iCon Intros iController iStage, iCreative, iDJ

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Musikmesse 2010: iCon has introduced a trio of new music controllers, the iStage, iCreative & iDJ.

iCon iStage Features:

  • 3 set of “4×4” velocity sensitive drum pads
  • 4×12 buttons are equipped with dual color LED
  • 17-buttons with red LED
  • Buttons assignable for “Pan” control
  • Buttons assessable for “Volume” control
  • 4 difference modes including DJ / Effector / DAW and Drummer for difference applications.
  • 2-segment LED display
  • 1-encoder for jog wheel for fast scroll
  • 1-assignable fader
  • iMap midi mapping software included for reassigning midi mapping
  • Extremely compact and perfectly match with MacBook
  • Class-compliant with Windows XP, Vista (32 bit), and Mac OS X
  • USB bus-powered
  • Available in Black and White

The iCon iStage is expected to be available in June for 100 €.

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iCon iCreative Features:

  • Large sensitive touch screen
  • 8 x 16 notes layout on x and y axis
  • 8 x 16 LED embedded
  • 6 difference modes selectable for the touch screen for difference applications
    • Piano: X-axis as 16 notes and Y-axis as 8 steps of modulation
    • Drum: Touch screen divided into 8 drum pads.
    • Fader: X-axis divided into 8 portions for 8 faders and Y-axis as sliding up and down for volume change
    • Creativ 1-3: User simply rub, stroke, or tap to the touch screen to instantly create complex phrases with a single finger.
  • AirLight 3D effector build in with adjustable sensitivity
  • 20-arpeggio build-in with tempo
  • 4-assignable encoders
  • 2-assignable potentiometers
  • 8-assignable buttons
  • 8-layer change buttons for switching form one layer to another
  • 1-assignable fader
  • 2-segment LED screen
  • 1-encoder for jog wheel
  • Octave Up and Down buttons
  • Transpose Up and Down buttons
  • iMap midi mapping software included for reassigning midi mapping
  • Extremely compact and perfectly match with MacBook
  • Class-compliant with Windows XP, Vista (32 bit), and Mac OS X
  • USB bus-powered
  • Available in Black and White

The iCon iCreative is expected to be available in June for 100 €.

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iCon iDJ Features:

  • Touch sensitive scratch wheels with high resolution pulse sensor:
  • Touch sensor scratch wheel platters give high resolution to experience an analog feel when scratching and mixing.
  • Touch wheels sensitivity adjustable
  • Vertical volume control faders
  • Vertical tempo control faders
  • Horizontal cross fader control
  • 2×3-band EQ control knobs – Hi, Mid and Low (reassign able)
  • Balance control knobs (reassign able)
  • Gain control knobs (reassign able)
  • 8 reassignable backlit buttons including “Vinyl Mode”, “Sync”, “Loop > “, “Loop <    “, “Out”, “In” & “Cue”.
  • 4 extra assignable knobs for effect control
  • 8 extra assignable backlit buttons
  • iMapTM midi mapping software included for reassigning midi mapping
  • Extremely compact and perfectly match with MacBook
  • Class-compliant with Windows XP, Vista (32 bit), and Mac OS X
  • USB bus-powered
  • Available in Black and White

The iCon iDJ is expected to be available in June for 100 €.

18 thoughts on “iCon Intros iController iStage, iCreative, iDJ

  1. At currents rates that's like what $150 usd ? They look like excellent controllers as well.
    iCon please get some Windows 7 64-bit drivers going. I don't wanna have to run these on feeble single core XP machines, or worse yet skip them altogether because of a lack of OS support.

  2. At currents rates that's like what $150 usd ? They look like excellent controllers as well.
    iCon please get some Windows 7 64-bit drivers going. I don't wanna have to run these on feeble single core XP machines, or worse yet skip them altogether because of a lack of OS support.

  3. Actually Icon is really, i mean really cheap construction. Dead keys, cheap off-axis connection and very poor quality usb cable. Maybe i was not lucky on that one but…

  4. I've seen the i-key, i-pad and i-controller in the flesh, and they look very poorly designed. I can't say whether they perform badly or not, but lookswise they're certainly ugly imitations of other gear.

  5. Be carefull if you want to buy this I- stage/creative/DJ because, if you know what your doing you can handle them, but if you never ever worked with such MIDI-controllers… well it's not as "plug and play" but more like "Plug and Pray"
    Further, i'm working with the icon ipad and icontroller, and i'm glad i bought it!!
    As i said, when you know what your doing, it's like a dream-controller!

  6. i really want to use the istage with reason5 and my mpd32 i need more buttons for more control. all live drumming and drone plus tons of fx. 64 buttons for triggering samples and other things. i own a nano pad and it”s kinda finicky. i hope the istage is a little more reliable. i checked out the software and it seemed similar to the korg editor software.

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