As they did with their previous Kontrol X1, Native Instruments is using a live appearance to tease new hardware before they make details public. (And believe me, I asked for more detail – this is all we’ve got.) In contrast to the diminutive Kontrol X1, though, this is a fully-integrated controller capable of providing tangible access to everything in [...]
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When Pioneer teased and then finally released the new species of CDJ, the overwhelming feeling was one of sticking a middle finger up at pretenders to the Pioneer club throne i.e. vinyl wielding DVS [...] Just last week, Pioneer brought out the DJM-2000, and with it dragged the laptop back into the booth. [...] After the nervous breakdown suffered by the perhaps too new Pioneer CDJ-350 and DJM-350 on the the first day of Musikmesse 2010, the text came in on Thursday – “we have 350 up and running”. So off we trotted AV’d to the hilt only to discover the same people looking stressed hunched over the same units. [...] Seems to be Pioneer week on skratchworx. Not only do we publish a CDJ-900 review, announce the übercool DJM-2000 and spread the word about the impending freedom bestowed upon rekordbox, it seems that the CDJs and rekordbox get a bug busting and feature adding update too. [...] When Pioneer’s new species of CDJ pull itself from the primordial ooze, it brought with it rekordbox – MixVibes’ music library management software, that hinted at a standard way for all DJs to manage their collections. But at first Pioneer were all “It’s ours and you can’t have it” and made you fork out for a new CDJ, just to get your hands on this tiny bit of software. [...] As witnessed today, Pioneer’s reinvention of the DJ scene continues with a totally unexpected DJM-2000 mixer. But to make it complete, it needs some company – and the CDJ-900 is the ideal bread for this Pro DJ Link sandwich. [...] As I coincidentally put together the official CDJ-900 review, news hits the twitterwaves of the next generation of Pioneer’s mixer arsenal – the DJM-2000. As ever, it’s an impressive beast, but until Pioner UK and/or Europe answer their emails, I won’t be posting too much [...] Having shelled out significant amounts of green on Pioneer’s new über decks, it makes a great deal of sense to treat them with a degree of tender loving care. You could hire an armed guard to keep people away, store them in a carefully controlled air conditioned environment… or get some Decksavers instead. [...] Having laid out the future of the Innofader, there were a few holes – like photos of the Innojuster in all its external fader adjusting glory. After that, all that is left is to show it in the hands of gifted DJs to prove that it does work inside the previously 3rd party fader hostile Pioneer DJM-909 and [...] |
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