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i've got a DDJ-1000 that i use for mixing riddim dubstep, and i do a lot of 4 channel stuff which can be really hard to set up and manage in the middle of a set. i'm mostly used to using the system that 4 channel controllers have, but i'd like my setup to be a bit more similar to a CDJ setup, and having just one song on each deck would help with this. i just use it for recording mixes in my bedroom, for shows i'll use whatever the venue provides unless i can't for whatever reason.

my main concerns are about load times and also the features that it has. a lot of the time i'll need to load up multiple tracks within a very short window, so it needs to be able to load a track in no more than 2 or 3 seconds.

as for the features, i'm not too sure how i feel about the touchscreen system. i use hot cues a lot just for getting to parts of the track quickly - so as long as it can do this without isuue then i guess i'm not too bothered. i'm also wondering what features it lacks compared to something like the CDJ-2000NXS2 which is probably the oldest piece of equipment that i've actually played a set on. obviously it will lack a lot of stuff, but i'm not too bothered about most of the features anyway.

meant to be a free dl but the link is dead 😔

i make production tutorials for riddim dubstep. there's a wavetable in malstrom which is very commonly used for the genre, and i plan to make a tutorial where i use this wavetable in serum 2, by kind of ripping it from the reason synth.

i won't directly import the file (it's a "graintable" which works differently to a wavetable), i found a method where you play a long sustained note with this wavetable, then export it to WAV and drop it into serum 2.

i want to have a link to this WAV file attached to the video, so people can use the wavetable without having to buy reason, and my question is, could it get taken down or anything? as i said, i'm not directly taking the file for the wavetable technically, but i just wanted to make sure.

I recently got these as a replacement to my Thrustmaster TCA officer pack, and I thought I'd write a review for anyone considering buying them :>

Sidestick:

I probably have the least to say about the sidestick. It feels really smooth, and you can adjust the damping I believe. It has loads of clicky mappable buttons, as well as it's own mini throttle in case you don't have a dedicated unit. You can twist the stick to control the rudder / yaw, just mentioning this because that feature doesn't seem to be documented on the website.

My only real issue with it is the replacement for the hat switch. In the real a320, there's just an indentation for your thumb to rest on instead of the hat switch that's on this sidestick. Winwing do provide you with this plastic cover which recreates this, but I don't think there's a proper way to attach it. It's magnetic and snaps onto the top of the hat switch, but it's very easy to acidentaly nudge it off. It did come in a bag with 2 screws, but I literally can't find anything in the manual or online that shows how to attach it.

Throttle / PAC:

The throttle unit feels really well built, it has a metal base, and the plastic parts still feel really sturdy too. You can also adjust how tight or loose the levers are which is nice, and the indents also feel really good.

As for the lower section, I really like the engine switches where you have to lift them to switch them on. My main complaint however, is that they barely require any lifting to get them to move. If you struck it at the right angle, you could definitely move it by accident. They also wobble around a bit when you touch them, but other than that they feel pretty good.

The ignition switch and warning lights (not sure what they're exactly called haha) below that are everything you'd expect, but a cool feature for them is that they click like buttons if you press down on them, and you can map this to stuff in your simulator.

I do have one issue with the warning lights though. The backlighting illuminates the text of course. but you also see this thin border of light around the square where it kind of leaks through, which it isn't meant to.

The rudder trim panel is probably one of my favourite parts. The trim knob feels really well built and sturdy, and the screen which shows the amount of trim is very cool. I did find that the screen gets quite warm after some use, but it's probably nothing to be concerned about.

The parking brake has a similar issue to the engine switches, where it requires minimal pulling force to use. The actual handle also just feels quite flimsy and almost 3d printed, but it's nothing too bad.

I have almost no complaints about the flaps and speedbrake, they have indents, and you have to pull or push them to move them. For whatever reason though, arming the ground spoilers just doesn't work. You just can't map the action of pulling on the speedbrake, and it doesn't do anything at default. More bizarely, if you arm them directly in the sim with a keybind, you CAN disarm them but pushing in the speedbrake after you've pulled it out. Very weird.

Something important to mention if you're building your own simulator is the panels that the speedbrake and flaps come with. Installing them seems to make it impossible to actually screw the unit back in (with the screws they came with at least), as it puts too much distance between the flaps / speedbrake and the screw can't reach.

My only other complaint is the backlit text and markings (like the throttle detent markers for example). From a distance they look fine, but closer up, the text and markings are weirdly low resolution. This is only really apparent when the lights are on, but very noticeable when they are.

Overall though, I highly recommend everything here just for the price. I fly the ToLiss a320neo on XPlane 12 and it's been really fun so far with this equipment. The software works pretty well, and both units have built in responsive haptics which I thought was really cool. If you have any questions about any of them, feel free to ask!! :D

i've had the ToLiss a320neo for a while now, and i've been flying on XPlane for years. i can do a full cold and dark flight with it, but i feel like i'm still missing a lot of stuff. it feels like there's things that i do simply because i know that it's the right way to do it, not because i understand why (like turning on the engines one by one, or how the APU works for example). i don't really know how the air packs work, or the fuel systems, and i definitely have a limited knowledge of the MCDU. i kind of just eyeball these things or google it, and if they doesn't work out i don't always know why. a lot of these things aren't specific to the A320 family, but i would assume there's resources specifically for that.

i guess i'm just trying to fully understand how the aircraft works, almost like a type rating. obviously you'd learn all of this if you actually got trained to fly it in real life, but i'm 16 so i can't go into it yet, and it seems like loads of people who fly on simulators have an extremely deep and extensive knowledge of the planes that they fly, despite never being trained for them in real life.

i would like to think that i'm at least 50% there already, but if there was a good resource for learning the rest online then that would be really helpful :D

So yesterday I upgraded from the Thrustmaster TCA Officer pack Airbus edition to the Winwing Ursa minor sidestick and throttle. They've been working perfectly so far, but I have noticed one change which doesn't even really make sense to me.

It's pretty much just that autothrust doesn't work at all. I haven't started using it any differently since I got my new throttle, and I believe I'm using it correctly. But for whatever reason, the autothrust does absolutely nothing when I have it on. I definitely move the throttle to the autothrust detent, but no matter whether I pull or push the speed or try any other fix that I've looked up, it just doesn't work.

I assume it's something to do with switching to a different throttle, although to be fair, I haven't used the sim in probably over a month since my old sidestick was broken so maybe there's something I'm just forgetting.

i found a DDJ-1000 for sale for a pretty good price, but it has a skin on it from djskins which i'd like to remove (i know it's probably best to just leave it on but i don't really like how it looks lol) so is that easy to do? thanks!!