess it's wishful mental projection. I hope my mind has enough compassion to effect reality here in a way that produces a suitable outcome.

Rane turntable would seriously dominate.


rotational dampening fellas
get on it!

in reality it wouldn't though, releasing a rane tt would be a big fail, you might buy one but the others wouldn't, whats the best they can do add some midi buttons? dicers already covered that, what else is there other then build ssl into it and the only angle i can see in them selling them

I still see decades of turntable use ahead of us. We are all supposed to just keep buying used Technics or Stantons? not seeing that one lasting, there is a hole in the market

The M5G seemed to do well and all they added was +/-16%

Sure add the midi buttons, track scroll/load, make as good as a 1200 and they will sell a bunch.

I mean come on. Pioneer is selling shit loads of 2000$ CD players. Who buys CDs anymore. Vinyl is one the rise again, CDs are on the fall. Controllers are a fad, but they will never replace turntables as the ultimate expression of DJing.

There is a lot that can be done... just because you may not think of it doesn't mean other things that could be beneficial don't exist. Technology is always moving forward which leads itself to new possibilities that didn't exist before. The big question would the costs to do that be worth it... weather the profit would outweigh the added cost for R&D, possibly hiring more people, sourcing parts etc....
Their are people who can come up with good ideas and ways of improvement all day long.

put your money where you mouth is...(meant to say ideas) ;)

since rane already made to new awesome 19inch mixers, the sl2, sl3, sl4, and the rane 68 all I see missing from the catalog is a rane 58 SL and a ran empath sl...maybe a rane SSL controller would be nice, or even a dedicated bridge midi controller like the apc 40, but designed from the ground up to work with both ableton and serato together! that would be sick!

There is a vacancy for standard deck. Maybe it would be something CDJ users would feel comfortable with (plater works like a big bpm adjuster knob)

quoted for truth

hahaha... the ears that are interested that can do something about it have my ideas when they need 'em.
;)

I was the very first to drop gold on the sl1 and was go do the 57 but got to busy with gigs to get the 57 done. the process was very easy.
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I think I will do my 57 now.

wow, very nice. good job.

The m5gs drift..
USB and external drives with CDJ-2000s are getting more and more popular.

i would love to see that 57! (nh) (nm)
dope CV's BTW

so are shit DJs that just stand there and twist knobs. I personally will be gripping the wax for the rest of my DJ career, even if I am the last person in the world with turntables.

WHAT?! It's the dark side of Dub!
Don't threaten the turntable.
I like it.
haha
(nh, nmq)

did I mar my chances for presidency?

I did my time with CDJs...I have a chip on my shoulder about this whole turntable thing though. Make a friggin new solid turntable somebody!!!!

hahaha.. no way. I like the new I-don't-play-that-s*it Dub.
DWA

You were starting to make me feel bad for not playin nice w/ everybody.
hahaha

the good technics are the 1200/1210 mk2 thru mk5. The mk5g is crap.

CDJs suck, but to each his/her own.

I checked out the STR8-150. Lots of torque...aight. How long is that thing going to last, 35 years like a tech?

I like the STR*-150's a lot. That's the only test left to pass... the time test. The hold up much better than the TTX-1's

St150s look cool, but I can't stand the stanton blue color of them though...

I rebuild Technics all day long and they are simply beautiful machines. I will never get enough of them.

Interesting about the M5Gs, George, that is the only kind I don't have. I wouldn't mind a pair though (nm).

I now own 6 mk2, 2 mk3, 1 mk5. I owned one m5g for 1 week and the pitch drift was noticeable, so i returned it. Then I had a chance to buy a pair of gold m5gs for good price, but I passed. There is no point in buying something pretty that I wont use.

let's set some things straight here in the DJ industry (according to Dub)

Rane- make a turntable and the EmpathSL already

Serato- fix your programs so they don't corrupt files and acknowledge your video DJs by posting something regarding VSL

Technics- fire the plant up again, drop the ground wire, add some midi buttons and reclaim your place at the top. Stop wining about lack of sales when you don't change your design for 30 years.

NI- stop paying DJs to make your products look better than they are

Vestax- What happened?

Numark- way to step it up on the highend DJ gear, now give us bigger platters on the Itch line.

Stanton- make some normal colored products

Pioneer- where to start....no comment...

Novation- Dicers=win, Twitch=fail, do you make products for pro DJs that use turntables, or amateurs that only play in their bedroom?

who did I leave out?

Id be happy if Technics would come back and Pioneer would bankrupt.But it is all wishful thinking. I wished Stanton had a stripped down version of the STR8-150 without the bells and wistles and digital pitch and other garbage we dont need. They also need a new logo. I would not mind some faceplates to hide the fact that they are stantons.

DAMN, Dub's gettin buck!
You been drinkin? Smokin? (don't answer that last one)

RANE (52, 54, etc...)

Dub... That is what I talking about! Dub for president! hahaha @ big wiz (kidney blow)...

I agree with EVERYTHING you just said (especially traktor paying DJ's to make it look better) except I prefer a rane 57 upgrade....

actually, the other way around... No booze, coffee, or smoking (anything) for a month now.

probably stay like that too....I'm ready to work!!!!

I got that twitch, it's bloody handy. Ultra portable, fits in the backpack, runs off the USB, and I know the advert is stupid when he takes it into the garden, but last night, just sitting on the sofa, marking up my cues with the thing on my lap, fantastic.

Lol

On point!

I completely with everything but the pioneer comment.... can someone expand in one or two short sentences what pioneer has failed at recently.

+1

apple: stop fucking with iTunes and changing the way things are sorted and autofill. Stop trying to turn what can be a professional tool into a facebook/spamtastic cloud experience.

Radio shack: What happened to reasonably priced cables??

top 40: please come back towards 100 bpm

Dub cowboy: please send me some extra control vinyls

obama: tax the damn rich already!

hate to throw this name in there but Jazzy Jeff said something along the lines of "if the pio 909 was my baby the djm t1 is my wife" (scratches head) ummm so why isnt there any video of him using a product that has clearly been out for months now?