Stairville DDC-6 DMX Controller Reviews

simple, cheap, perfect

this is great for a very small stable setup. i run a couple of leds in ch 2-6 and a 1ch dimmer in ch1. it's perfect for a side stage that only has one musician. and i can come along and easily push down the master as it gets darker outside.

Handy,

Great little DMX Mixer, does exactly what I needed. Simple realtime control over a couple of LED par cans.

it's plenty for that buck

it just works, without hassle. I have a very modest setup: a dance school hall with six spots aiming at the ceiling for ambient lighting. I needed a very simple way to dim them individually, that any dance teacher could understand in a second, and that product is exactly it.

I broke a slider's cap by dropping it from a table to the ground, which is not surprising and didn't affect its functionality, but that is why I'm only giving it 4/5 stars for quality. Maybe that's a little harsh though.

Excellent product

I am using this product to control the lighting in my recording studio paired up with a Starville DDS-405 DMX Dimmer & Switcher; it works fantastically! The setting up could not have been easier - it was plug and play, and ever since I have had no problems with the functioning of my lighting system. The product is very intuitive to use, I didn't even need to look at a manual to get it up and running. The build quality is excellent - it seems to be very sturdy and would require a significant amount of force to damage in any way. The faders themselves are very smooth and responsive and feel great when used. This product has been perfect since purchase. I highly recommend!

Simple and easy to use

I got this controller as an item to rent out when someone only wants basic control instead of a PC wing solution. Perfect for par cans, strobe lights, fog FX, anything that is just a nice static piece. Faders move smoothly and the rubber feet on the bottom keep it in place. I bought a Pelican 1200 case to transport it safely. It cost more than the controller itself!

The only thing I don't like is the power delivery. I really wish they would have put an IEC port on the back of it and put the 120-240v to 9v transformer inside the unit instead of having a wall wart adapter. Having to keep track of that is much more annoying than using one of the hundreds of IECs I have laying around. That being said, I knew this from the pictures before buying, so I'm not upset.

The battery is a little bit of a pain to get to, but I really only put it in there for emergency situations. I plan to use the power adapter whenever possible.

All-in-all, I got exactly what I expected and it works flawlessly! Will probably purchase the 12-channel version down the road.

simple and decent

this is a simple and decent dmx controller, its very basic, easy to use, does exactly what its supposed to do.

Great

After a few months of operation 24/7 the product does the job, and its cheap :)

Perfect for setting LED lighting

I use these for setting colour changing lighting strips on my bars (BarHire.ie) and they work perfectly and they are easy for my customers to use also.

Simple basic controller that does the job

This is a basic simple DMX controller that simply does the job. I bought it on behalf of our local Working Mens club who simply wanted to control some PAR cans that were connected to a dimmer pack with DMX control available. Worked perfectly. I bought this a few years ago and it is still going strong.

A basic but good controller

It's fairly basic but that's all I need - I'm using it mainly to mix the RGB on led lights, and to dim/raise the lights - so it's easy to use for that. It saves you having to play around with dip switches on the lights before every gig. Anything more complicated would be beyond me!

It seems solid enough, and it's a good price so I can recommend this as a usefully piece of kit.

Simple controller

Simple and does the job fine.

Quite a sturdy box as well.

Recommend.

It does not work well.

At times loses signal.

I bought a second DMX.

easy to use

Easy to use, portable, compact. I am using it with dimmer, and am satisfied with it.

A Good Simple DMX Controller

I use this product as part of my Mobile DJ Lighting Rig to control 2 LED Par Lights, i mainly use this for the strobe function but I'm sure it works well for uplighting too.

Pros:

Sturdy product and seems to be well built, very easy to use once set up.

Cons:

Battery compartment is locked with screws which means batteries cannot be changed quickly but this is not an issue if you use the provided mains cable. Can also be hard to set up and instructions are not entirely clear.

I would reccommend this product to antone wanting a simple controller for use with uplighting fixtures or a small LED Par setup, over all is a decent bit of kit.

handy

handly little 6 fader device i use to bench test dimmers and generics.

Cant go wrong for a few quid! comes with the usual tranny, 3 pin XLR out and is tiny so it fits anywhere

nice unit

limiting due to 6 channels on some applications, but fine for what i needed

Good Value but not the best

cheap and cheerful but not stunning - DMX resolution is a bit steppy but for a cheap manual desk not bad

Small DMX controller

I have use this DMX controller for about two years now and I don't regret buying it. Its main use is in the rehearsal room or a small venue connected to several Stairville LED Par 56 cans. I mainly use it for mixing the colours (so just faders 3-5 and the main intensity fader), no fancy stuff. For this, its definitely worth its money and does the job just fine.

The faders move absolutely smoothly, enabling nice transitions between colours. The shell is all metal, quite heavy, very sturdy and would definitely survive some falling down.

All in all, this controller is a very good choice if you're on a bugdet.

Nice

Really nice faders

Never actually got this working

This was something I bought at a busy time and left it for months before actually sitting down with it. Unfortunately, it never worked and I never figured out why. I got my DMX led light working on its own, but I could never get this to control it (or really do anything). It was far too late to return it by then so I just left it. I don't know for sure that it's faulty but I did enough reading about how it was supposed to work that it's the only conclusion I've been able to reach.