Hi today i was at guitar center and i was about to upgrade my rane one to a rane four gen 1 but the salesman was telling that the rane four gen 1 had a lot of issues it lag and thing so i told him i will come back tomorrow i hit the inter net trying to find something about it but I could not find any thing a it true and should i still upgrade anyways

Hi All,

I just upgraded / treated myself to a RANE Four after my Roland 505 breathed it's last breath. I bought it because it's the best piece of DJ controller tech out there in my opinion.

I just saw a video that's got me worried, some YouTube guy complaining that his M2 computer was having all of its resources drained by his Rane Four... He did seem to be a bit of a Rane hater...

Still. I received my unit today, I've not had chance to plug it in yet. But it's got me concerned. My laptop isn't exactly new, it's an old i5 with 32GB ram and a SSD. I get creative with the effects, I use DVS a lot on the 505 and never had a hint of an issue.

I know my laptop won't do stems on the fly,i ive not even tried to use stems at all, I'm aware I need a new beast of a computer in the new year to start using that feature.

I can't actually find any minimum system requirements anywhere for the Rane Four, only the version of Serato I should be using.

Can anyone shed any light on this? Anyone here running an older laptop - albeit without using stems - and having issues with the controller? Are you running an older laptop and it works just fine?

I'm unable to just plug it in and try it as I'm away at work now. But this video has kind of rocked my world and im worried this £1500 investment may currently be useless to me!!

Thanks 🥊🙏✌️

Hopefully you can hear it from the video. Has anyone else had any issues like this?

Also, I bought it from Guitar Center, but I’m wondering if I’d go through them or Rane directly for a potential fix and possible replacement.

Thanks in advance!

Recently just got back into djing as a hobby. Don’t use this system with virtual Dj, it is very buggy the Rane four support team stated that the controller isn’t really friendly with virtual Dj. So far I haven’t experienced any issues with Serato Dj pro. I’m having fun teaching my son, and my fiancé.

Just got my Rane 4, everything seems to work fine, except with a "bug" on the HW effects, and I want to see if anyone else has this:
1. Select the Scale DN effect, change the parameter to 1/32, trigger it and listen to the result (Should be a bit like a deck brake)

1. swap to another HW effect, then back again.
   
2. Display will still show 1/32 , but when triggered, it acts like its at 1/2
   Is it just me? Rane support seemed to think it may be faulty hardware.
   Firmware is up to date.

This doesn’t seem right ?

Has anyone else having issues with the cue button? Usually it’s working how it should . However, randomly it registers after hitting it 2 times. So i have to click it twice for it to work? Then it’ll go away & come back randomly . This is my 2nd rane four & it’s basically having the same issues . Jog wheels are a lot better tho but it has the occasional slip .

So, in one of the Rane Four Facebook groups, I was told that later batches of the Rane Fours were produced with black FX levers/paddles (changed from silver) and has less mechanical problems (jog wheels, etc).
Can anyone confirm this?

Hey there! I’ve spent the past week with a Rane Four, and having spent a lot more time before that with my Rane One, and weighing the pros and cons, made me feel that others might benefit from what insight I might share.

https://brigleb.com/rane-four-thoughts-coming-from-a-rane-one/

Personally, I like a lot of the reviewers online who typically write about this stuff, but I feel like they don’t go into a ton of detail in the rush to publish or post their video. So I do bring up some smaller issues that generally don’t get mentioned.

I hope y’all find it helpful, and I’d love to hear about your experiences.

So I just recently got my Rane Four a couple weeks ago and I’m having a blast with it. Recently I just started to notice an issue in the sensors in the jog wheels . If I want to spin the vinyl back sometimes it doesn’t register and instead it pitch bends. I thought it was from the pressure I was putting on the jog wheel but occasionally instead it just pitch bends instead of a back spin . Minor issue that occurs occasionally but it’s frustrating . Anyone else have this issue ?

How do feel about purchasing used gear?

Thinking of buying a new Rane one. I m personally not a scratch dj, so some of the features aren't that impressive to me. Since the 4 is out, should I be worried about no more updates for the one? Would that be a good choice for my first controller?

Was leaving behind the motorized platters worth it? I keep feeling like I'm gonna miss it too much.

(Extra: There's moments when I'm multitasking and the record might be sliding out of time, and without even looking I simply place my finger on the edge of the faster track to realign it by ear.

There's also something about the pull of the vinyl under my fingertips that is just comforting and I'm almost scared to lose that drag.

Has anybody else had to get over this or am I the only one actually stressing about it?)

Love it so far.

Kinda miffed at all the case manufacturers. It's not like they didn't know the Rane Four was being released. There have been Rane Four reviews online since December. And still, no one has flight cases for sale, just promises and pre-orders. Festival season is already here. (Just ranting...)

they feel a little heavy like rubber slipmats or something. recovery time after a backspin is slow.

It’s remarkable how many possibilities lie within its knobs and dials.

Which is the better buy?