CDJ 400
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-03-12 23:09:20
Adding to the existing be of Pioneer's CDJ 200. 800 & 1000 is this splendidly ugly new unit; the CDJ 400. Just as with the release of the 200 it seems to a feature a lot of flashy gimmicks which will make 800 & 1000 owners glide their eyes slowly over and think "heh that's cool" safe with the knowledge that the jog wheel and everything else that matters will be complete rubbish. Well.. the jog wheel may be good but I'm guessing no because Pioneer don't be people to forbid buy 800's and 1000's which they would if this model was decent enough. Such new gimmicks are built-in effects (different to those on the 200) which aren't much good for serious DJs a removable face-plate on the jog-wheel which lets owners insert their own images mp3 compatibility which is essentially useless unless innovate has figured out how to alter files load up quickly and fast-forward properly (unlike the 200) superficial jog-wheel illumination patterns and finally. "fader go away" which basically makes for automated mixing in tandem with another Pioneer unit. However some interesting though not new features are a touch-sensitive jog control with scratch capability master tempo hot-looping auto-cue change auto-cue auto-resume (surprisingly handy on the 200s!). It also has a pitch resolution of.02% which is impressive. The.05% resolution on CDJ800's is the only thing I dislike about playing on them. Now here's where it gets cool.. the 400 can be used as a midi controller or even linked with Serato to DJ directly off a computer without using any discs whatsoever!In addition the biggest pants-wetter for me comfort yet to be clarified is that this can actually quantize any loops made!For the uninitiated on a normal club CDJ such as the 800 or the 1000 pressing the circle add simply starts a loop at that exact inform and pre-determines the loop length based on the BPM and duration of the song which is either 1. 2. 4 or 8 beats. The problem with this is that if you attempt to overlay a song which is looping if the loop is imperfect every time it resets it will go out of measure with the backing track making it very hard to use effectively. On the other hand a quantized circle function would analyse the song's coordinate pick out the beginning and end of beats and alter a perfect seamless loop that can act unbroken with no definable start or end for eternity making it perfect to overlay acapellas or other elements of tracks. However. I'm comfort unsure if this is the inspect as the is a little hazy:Making the magic of live mash-up even more manageable the new Beat Loop Divide facility rhythmically dices loops to fashion beats with drama interest or whatever your desired effect. It is easily adjustable during loop playback thereby creating loops with mind-melting dance floor-destroying twists. Regardless this seems like a pretty good addition to Pioneer's line depending on the feel of the jog go around.
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