We have a new short news section on the homepage for stories of interest in other outlets, and for those that are a tad too short to make into a full story. And ordinarily a quick snippet about a software update would be relegated to this section. But Allen & Heath releasing macOS Sierra updates for their xone:2D and xone:DX controllers is worth of a slightly larger mention.
It’s great that A&H have issued Sierra updates. What makes this notable is that both the xone:2D and xone:DX are discontinued products. There was no real obligation on the part of A&H to support products that they no longer sell, but they did anyway. And we take our collective hats off to that level of support.
For xone:2D drivers macOS: Click here
For xone:DX drivers macOS: Click here
This article sold me, my next mixer will definitely be an Allen and Heath. Any company willing to throw dev resources into updated firmware on a 7 year old product that they good in my book. I mean, The DX is an ITCH controller for crying out loud. As badly spurned as I feel by Denon, I still was seriously considering the 1800, strictly because of my love for the 1600… but no longer. The only real question now is, DB2 or px5?
First thought of a belated april fool’s joke.
Is the DX Serato DJ supported?
No, it was discontinued by A&H (production wise, not support) before Serato made the switch to SDJ and killed the Itch software. I guess Serato saw that as a handy excuse not to add it into SDJ. Can it do DVS?
Shame they can’t get the DB4 Scratch certified too.
What about the hack? Still possible in 2.11?
It is, but it’s still a hack at the end of the day…that relies on one person updating said hack every time NI update Traktor and it could be closed out by NI at any stage. Would just be better if it was official.
Seems odd they got it done for the PX but didn’t add the DBs to the list at the same time. Politics or money, probably both!
Regarding the hack that “could be closed at any time” – they tried once and it backfired at them (https://djworx.com/traktor-2-10-released-the-back-door-is-opened-again/) because then legacy firewire TSP certified devices didn’t work ;)
About TSP certification it’s clear how it works: if manufacturers wants it to be TSP or SeratoDJ certified they have to approach NI/Serato before they release the units and negotiate how much $$$ from each unit goes to NI/Serato. If on the other hand NI/Serato want to add devices, they can do it themselves (remember SDJ Club Kit). It’s ALL about the money.
too bad they dont still sell that Xone 2D :/ I’ll have to buy used as that was my next one.. love the design look feel way more than the K2 which feels more like a knock off of the Traktor X1s
Really too bad indeed. Incredibly useful with traktor (even scratch after the hack, anyone noticed? Works like a charm). Still looking for another anthracite one. Any ideas how to get these?
Bloody inmusic could learn a thing or few from A&H about how to treat your customers