Rane joins the turntable game with the announcement of the Rane Twelve. The deck does not come with a tonearm, media slot, or audio capability. It is aimed to be used with Serato, obviously, and the rest of the setup, outside of the missing tonearm, will be familiar for any tuntablist, including adding your own slipmat. As soon as we get our hands on one of these we will post a more in-depth review. Curious to see how this plays out, and the actual success/popularity of these controllers. Our initial thinking is that the pure Serato lovers might welcome this with open arms, especially to simply save on the cost of needles however, without a screen and all the added xdj/cdj features, it might get lost in the noise. We, along with many others, are secretly hoping for the rebirth of digital vinyl, but we aren’t holding a breath. Now the Rane Seventy-Two mixer being released alongside the Twelve is something to take a look at. Here are the details from their press release for the Rane Twelve Serato only controller:
- Dull 12” Vinyl with motorized platter to control playback
- Traditional, familiar turntable layout, no need to learn something new
- Strip Search with 8 hot cue triggers access
- 5.0 kfcm High torque motor with Hi/Low torque adjust for more traditional setups
- 4 decks of control so you can use one, two or more
- Extreme precision—3600 ticks of platter resolution for seamless performance
- MIDI interface via USB that can be connected to the SEVENTY-TWO or your computer
- 33 1/3 and 45 rpm platter speeds
- 8/16/50% pitch with precise dual resolution detented slider
- Top Panel rotary and traditional Motor Off switch, allows traditional wind down effects
- Serato DJ OSA READY
Price point comes in at $799 for the Twelve, and $1899 for the Seventy-Two mixer, being released in the ‘fourth quarter of 2017’.
