Introducing the Rane Seventy A-Trak Limited Edition

Back in late 2017, Rane responded to the success of the Pioneer DJM-S9 (now DJM-S7) by releasing the Seventy-Two, featuring onboard screens and touch-sensitive controls.

Last year, they released the Rane Seventy as a more affordable alternative, for DJs who wanted the build quality and turntablist appeal of a Rane mixer, but didn’t necessarily want or need features like screens. Now, the legendary DJ A-TRAK has released his own special flavor of this mixer, which we are exploring today.

At First Glance

As soon as you open the box, the Rane Seventy A-Trak Signature Edition strikes you with its metallic silver finish. Not just a flat silver, it has a bit of a shimmer that looks really classy when the light hits it.

It also sports aluminum-capped rotary-style knobs. They aren’t super heavy, but have good grip and weight that gives the mixer a feel of quality.

These combine to give it a bit of the aesthetic of a classic rotary mixer, while giving you the functionality of a modern scratch mixer, including the same delightful Mag Four faders that come with the standard Rane Seventy.

Rane Seventy A-Trak vs Rane Seventy: What’s New

Watch A-Trak Demo His Signature Mixer (3:40)

One thing that is different about this version vs. the standard mixer is the adjustment of sound curve and frequency response. According to Rane, the mixer has a “signature A-Trak sound curve with custom low-end frequency response and industry leading signal-to-noise ratio of 114dB.” In other words, A-Trak was directly involved in tuning this mixer’s sound to his exact liking.

Finally, they added a new feature called “Fader FX”, which turns your faders into FX controls which you can use for your own creative expression.

Probably the coolest way to use it is by picking one of its four different kinds of tone generators, setting the key and scale, and jamming out with the channel faders like you’re playing an instrument. This is reminiscent of MIDI solutions of times past, but is built into the hardware.

After taking the mixer out of the box, which itself is adorned with A-Trak logos, you’ll find:

Rane Seventy A-Trak Unboxing: What’s Included

• Rane Seventy A-Trak Limited Edition Mixer
• Special edition 10″ Clear Control Vinyl for Serato
• Official Serato Control CDs
• Thoughtful note from A-Trak, summarizing this new special edition mixer
• 2 x USB cables
• A bunch of cool stickers
• Serato Pitch-n-Time plugin voucher
• SoundSwitch info card (software you can use to control your lighting via Serato)
• Registration Card
• Multi-Language Manual & Warranty Info

Key Takeaways

• Rane Seventy gets substantially more than a silver + rotary aesthetic treatment from the genre-bending, world-champion turntablist, party rocker, music producer A-Trak.
• The mixer’s sound was tuned specifically to A-Trak’s specifications
• Mixer introduces Fader FX, allowing effect control via channel faders
• Perhaps most excitingly the mixer introduces 4 tone-generators that you can play like a synth introducing a whole new set of possibilities for the musically inclined DJ (see video above for a West-Coast-style beat made on the spot).

For a detailed, showroom-style review of all the features discussed above + a demo from Dave Chapelle’s resident DJ, Fatty Lumpkin, make sure to watch the video at the top of this post.

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