Little things like the immediate pitch control or even being able to get that record stop sound without having to disengage Pitch n Time have been features I’ve been wanting for years now. The Seventy mixer has some significant shoes to fill then.
Traktor secrets, controller reviews, a massive MIDI mapping library, and more. The updates to the settings are all very useful, and I hope that these improvements make their way onto the original Seventy-Two via a firmware update in the near future. It was only when I was attempting some more complex scratch practice where this problem was very apparent.
Another area for potential failure is the performance pads, with 8 per side these take the majority of finger drumming abuse. It feels like the near-perfect marriage of the feel of turntables, and the capabilities of a controller. What’s first most impressive we feel are their new faders — two for each channel as well as the master. In this review we take a look at the new Rane Twelve Mk2. Most noticeably on the front, we have that excellent 4.3″ colored touchscreen at the center, and right below those are those FX paddles (180 degree rotation). Firstly — is it a big difference from their previous Rane Sixty-Two? There is no pre-mapping in the software like Traktor-certified gear of old, and you will need a proper TSI mapping to get the most out the controls (or several hours custom mapping the unit to your liking). Let’s find out! The control updates are fairly minimal: on the right hand side, there is now a selectable encoder knob, a “back” button, and a dedicated “Instant Doubles” button. The Rane Seventy is a mixer built around the use of Serato DJ software.
So what’s new with them this year? The mixer features 2 channels, with switchable phono/line level RCA inputs and line level auxiliary inputs. As for the booth output, a standard pair of TRS jack connections are used. One major complaint about the Seventy-Two was that in order to adjust the fader tension, you’d have to pop open the mixer in order to access the tension controls – something that was inconvenient at best and close to impossible in certain situations like gigs. Is the Seventy good enough to regain Rane’s chokehold on the battle mixer market, or will the S9 continue to be a thorn in Rane’s side? We check it out in this Hands-On review from Rane HQ. Everything else is in exactly the same place and functions the same as the original Twelve. All of your data is anonymised. Everything worked exactly as advertised, though – albeit nowhere near as tightly integrated with VDJ. A few people disliked the clicky-style buttons and this will likely satisfy more turntable converts. The small screen displays the BPM of the loaded track to 2 decimal places and also allows you to select play modes including the new DVS mode.
While the gear is easily better, it’s not so much better that it’s worth the loss incurred when selling the old units for the new ones (unless money isn’t really an object for you). The Rane Twelve has always been an interesting piece of gear to me.
As mentioned earlier, this piece of gear came out of nowhere. We had a chance to get an in-depth look and feel of this at NAMM, so today we took the time to review the Rane Seventy-Two DJ mixer, all new for this year. You have a streamlined view of Serato’s moving waveforms and their cute points directly in front of you, quite possibly eliminating the need for a laptop at the center of your setup (up to you). Lastly, you can use something called the “KAOSS” pad effect (ever heard of it) and scroll through FX tweaking with your fingers. One thing I noticed was that if I double-clicked the track load while I had a track in the Prepare pane highlighted, it would actually load that track first – and therefore remove it from the list – before activating Instant Doubles. When DJ TechTools hit me up to do a review of the new Twelve MKIIs I was stoked, but not entirely surprised. We wouldn’t say so. That’s right – the new Twelve MKIIs now have a DVS feature. So the question remains. The Seventy-two, however, was a bit of different beast. All you really get is the control tone output. Also keep in mind that there also internal effects, so let’s say you aren’t using Serato that day or don’t have it yet, it’s still usable in the FX area with the built-in hardware FX. The Rane Seventy is an extremely good battle mixer, and one that we feel will sell very well. If you however need a brand new mixer or are just starting (this isn’t necessarily a ‘beginners’ mixer but give us a big learning curve), yes, it’s definitely worth the money if your budget is high. Some say the fader effect is cheating, but we’ll leave that conclusion up to you. Download. Traktor support, on the other hand, was very bare bones. Rane has always produced well-built products, and the Seventy is no exception. When Rane revealed the Seventy Two mixer back in late 2017, the turntablist market was thrilled to see Rane responding to the incredible success of the Pioneer DJ DJM-S9.
It works exactly as you’d expect and it’s a great addition. I was especially impressed with the integration with the Seventy-Two, having the waveforms being on full display on the screen (and honestly, they look and scroll better than the Serato waveforms which seem a little choppy and washed out due to the color scheme).
Reviews, best-of guides, and comparisons on music and recording equipment, video cameras, gaming gear and more. Instead, we find a small OLED unit in the centre of the unit, displaying the key information about effects. These high-quality paddles can be rotated 180 degrees to reverse their lock/temporary positions should you wish. Rane return with another class leading battle mixer! we won't sell your data, ever. Note, you can’t pinch the waveforms for zooming yet, but they said they would be working on that and hopefully have it available for the release. Unlike its bigger brother the Seventy Two, the Seventy mixer doesn’t feature high-resolution colour touchscreens. First of all, the timecode signal used is actually the official Serato NoiseMap timecode rather than the generic 1000 Hz sinewave found currently in the Phase and some of the older Denon CDJs. We’re a bit disappointed it isn’t included in here, or at least a trial (albeit downloadable separately), although they do include some expansions — Serato DJ DVS license as well as Serato DVS vinyl. They do have their new Rane Twelve turntable they’ve just come out with (you can read that review if you’re interested and want to pair them up and have a perfect combo), but it isn’t an “only compatible” type of thing. Looking underneath where the ports, power switch, and torque adjustments are, a new set of RCA ports have now been added. The pads alone can not only trigger samples via assignable MIDI, but also be used for special modes for pad FX (break, backspin, gate, and echo), crossfader FX, transport and custom mode layer. Let’s see what you’ll get at your fingertips here. Is it worth upgrading from a previous Rane mixer? or a simpler interface for just song title and BPM. Making their debut on the Seventy are the Magfade Four series faders. The Mag Three faders in the original Seventy-Two have been criticized by many scratch DJs since they were introduced – hence the change in the Seventy – so adding the new faders was to be expected at some point. We can see this button being used in so many creative ways, and it’ll be exciting to see how DJ’s can use this feature best. Library mode gives either expanded for song information (key, time, artist, BPM, song title, etc.) The premium pricing is a bit of tough pill to swallow, but the new multiplatform capabilities makes it a little more worth the $800 per unit asking price. The Seventy-Two MKII is my jam, though. We may earn an affiliate commission if you buy using links on our website! v1.0.3. One of the touted features to the Rane Seventy was an improved effects engine. What does this mean? The Parameter Settings is something I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to figure out in the XML code – how to remap the parameter buttons without affecting other pages. Most notably is the better make of the faders — they’ve stated it’s about 160 times more durable and won’t break on us like some of the sixty-two’s had. Looking for legacy RANE products? There is also the ability to override all the pages if desired. The Wire Realm is supported by our readers. 2020 - all rights reserved by DJ TechTools on all content DJTechTools unless otherwise noted. Thirdly, this also makes the Twelves fully compatible with Serato Scratch Live for any of the holdouts that still exist (and I know a few of them). Why not? Couple this with the buttons above with hot cues, loops and their ‘pitch play’ pad mode (that’s becoming pretty popular nowadays in mixers) and you have a lot at your disposal with just the pads alone.
After getting the overview and using it a bit at NAMM, what really blew our minds was the touchscreen here. Despite the Rane Twelve MKIIs being one of the worst-kept secrets in the industry for the last several months, an update to the Seventy-Two MKII was on absolutely no one’s radar – especially considering that the Rane Seventy launched to much hype only earlier this year. I noticed some strange behaviour with the Twelve MKII motor for very specific platter motions. You can also use the time scroll knob to manually dial in your effect tempo too if needed. These are clearly an incremental upgrade – like an iPhone S update.
the build feels exactly the same with the all-steel construction. Rane has reached out to sister company Akai here for assistance. The auto BPM detection works well, but a dedicated TAP button is included should you need to fine-tune the timing of the effects. The majority of DJs likely won’t notice this problem at all, but the heavy scratchers and hardcore turntablists may have a problem with this. Retaining the exact same design and layout of the original may turn some people off, but Rane also directly addressed quite a few of the problems reported on the original Seventy-Two. Drop your email address here, we'll send you news, tutorials, and special offers once a week. Having to lift up the Twelves every time I want to turn it on or off is annoying. The layout and design are instantly recognisable as Rane, sharing the same style of controls used throughout all the Rane battle mixers.
I don’t recall anyone talking about, wishing for, or demanding a Seventy-Two MKII. With that in mind, a lot of DJ’s were hoping for an update to the original Sixty Two mixer from Rane, the battle mixer that defined an era.