These units give you two waveforms to see upcoming track events, they let you create tight, quantised loops on the fly or when preparing your set in Rekordbox, and they make choosing the next track a doddle. The Pioneer CDJ series have revolutionized DJing and tempted many vinyl purists over to the digital dark side.

Since they're so old, I wonder if they are nearing the end of their life or if the build quality is so good that it will last. It included a loop function, as well as loop-out adjust, and other facilities associated with looping samples from the track being played. The Adam Hall DJ Laptop stand is great for when space is limited within a DJ setup or to create a compact mixing area. Before this, DJs who wanted to test a new piece of music they might have made themselves in a studio, in either a club or as early promotional items to radio DJs, often had to rely on getting acetate discs produced.This shows you the full artwork for the track, the track’s full name, the artist, key and the track’s length, among other things. Considering that the XDJ-1000 doesn’t cost much more than the CDJ-850 did when it first came out, the XDJ-1000 seems incredibly good value. WARNING: When your Decksaver cover is in place, please ensure that your equipment is kept away from direct heat sources, such as radiators, fires and direct sunlight. The pitch fader has a centre detent, just like other 800-series CDJs, which may prove irritating to some.

It included features on the Pioneer CDJ-2000 including a tilted screen, Pioneer's Pro DJ link, and Serato HID mode support. We’ve suggested this to Pioneer, so hopefully we’ll be able to do this after a future firmware update.Dual CD/MP3 Player, iPod/iPhone dock built in, can be used alongside our PA speaker systems, easy to operate and full demonstration after installation, LCD display for excellent visibility in different lighting environments, seamless loops on both decks for creative performance.

Unlike previous models of CDJ, the CDJ-3000 has no CD drive, making it similar to Pioneer's XDJ line of DJ media players such as the XDJ-1000MK2 which lacked CD drives.You can switch the pitch range between 6%, 10%, 16% and Wide, and the XDJ-1000 also has a master tempo button to prevent the sound of a track warping as you increase or decrease its tempo. All models of the CDJ-500 had top-opening CD loading, which is opposite to all the later ranges of CDJs (starting with CDJ-100S in 1999) which have since had front slot-loading of discs. We’ve had a word with Pioneer about this and it said this was probably due to the “Autoload Hot-cues…” switch not being set on the Rekordbox app. As the XDJ-1000 is fully compatible with Rekordbox, you can use quantised loops to your heart’s content, although the XDJ-1000’s looping system isn’t perfect as I’ll discuss later.

Whether you’re performing on stage, rocking the club, or mixing tracks in the studio, this cover keeps your CDJ-1000 safe from potential hazards without hindering your performance. While the CDJ-1000 had a button to override the pitch slider, the CDJ-800 slider had a center detent, which was "easy to center. Like the CDJ-800, CDJ-850 and CDJ-900, and unlike the CDJ-1000 and CDJ-2000NXS, the XDJ-1000 lacks jog wheel tension adjustment, so you have to make do with the standard tension. Crafted from high-quality polycarbonate material, this cover combines durability with a sleek and transparent design, allowing you to keep an eye on the deck’s controls and display.Firstly the industry standard professional digital CD deck will play: CD, CD-R, CD-RW and MP3 on CD. With additional creative possibilities for live re-mixing easily accessible via the new hot loop feature. The Pioneer XDJ-1000 is a replacement for the CDJ-850, a CDJ that let you play Rekordbox-analysed tracks from a USB drive but didn’t let you use quantised loops, which is surely the main benefit of analysing tracks in the first place. I’m mostly happy with the XDJ-1000’s control surface, and you’ll certainly have no problem migrating from a pair of XDJ-1000’s at home to a CDJ-1000, CDJ-900NXS or CDJ-2000NXS in a club. The DJM-600 boasts an intuitive range of Beat Effects and a multitude of channel and cross fader options.