cdj 1000mk2 just got myself a cdj 1000 has any one got any tips or tricks for it and what advantages are they to be had having 2 cdj's
Re: cdj 1000mk2 just fiddle about with it... loops, hot cues etc! pretty sure if you do a google there will be loads of tips...
Re: Re: cdj 1000mk2 i just found a pioneer website with a forum very helpfull even some videos on there cheers m8
Standards are there to be broken... Fair enough, the pioneer unit is well put together, the scratching and general layout of it is pretty cool, but feature wise the denon kicks the absolute shit out of it... MP3 playback? oh yeah, the pioneer doesn't do that. user-upgradeable firmware? nope. Four Hotstarts and 2 built in samplers? nope again. Pitch range higher than +/-16%? you get the picture. And the alpha tracking allows you to scratch, loop, and play with the track using the same effects (dump, reverse etc) as the primary track.
who gives a fuck about +1000000% pitch range is that so you can mix sample some hot jungle loopz into your tight ass techno set :spangled: ona plus the cdj1000 is nice kit like... one day well be able to just look at a cd deck and it will mix a tiesto bangin set
yeh its always great having all these features and then if u ever play anywhere not be able to use them because they have cdj's lol its alright if u fancy carrying 2 of them around to every venue with you
well why dont you have a play about with it and you might see why There are loads of wicked tricks you can do on the 1000mk2 , you just have to spend hours nerding it to find them
but the alpha track system is crap, its for "if all else fails" more than owt else the denon has more features than the pioneer, but the reason the pioneer is industry standard is cos its easy to use, not cos it makes coffee and does the dishes
I've had both a denon dns-5000 and cdj100mk2 and I can tell you that all the stuff the dednon does extra, it doesn't do all that well anyways. MP3 playback- poorly and with little control over it- especially vbr mp3 files. alpha track can't be used with mp3 cos the denon's memory can't cope with it User upgradable firmware- the newest update (ages ago now) filled the DNS5000 memory so that no future updates will be issued as there's no room, there may be small tweaks but since they're working on a new deck, i doubt it. 4 hotstarts- 1 more than pio but the buttons are horrible and rubbery and nowhere near as accurate, again, same with the sampler, hard to use cos the buttons are poor. pitch range higher that 16%? the pioneer does +/- 100% but also has better pitch increments- at 10% the increments are 0.05 whilst on denon they're 0.1 which is hard work to hold long mixes in- makes you work harder than you need to!) Just my opinions of course but I def wouldn't get another denon unless the dns-5500 is really, really good
