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Sextacular Aurora Mixer Kit Is DOA

synthhead — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:10:40 +0000

It looks like the uber-sexy Aurora 224, an open source USB powered multichannel DJ mixer, is DOA.

According to a post by Mike Garbus in the Aurora forum:

We’ve got some unfortunate news. Due to a lack of interest we won’t be able to sell aurora units at this time. We needed to get at least 50 people signed up to get the group order through, and we did not even get 20 orders. We can’t currently cover the cost of the remaining thirty odd kits, so we’ll have to postpone the order indefinitely. If the situation changes you’ll be the first to know.

The site will stay up, and we will be posting more files in a few days for those of you who are interested in building your own.

sincerely,

the aurora team.

Hopefully they’ll reconsider this. It seems like they just announced this and are shutting it down without giving the project a chance to take off.

Sexy Aurora 224 2 Channel Open Source DJ Mixer Now Shipping

synthhead — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:47:05 +0000

The Aurora 224 – a USB powered multichannel DJ mixer designed by Matt Aldrich, Mike Garbus and Maro Sciacchitano – is now available for purchase as a kit.

The device features two linear channel faders, a single a/b crossfader and eight backlit buttons. Twenty four backlit knobs allow you to control effects. It’s open source – so you can hack it as you will.

Aurora, unlike most MIDI controllers, offers some awesome controllable ambient lighting effects.

Here’s another gear porn shot of the Aurora:

Here’s a video of the Aurora in action:

Peter Kirn has a nice hands-on look at this over at Create Digital Music.

Auroramixer

Awesome Open Source DJ Mixer/MIDI Controller

synthhead — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:57:37 +0000

Aurora is an awesome open source usb powered multichannel mixer in a typical DJ form factor. Aurora is designed to easily integrate with your favorite midi compatible software.

The device features two linear channel faders, a single a/b crossfader and eight backlit buttons.T wenty four backlit knobs allow you to control effects.

Aurora, unlike most midi controllers, also looks pretty awesome, with controllable ambient lighting.

Here’s a video of the Aurora mixer in use:

Details, including source code, Gerber files, manuals and more, are available at the Aurora site.

via Hackaday