it’s cute!
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This is actually a smart move. I trust companies like KORG who probably has more insight and data than most smaller ones out there. Vinyl record market has been increasing steadily (also the profits). I think more options in the market especially from big companies like KORG would makes sense for people already in the scene or people who are just starting to get into vinyl records.
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It’s also fun for building noises and drones in a small tight desk space setup. A pioneer or audiotechnica turntable weighs a lot and takes space this would be lighter. I could imagine going through turntable lab sales and buying triples of breaks and scratch records that I don’t mind destroying. 400 is not bad at all for the entry level version.
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The four models :
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handy traxx play - optimuzed for scratching and includes a high-quality fader, filter and delay, and audio looper. Built-in 2.5W speaker. Ceramic cartridge, can be solder changed to MM cartridge. $400
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handy traxx tube - designed for the sound, has an aluminium die-cast platter, counter weight tone arm, and integrated phono amplifier, featuring Korg’s Nutube vacuum tube technology with warm audio harmonics. There is a TUBE control to fine-tune the harmonics, to suit your listening preference. Stereo speaker built in. $800
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handy traxx tube j - Same features as the tube model, plus it has the JICO Clipper MM Cartridge. This is designed as a limited edition, premium product, with a very fancy cartridge. $1200
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handy traxx 1bit, Offers state-of-the-art recording capabilities with a 5.6 MHz and 2.8 MHz, 1-bit (DSD) format, as well as PCM formats up to 192 kHz/24-bit, for superior sound quality recording. Has a pre-installed JICO J44A 7 MM cartridge. Dual tone controls (BASS and TREBLE) and built-in stereo speakers, and a Nutube phono equalizer. $1000
I did my best to boil this all down, apologies in advance for missed details, distortions, and inaccuracies.
ADDED : Being the ugly american, all prices in USD.
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I might get the tube :).
I’ll wait until it comes out and read some reviews.
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I have a little bit…
From what I remember, the reloop was a product from a dj who wanted a upgraded version of the vestax that you could actually scratch out of the box, when it came out the vestax was no more but I believe the numark one was but it needed mods to get it to go fast enough to scratch…
Since then there have been others to come out better then the reloop, like way better… however still the reloop is still somewhat of a standard because it has so many mods available… people that are really serious about the portable scratch scene either spend hundreds on a reloop or just get a better one…
I don’t know why I looked so much into this as I don’t scratch but… there you go…
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Aren’t both of these shit for scratching as they both are belt drive? When I was doing it 10+ years ago, I remember all the scratch turntables were direct drive.
Not a collector, but might turn into one for this,
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Pics of one of these on a Starbucks table in 3, 2, 1…
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…a crossfader meets one deck…says the deck to the crossfader: if u wanna scratch urself, fill up the samplebuffer first…
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I was crate digging for around 25 years and would have loved one of these as a lot of places I visited never had turntables, or would only let you play the more expensive vinyl on them. Really wanted the Vestax Handy Trax that this was based on, but they shot up in price in the stores and it never came down as I expected they would someday, then Vestax went out of business and the prices became even more rare and expensive.
Thankfully the PT01 Scratch helped fill the gap, with the transformer style fader.
For portablism and crate digging then this is a probably a cool product, based purely on looks (haven’t seen the reviews).
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Man thats a name I haven’t for a while. X-cutioners was the shit.
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Anyone tried one of the Handytraxx plays?
No interest in scratching/portabilsm but looks like the best portable record player for sampling. I don’t need to use it in the local park - but being able to set myself up in the conservatory or on my coffee table sounds fun.
Don’t expect it to sound as good as my proper turntable but I just need it to be good enough to grab samples for shitty lofi stuff.
Looks legit
If you’re in the UK and want one there’s a refurbished one on the Korg UK site:
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My only complaint it don’t have proper start and end touch
I highly recommend this. They sell them at all the record shops here in Japan. It has your needs covered unless you need the pitching. It’s super convenient especially if you don’t have a lot of space. I can just put it on my kitchen table and beam it to my Sony TV soundbar. It remembers the pairing so as long as soon as I turn it on it connects. Line out for your sampling needs or connecting to a stereo. The only thing it doesn’t do well is streaming to Bluetooth headphones since there is no volume control on the Sound Burger.
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Not always critical but it is a requirement for me tbh.
I actually watched a review of the Handytraxx this evening and was kind of mystified by the fact it doesn’t have a start/stop button - strange choice given its intended purpose (and something easier to work around on the original Vestax Handy trax as the auto switch is exposed on the faceplate).
TE should have created the ultimate little record player for sampling as part of their field lineup - instead of rebadging that awful record maker 