The Rane Sixty-One provides a simple, elegant, pristine quality "in" into the world of turntablism, and is particularly suited to the technology-agnostic DJ who simply wants hardcore vinyl emulation without any complications. It sounds amazing, and the flexibility afforded by its sound interface makes all kinds of hardware/software permutations possible and indeed straightforward. But if you want the bells and whistles you may be expecting from a new Rane mixer having got used to the spec of the '57, you need to look to the Sixty-Two - and swallow a significant price jump to boot