Rane Sixty-One DJ Mixer with Serato

Great mixer for someone looking to use something other than the 62, 64, or the upcoming 57 MKII, and would still like to have a mixer that is supported by Rane. Very solid and sturdy, great quality that you can expect from Rane. It has adjustable fader/crossfader controls so you can control them just as you like them. Effects are programmable with the wide range of sound effects built into Serato Scratch Live, and are also adjustable (they are not easily intuitive for first-time users, though--you will have to figure out how to program the effects on each deck, the auxiliary, or your mic to each FlexFX button using the MIDI control setup in the software). You can also program all your personal settings into memory using the ScratchLive or Serato DJ interface (whichever you prefer to use). I do prefer having XLR outputs (which this does NOT have), but the 1/4" outputs do just fine. For its high cost, it is also much faster connecting this for gigs than using an SL box. Great job, Rane.

I gave this mixer a 3 star rating here's why.1. Rane once again over priced a mixer. (Nothing new)2. This mixer is a TTM57sl with I'd say less functions3. You have to buy Novation Dicers to midi map into you mixer to hit cues4. Rane never gives clear features when putting out a product, they expect DJ's to just k ow what it is. (I blame this on Z-Trip) all that money and sponsorship and he selfishly cares only of himself and forgets the other DJ's. If anyone could convince Rane to properly explain the upgrades, give clear measurements and dimensions, and better instructions manuals its him. He started Rane now he needs to put full effort into selling a product not enough to just please him self.5. Label you buttons properly. Just like the over priced Rane Sixty Eight they never just simplify the product. How bar is it to put "CUE" or "LOOP" on this. That way we know what is it right out of the box. Users can then try it before they buy it.6. This mixer isn't for trial in any stores. If Rane isn't greedy enough in the pricing you'd think they would actually give one to Sam Ash or a know corporatized music store for users to try. Nope that would be left to Numark. A brand with a deck called the TTX USB that put the 1200 to sleep.Well that's why I give the Sixty One 3 stars. Hope you don't waist your money. If consumers all just didn't buy Rane mixers for one year they would be forced to lower the price just like gas. When you sheep want to follow a real Wolfe and eat properly HOLLA at me.Reid V.i.P. Brown (Google me)

I'm coming to this mixer as a many-year user of Serato who is also a heavy record collector, so I like to play a combo of both vinyl and digital in the same sets. Before this, I had a Rane TTM56 for 8 years, alongside an SL1. That thing held up like a tank, the crossfade curves were second to none (innofader shminnofader!), and in general it felt like it was everything you needed and nothing you didn't.The only things I wasn't crazy about w/ the 56 + SL1 combo were the sound quality of the SL1 and needing to route turntables through an external SL1 box (surely can't be great for the quality, especially with the SL1's sound quality). Plus having to keep an external usb soundcard around to route sound into my laptop for recording When looking for an upgrade, all I really wanted was a TTM56 with built in serato and a built sound card for ripping vinyl. That's basically what this mixer is, or at least this is the closest to that combination I could fine in the Rane mixer line.In addition to the built in serato + soundcard, there's a few other features that seem like nice additions:1. A dedicated filter knob for each channel, which can do both lowpass and highpass filtering depending which direction you move it from unity. The filter doesn't sound exceptional but it does the trick, with resonance controlled by driver software when you have the mixer connected by usb (bit odd, but ok.. two less knobs to clutter the front panel)2. Flex FX integration. This allows you to turn on/off internal Serato DJ effects not only for serato output, but for regular vinyl / cdjs / other audio. Definitely nice because it gives you the best of both worlds, giving you access to a ton of expandable FX without them taking up lots of space.These are both great features Having those filters there "always on" has definitely changed the way I mix, and tempted me to do more filter-based blends even when playing styles where this is not so common. The only downsides two these features are: 1. no on/off for the filter means that it's possible it might get stuck "on' without you knowing. I've had this happen recently, due to slight issues with the filter knob. It would be nice to know there was a way to turn off the filter altogether in case it gets wonky (most other mixers have this), even if it was in the driver software. 2. latency issues mean there's sometimes a slight period of silence when turning on flex fx. to get around this you have to go into serato and lower the buffer size, but even with lower buffers there might be a slight delay. Really the only sure-fire way around this I've found is to leave the FX on and use the wet/dry fader instead.Aside from that, everything else about this mixer is great and seems to just work. The faders (vertical and cross) work amazingly, taking a beating and still sounding great. Monitoring is good: standard pgm / cue / splitcue setup. The USB soundcard works as it should, providing post-amp output for phono inputs that sound crystal clear and are perfect for ripping vinyl (take that A+H) . The master out sounds like, well, a master out, no problem there. And having the serato box internal means there's not one more contraption in the signal path between your turntables and the mixer. Good stuff!If I had to really nitpick the only other minor downsides would be:1. The Look: while this mixer retains most of the simplicity of the TTM-56, the super bright multicolored buttons are a bit garish and annoying. Especially in low light situations, having these shining brightly even when the button is "off" makes this thing look like a cheap alien spaceship or something.2. Curve Control: while the curve control is pretty flexible and powerful here (far better than most mixers), it doesn't seem quite AS flexible as on the original 56 which used rotary knobs on the side instead of faders. There were just slightly more extreme settings possible using those knobs than with these faders. Or at least, I haven't been able to recreate my favorite curve setting from the 56 on it. That might have been exclusive to the original 56 though, as I know the later version of that mixer switched to a similar fader model instead of knobs for crossfade curve control.Over all though, this is a great mixer that has been serving me well.

I love the Rane 61. The last Rane with rack-ears. I sometimes like leaving my Turntables in their flight cases and brigde them together with my mixer, well you can't do that without rack-ears or a "Battle Bridge" accessory which is lame to me. Plus I like using Dicer's so I don't need any cue buttons on the mixer itself. It's basic and gets the job done. Less is more.

This unit is all you need to get the job done! The price is reasonable for the quality !and as much as I like rane products, the 62 model at $1999 is too much for a mixer ! So i chose this unit. Not a lot of buttons which can take away from the essence, you can get down to basics of djing and turntablism, The 61 gives you the same superior rane sound quality , precise clear faders, and with a set of Dicers you get extra control of cue points and samples. If you want to go further, add a pioneer sp1 . Oh and almost forgot, you can midi map controls so you can have the effects you want to control on the mixer, I mapped the effects to the flex effects buttons and another button to control samples, ! I love it ! no complaints !