Meh. Not that I was buying one anyway. But will keep an eye out for good deals for a used NX2-players.
https://www.pioneerdj.com/en-us/news/2020/cdj-3000-professional-dj-multi-player/
DJ setups/Mixer porn/New toys thread...
Love the new kit Grant. You spawny git
Homegrove …feel like Mojaxx nails it in his summary, conservative with a small ‘c’. They couldn’t afford to be too radical with the redesign for fear of alienating their base, ie. not generally domestic consumers but predominantly venues and hire companies.
Some nice features though, the track preview (and track playing preview) are cool, the master track/waveform display is great and overall the screen looks gorgeous, smoother and much higher res than it did in the leaked pics. Build quality deffo MUCH more suited to a top-of-the-range player.
People will whinge about the lack of dual layer deck control like the Denons, personally I’d be unlikely to use it, but might have been nice to have in a player at that price (2 decks for the price of 1- kinda thing) and somehow think it wouldn’t have been that hard to implement.
Interested to see how they refresh the XDJ’s now…
There maybe some hidden tricks up its sleeve, like wifi for steaming / ability to dual layer through firmware (though I dont see any relevant buttons). A very “Pioneer” update. Not upsetting the apple cart.
Like the artwork in the middle / circular screen etc. I’m visually driven, so seeing the artwork at a decent size is appreciated.
The IEC lock is a nice touch too.
I don’t understand why people just wouldn’t buy the XDJ XZ - if you want another channel, plug a deck, a CDJ or a laptop in. Playing out, I’m never gonna use more than two channels. In fact, playing in, I barely use two channels.
Do you use anything to help with the EQ curve in your headphones like Sonarworks or Toneboosters Morphit? That could help a lot as well.
Am I allowed to post actual studio gear in here? Last thread I did this in Damo had a mild fit. Haha.
loopdokter i demo’d sonarworks, but wasn’t a huge fan. i’m not struggling with my mixes too much these days, the odd track i have to work the low end a little, especially if i have a kick, sub, and low-passed chords, but it’s not causing me problems. the best thing for me was a combination of learning my headphones, using reference tracks when i’m not sure, and invaluable feedback from wayne, who does my mastering.
when i send him a mix, he tells me exactly what he did with it and that’s gone from fixing the garbage i was sending him a year and a half ago to just slight eq and compression for the most part now.
plus making dub, it’s not a genre that relies on super clean and separated mixes, so that probably hides some of my mistakes. my big challenge now is creativity vs. technical stuff. i feel like i have the basic tools and ability now, it’s a matter of making interesting music instead of typical derivative stuff.
Along_the_Wire I think most will. At $2.5K a pop here in the States with tax only clubs/hire companies/A list DJs/trust fund kids can afford these and a decent mixer. I think the model for Pioneer is for people to learn the trade via XDJs / DDJs then use CDJs in clubs/when playing out. Thats why they haven’t gone nuts with redesigning the units/adding new features.
The XZ is the price of one of these, so makes no monetary sense for the majority to buys CDJs.
£3000 each.
It’s no Kontrol S2 MK2.
Along_the_Wire I don’t understand why people just wouldn’t buy the XDJ XZ -
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Along_the_Wire Doubt very many will buy the CDJ 3000s for home use. That’s what the XDJ is for.
I was planning an upgrade to the XZ this year. Its been put on hold due to needing a new laptop. Went for the dell xps 13. Expensive, but a great piece of kit.
Whatever happened to a 500 quid set up?
#okboomer
Kids these days can get a good start with a 200 € controller and a laptop. And build from that.
…give it 6 months, loads of people will have the 3000’s at home IMO