The Mana concept is beautiful but their Kickstarter made no sense if you look at it. Their goal was £5000 & 5k was all they needed to launch the production? seems like they took £5000 & vanished
Looptrotter makes an empty 500 series console in 16, 24 and I think 32 channel versions. It's a lot more like a traditional console and has built in line inputs with two slots per channel and a double slot per bus. It's not cheap but compared to this, it's a bargain.
How do you feel about the 500 series? Have you ever had the chance to A/B some units with their respective full size models? And finally, is it worth the investment to you? Thx
The power supply is the key issue - if you get a good rack with a great power supply you are in great shape. I think the 500 series modules are a good investment but keep in mind there are different levels of quality in the product.
@@fantastictalesofproaudio2391 Rodec built this one to be modular for different needs... Pretty interesting idea! When I saw the thumbnail of this video I thought "hey that looks like the new Rodec." From Rodec's website: "Need a great small-footprint tracking / summing console in the studio? You're a small electronic band armed with synths, sequencers, and a bass guitar, or a DJ/producer equipped with a computer, a sampler, and a collection of cherished vinyl records, rest assured, we've got you covered."
@@fantastictalesofproaudio2391 The problem is that no one has made a good modular design - this one included - for DJing. A DJ mixer is a performance tool and it needs the ergonomics to operate it without looking at the thing, and without using more than one finger, and everything needs to happen instantly, meaning when I need to kill the bass on channel 1, then I need to be able to find the bass knob for ch 1 without looking, and turn it down to zero using just one finger, and that in a split second. Now look at what is presented here in this new Rodec: Wasted space everywhere, and tiny fiddly knobs that are impossible to operate as I explained. The original Rodec went bankrupt many years ago, and this is just some guy who bought the name and is trying his luck. He seems fairly clueless.
Man, I remember the Mana. I was real sad to see that fizzle out. As soon as I saw the Rodec, I had the same thought.
I thought it was the same company ;-)
It's so cute!
Yes it is
The Mana concept is beautiful but their Kickstarter made no sense if you look at it. Their goal was £5000 & 5k was all they needed to launch the production? seems like they took £5000 & vanished
Yep
Looptrotter makes an empty 500 series console in 16, 24 and I think 32 channel versions. It's a lot more like a traditional console and has built in line inputs with two slots per channel and a double slot per bus. It's not cheap but compared to this, it's a bargain.
Yep
How do you feel about the 500 series? Have you ever had the chance to A/B some units with their respective full size models? And finally, is it worth the investment to you? Thx
The power supply is the key issue - if you get a good rack with a great power supply you are in great shape. I think the 500 series modules are a good investment but keep in mind there are different levels of quality in the product.
@@fantastictalesofproaudio2391 thank you sir!
Who’s going to pick up and dust off this idea and put it back into production?
Who knows...
Didn’t tree make this and it didn’t sell
Kinda...sorta...I think it was way more expensive...
Rodec is for DJing.
Yep
@@fantastictalesofproaudio2391 Rodec built this one to be modular for different needs... Pretty interesting idea! When I saw the thumbnail of this video I thought "hey that looks like the new Rodec."
From Rodec's website: "Need a great small-footprint tracking / summing console in the studio? You're a small electronic band armed with synths, sequencers, and a bass guitar, or a DJ/producer equipped with a computer, a sampler, and a collection of cherished vinyl records, rest assured, we've got you covered."
Interesting concept
@@fantastictalesofproaudio2391 The problem is that no one has made a good modular design - this one included - for DJing. A DJ mixer is a performance tool and it needs the ergonomics to operate it without looking at the thing, and without using more than one finger, and everything needs to happen instantly, meaning when I need to kill the bass on channel 1, then I need to be able to find the bass knob for ch 1 without looking, and turn it down to zero using just one finger, and that in a split second. Now look at what is presented here in this new Rodec: Wasted space everywhere, and tiny fiddly knobs that are impossible to operate as I explained. The original Rodec went bankrupt many years ago, and this is just some guy who bought the name and is trying his luck. He seems fairly clueless.
www.treeaudio.com/500-series
Neat!