Vestax VCI-300

The VCI-300 is a dedicated USB MIDI controller. It also comes with a built in audio interface with standard 4-in/4-out and headphone connection, which means all you need for DJing is the VCI-300, a laptop and a set of headphones.

This controller has been discontinued as Vestax went out of business in 2014.

Novetat de la versió 1.11.

Differences between VCI-300 and VCI-300 MKII

In 2010 Vestax made changes to the original VCI-300 that improved the controller. There were no changes in the MIDI mapping.

Volume Boost (Gain Boost)

  • Higher output gain level and headphone volume level when supplying power with the optional power adaptor.

  • Important Note: Optional power supply DC-7 must be used in order to get the boost on the headphones and Master output. Without the power supply the MKII will perform just like the original VCI-300. Also, using the DC-7 on the original VCI-300 will do nothing.

Optional Vestax Digital Fader (not included)

The VCI-300MKII Cross fader can be upgraded to Vestax’s new magnetic sensor system digital fader CF-X2.

New Direct Audio Thru

Audio fed to the MIC/AUX input can now be directly sent to the Master outputs with the THRU switch turned ON, minimizing latency of when fed through ITCH.

New adjust knobs for the JOG sensor control

New JOG sensor adjust knobs for speedy and accurate adjustments.the VCI-300MKII’s JOG wheels have excellent tracking ability,and flexibility for various play styles.You can control songs with analog precision.

New Mini Head-Phone Jack

The MKII features a 1/8 inch headphone connection along with standard 1/4 inch connection.

Mapping description

Vestax VCI-300 (schematic view)

Vestax VCI-300 (schematic view) Image (c) Vestax

Mixxx supports the VCI-300 out of the box. The mapping for Mixxx closely resemble the original to make the transition easy.

#

KEY

FUNCTION

01

Pitch Slider

Adjusts playback speed.

02

Auto Tempo

Toggle quantize (1.11.0: Trigger beatsync)

Shift + Auto Tempo

Trigger beatsync (1.11.0: Toggle quantize)

Scroll + Auto Tempo

Tap BPM. When taped repeatedly, adjust the tracks BPM to the tapped BPM.

03

Keylock

Trigger beatsync

Shift + Keylock

Reset pitch to 0.00% (quartz)

04

Pitch Shift

Pitch bend

Shift + Pitch Shift

Fine tune playback speed +/-0.01

05

Cue [1-3]/In

Set/Activate Hotcue

Shift + Cue [1-3]/In

Delete Hotcue

06

Scratch

Toggle scratching on jogwheel

07

Out 1/Loop

Set manual loop in point

Shift + Out 1/Loop

Clear loop point

Out 2/Loop

Set manual loop out point

Shift + Out 2/Loop

Clear loop point

Out 3/Loop

Enable/disable loop

08

Shift

Holding shift engages shift functions of many of the buttons, secondary functions are printed inside a grey box.

09

Trim

This controls the volume of the track before it goes to the EQ and fader.

10

Censor

Temporary play backwards while pressed, resumes from where the playhead would have been if the button was not pressed

Shift + Censor

1.11: Toggle reverse playback. Pressing Censor again during reverse playback, will return to normal playback.

1.12 (work in progress): Enable/disable effect unit with preselected Filter effect. The filter parameter is controlled with the Mid EQ knob next to the button.

11

Auto Loop

Enable beatloop of the current beatloop value (default: 4 beats) for tracks that have BPM calculated

Shift + Auto Loop

Enter/Exit beatloop roll

Scroll + Auto Loop

Reset number of beats to 4 if beatloop not active

12

Equalizers

Adjust the gain of the high/mid/low EQ filter.

13

Half

Halve loop length

Shift + Half

Jump to start of track (while paused)

Scroll + Half

Seek backward (while paused)

Double

Double loop length

Shift + Double

Jump to end of track (while paused)

Scroll + Double

Seek forward (while paused)

14

Master Level

This knob controls the overall output of the VCI-300, ensure this is right down before running the software.

15

Monitor Select

Controls the balance in the headphones between the mix output and the PFL headphone cue

16

Monitor Volume

Controls the volume of the headphones.

17

Cue

If a cue point is set, jumps to the cue point when pressed.

Shift + Cue

Set the cue point (while playing), clear the cue point (while paused), jump to beginning of track (if no cue point is set)

18

Play

Start/Pause playback

Shift + Play

Stutter Play

19

Crossfader

Fades between the left and right channels.

20

Input faders

Control the volume of their respective tracks.

21/23

PFL A/B

Sends the left/right deck to the headphone mix.

Shift + PFL A/B

Load selected track into the deck (while paused) and switch PFL to this deck

22

Scroll + Jogwheel

Scroll playlist (while paused)

24

Cursor Up/Down

Scrolls to the next/previous track in the track table.

Cursor Left/Right

Switches to the next view (Library, Queue, etc.)

Tab

Toggles (expands/collapses) the currently selected sidebar item.

25

Jog (platter touched)

Track search (while paused when scratching is disabled)

Pitch bend / nudge (while playing when scratching is disabled)

Scratch (when scratching is enabled)

Jog (outer rim)

Pitch bend / nudge

Shift + Jog

Fast track search (while paused)

Scroll + Jog

Scroll playlist (while paused)