Currently, I use a pair of Pioneer CDJ-2000 media players and a Pioneer DJM-800 mixer. The CDJ's are without a doubt the most amazing CDJ on the market. The sound quality is awesome, the user experience is full and simple at the same time, and the choice of media I can play from is comprehensive. I can play from audio CD, CDR, DVD, USB storage, iPods, SD cards, or using RekordBox on the MacBook. That pretty much covers every eventuality I could be faced with!
The mixer is as you may expect a very high quality device which also has an extensive effects section. This came in really handy last week when I was DJing at a wedding party and playing a Rolling Stones track of a "best of" compilation CD. It became evident during this track that the family were huge Stones fans, and I would have to play a couple more hits from the same CD. Without the roll effect on my DJM-800, this would have been impossible at this time. What I did was this:
As the first track finished, I set a 1 bar roll going on the track which allowed me enough time to select another track on the playing CD, and play it as the 1 bar roll finished.
Net result = everyone still on the dancefloor, and the client was happy. Let's see you do this on a simple mixer-CD combo then!!
Now, I know these units are expensive, but the cost of owning them is in real terms very low as they do not depreciate, but that's a topic for another blog entry!
More info on Pioneer's state of the art professional DJ tools can be found on the Pioneer website.
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