I remember about 2 years ago when DJ Focus posted his video file on the Skratchpiklz board. The video was amazing since not onlyFocus had built his own crossfader but he had also invented the first contactless fader which means the knob can "slide" from left to right.
The Focus fader was born and will be manufactured by Stanton Magnetics under the name SK2-F. It also works on all the vestax pro mixers, Rane and Numark or any Alps VCA mixer if you go to this page and check the special mod.
To buy the Focus Fader, go to Turntablelab.com in the Dj Accessories section.
We have 2 demos of this amazing feature : Demo 1 l Demo 2
Here's what people have to say about the Focus Fader and the Stanton Sk2F
The Focus Fader will be manufactured and sold by Stanton Magnetics....along with the fader, DJ Focus will also be helping to design some new and innovative Scratch Artist Products....
* We have now reached a new plateau in scratch products and it seems that Competing manufacturers have now stopped dragging their feet and will be offering their own true optical faders...It is amazing how much motivation manufacturers get when their profits are threatened and I'm glad to know that I gave them the motivation....regardless the future looks bright for scratching....Thank you to everyone that has believed in me and given me their support...Stay Up and Keep Doing Your Thing...
* The "Focus Fader"v1.0 is Designed Strictly for the Scratch Artist .
Features Include
1: Extra Long Life (no contacts or graphite material to wear out, true optical don't be fooled by those others)
2: Super Sharp Cutoff (nothing compares)...
2: Virtually No Fader Resistance
3: No More Staticky Or Crackly Noise (no contacts to make that junk noise)
4. No More Bleeding....(Practice for hours, days Months,and years, without the bleeding paranoia)
If you are still curious about the FocusFader v1.0,here are some names of some Artists that have flicked the fader and then saw it in action, don't be affraid to ask them for their honest opinion if you see them at a show...I'm sure they will be more then happy to take some time out to talk to you.
VinRoc,ShortKut,CutChemist,NuMark,Babu,Rob-One (Rest In Peace Till' Infinity),Rhetmatic,Q-bert,D-Styles,Craze,Infamous,Spiktakular,Sugarcuts,and Paul...
Now here is some fader knowledge for those that don't know and to help you understand why the FocusFader v1.0 is the Future and why the old conventional faders, no matter what brand or grade are the past.....
The conventional fader contains a graphite material (Pencil Lead) for electrical resistance and contacts to keep a continuous connection between the graphite and a center lead.....
As the fader gets put to work all that back and forth action starts to rub of the graphite material and it keeps the contacts from making a good connection to the existing graphite... that is when you start to get that junk noise...and bleeding......some faders are constructed better then others, meaning they are of a higher grade type and will last longer but eventually they will do the same........
The FocusFader v1.0 has no contacts or graphite to material to wear so it will not bleed or cause junk noise,
and since it has no contacts or graphite material to wear it also will last an incredible amount of time based on today's standards.....
For more info, check foculpoint.com and stantonmagnetics.com
