CDJ 400
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-03-12 23:09:20
Adding to the existing range of Pioneer's CDJ 200. 800 & 1000 is this splendidly ugly new unit; the CDJ 400. Just as with the channel of the 200 it seems to a feature a lot of flashy gimmicks which will make 800 & 1000 owners slide 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 end assail. Well.. the jog go around may be good but I'm guessing no because Pioneer don't want people to stop 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 attach their own images mp3 compatibility which is essentially useless unless innovate has figured out how to make files load up quickly and fast-forward properly (unlike the 200) superficial jog-wheel illumination patterns and finally. "fader start" which basically makes for automated mixing in tandem with another innovate unit. However some interesting though not new features are a touch-sensitive jog control with scratch capability master tempo hot-looping auto-cue reverse auto-cue auto-resume (surprisingly handy on the 200s!). It also has a fling 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 alter.. the 400 can be used as a midi controller or change surface 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 unify CDJ such as the 800 or the 1000 pressing the loop add simply starts a circle at that claim 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 circle is imperfect every time it resets it will go out of time with the backing bring in making it very hard to use effectively. On the other transfer a quantized circle function would analyse the song's structure pick out the beginning and end of beats and make a perfect seamless circle that can continue unbroken with no definable start or end for eternity making it perfect to overlay acapellas or other elements of tracks. However. I'm still unsure if this is the case as the is a little hazy:Making the magic of be mash-up even more manageable the new Beat Loop Divide facility rhythmically dices loops to make beats with drama intrigue or whatever your desired cause. It is easily adjustable during circle playback thereby creating loops with mind-melting dance floor-destroying twists. Regardless this seems like a pretty good addition to innovate's line depending on the feel of the jog wheel.
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