Xone:3d Ableton Mixing Console

Short if building your own "Sasha-style", this is easily the best ableton midi controller mixing console around. Its due to be released soon from world class mixer manafacturers Allen & Heath & looks absolutely crazy, almost military - Fire beats and sink ships at the same time!

From a quick glance the clued up will be able to recognise 2 jog wheels, 4 stereo channels, 3 band (total kill) EQ, x-fader and a whole host of routing options for effects and filters. Being a midi controller everything is available to be assigned as you want it. Its has plenty of audio ins and outs and a fairly hefty USB soundcard inside to boot. In their words "The unique design is the amalgamation of a high performance DJ mixer, a top spec multi-channel USB soundcard, a comprehensive MIDI control surface, offering a performance workstation that integrates all the tools of the modern DJ." All this isn't going to come cheap. Pre order prices are coming in at around £1695...

Allen & Heath news story

Xone:3D tech spec