![]() ![]() Let’s start shouting “fight fight fight” and pushing them into swinging punches. So if you have any controls with say splined shafts, you’re out of luck.Īnyway, looks like we’ve got ourselves a good old-fashioned scrap brewing. Why? Because Chroma Caps and Coolorcaps only fit D-type shafts. Touching on the nightmare scenario laid out above - if your heart is set on redecorating your favourite lump of tech with a rainbow of new controls, I would suggest pulling some, if not all the caps off first to inspect the shafts, especially on older gear. And that’s before even thinking about colour options. ![]() So you’ll appreciate that each company has to decide on just how detailed they go, and how much of a wide range they want to offer. So you can imagine that DJTT and Coolorcaps had a lot to deal with even in these more standardised times. And within these groups are different fader shaft types, widths and heights, and for knobs you have to contend with not only pot heights, but also orientations too. Broadly speaking, you have fader caps, indicator knobs (like EQs that have a start and finish), and rotary encoders (that just go round and round). Firstly, if you’re going to replace all the knobs on a unit, you’ve potentially got a lot of different types to deal with. While some moves have been made to standardisation, there are still a few quirks and anomalies that must be navigated. This shows part of the problem - the D shaft flat areas can vary, meaning that caps may always sit high on the shaft. But if you want to know more, check out this tongue in cheek review from BPM 2014. And certainly in the case of some products, being able to differentiate controls (EQs vs gain vs filter for example) is a big plus.įor the purposes of this test, I’m going to pass on Reloop’s caps, but they’re focussed on Reloop product. Equally DJs that own hard plastic controls can now replace them with more tactile rubber coated ones. Some products are cramped, so the smallest Coolorcap would be a definite advantage for those with sausage fingers. It’s worth pointing out that the existence of these caps is not just decorative. And hot on their heels is Coolorcaps, a very similar product that has ably managed to stake a claim for space in the same gap. They have properly exploited this gap in the marketplace to create Chroma Caps, the multicoloured answer to your customisation needs. Entitled “ DISCUSSION: A call for standards”, I expressed my displeasure at how companies all do their own thing in their own sweet proprietary way, even to the point of faders and pots all having different shafts, and how if there were standards, a third-party customisation aftermarket could begin to bloom.įast forward 10 years and we’re in a scenario where much of this proprietary stuff still exists, but at least enough commonality occurs for entrepreneurial types to capitalise on the ability to produce a wide range of knobs to allow people to customise their DJ and performance gear.Įnter online retailer DJ Tech Tools. #CHROMA CAPS FULL#Before I start, I want you to read this skratchworx article from just about a full decade ago to the day. ![]()
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