For Sacramento club installations, or the casual bedroom DJ, there’s a cool new toy out.  The Numark NS7FX comes out of the box with minimal hassle and is mapped with Serato’s ITCH.  It has motorized platters, virtual needle dropping and many more cool features, but only time will tell if these can hold up to the rough conditions of nightly use and abuse.

A full complement of premium faders, knobs, buttons, and new Strip Search virtual needle-drop control that integrates with ITCH.  NS7FX exchanges turntable and control information with Mac or PC’s at more than ten times standard MIDI resolution, which results in a system that feels good with ultra low latency.

Pros: appears to have quality hardware (but only time will tell), well laid out and won’t leave you stumbling over your hands, pre-mapped out for ITCH (for all the lazy people out there ), optimized for a rock solid piece of software for limited crashing (Serato ITCH)

cons: expensive (nearly $1500USD), low likelihood to be a permanent fixture in a club and because of that it could turn into an expensive piece of practice gear.

Features:

High-resolution digital DJ controller with effects, built for Serato ITCH and compatible with Scratch LIVE libraries

Direct-drive, motorized turntable platters with classic and modern feel settings

Activate and control the effects in Serato ITCH

Includes Serato ITCH DJ software

Built-in audio with audiophile-grade circuitry, 24-bit interface

Extensive loop, cue, and track-access controls

Strip Search (patent pending) virtual-needle drop control

Controls most MIDI applications without requiring a mouse or keyboard

Rugged, all-metal construction

Integrated laptop stand

Fits in NS7 CASE for protection in transit to the gig

High quality, replaceable, adjustable CP-PRO crossfader and D-TYPE line faders

Support for Whitelabel.net files in ITCH

Mix using either 33rpm or 45rpm speeds

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