Pioneer DJM-T1

As anticipated earlier this week (due to a mysterious choice in the Traktor auto configurator) Pioneer has launched their first ever dedicated Traktor mixer.
As a central unit in a standard Mixer/Vinyl/CD setup the option to play directly through via line or phono aswell as an option to use the internal USB soundcard (48 kHz / 24 bit) is available.
It's a two channel mixer for a four channel software. One can either work with the A or B decks loop and hot cue functions or switch to sampler mode. Sampler mode will probably use C/D decks. Meaning that you must assign A/C to output channel 1 and B/D to output channel 2. This is one of the new features in Traktor Pro 2.

The most used functions are available directly:

• Browsing section (Folder controll*)
• Effects section
• Loop control
• Transport controls
• Hotcue
• (Relative/Absolute mode*)
• Sync (Master*)
• Snap (Quantize*)
• Effect bank assignment buttons (Tempo bend*)
• (Tempo Tap*)

Features that I like alot:

• Doubleclicking the Shift button will toggle the function.
• The TAP function that is the shift function of the cue buttons.
• Hotcue / Loop / Sampler section (Sampler is for deck C/D)

Speculating:
Midi section

I have no idea at this moment what this section does!

There's only one Midi socket, so It's not a "quick swop" function where two Traktor instances can use the mixer at once like the Rane 68.
Maybe the mixer has two midi channels so that each button has two separate functions (in addition to the shift function). To what end I do not know. The Utility/Wake Up might be that it starts a small application on your computer in addition to start the computer if it is in sleep mode or something. Can be good if you have a desktop computer that's hidden away and just a monitor available.

A/C and B/D markings

It's a two channel mixer and I can not find A/C or B/D button anywhere...
Which takes me to the question: Why!!??
It might be because it's meant to be used with the sampler which will be always activated. Remember that you can allocate one or more decks to one audio sources in the new Traktor Pro 2.

Play mode

The Active button most lightly toggle the loop and indicates wether or not it is activated.

The Play Mode I'm not sure about, but I think it might have to do with the sampler function and if so it will toggle between looping or one shot samples.

Sample level

Since there is no volum controll for the C/D decks. This might adjust volume on all the samples.

So you can either use loop OR sample... Would be nice to have both functions available at once though.

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DJM 900 nexus Official Introduction with James Zabiela

A bit late, but still... This mixer just looks awesome!
There are some new effect. Personally I really enjoy the new reverb effects and the Gate/compression effect is just amazing. The new melodic effect looks like a very interesting effect for those who want to elevate your tracks to a level never before possible.
I haven't been all that excited about Pioneer products the last couple of years, except for the DDJ-T1. I have to admit that the interest for that has faded somewhat as well (Traktor Kontrol S4 is still miles ahead).
The DJM-900 Nexus however looks to be one of the best things that has happened to digital DJing for some time. This will open the gates for digital DJs to enter any club and be able to perform without doing a massive reorganizing of the DJ booth.  Acceptance will be a lot easier now that the market standard (Pioneer) will support digital DJing.

Pioneer Nexus is released

The new Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus

The Nexus was realy portrayed in the teaser video as an effects controller, but in fact it was an entire new mixer: The Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus!
This will probably become the new club standard by the end of 2011...

I think it's the best looking mixer they've produced so far.

The best thing is that Pioneer DJM-900 has got Traktor support! It's simply made for DVS systems, but mainly support Traktor. The USB plug is at the top left corner and all you have to do is just bring your laptop, hook it up and start playing. (You don't need a soundcard and you don't have to touch one audio cable!)
It's got a internaly built-in 8 channel/24bit/ 96khz soundcard. You just have to select the source on the channel. The timecode inputs can be routed through the mixer and into any DVS. It's so smooth. Just check the new USB connection status light to see if the connection is complete and you're ready to go.



Not alot of outputs concidering there is an eight channel soundcard in there,
but it's all routed through the mixers master channel. Couldn't be better!


Other notable features:

• Three new Sound color effects
• Two new Beat Effect
• X-pad effect controller
• Improved faders
• P-lock fader cap (So you can't pull the faders right off)
• Midi Output for syncing external units
• High end A/D converter. (The same 32 bit converters that are in the DJM-2000 mixer.)

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Pioneer NEXUS

Pioneer looks to be preparing to release an effect processing unit pretty soon.
Can't see the need for further effects then what's in Traktor, but there might be some place to fit this in aswell. The EFX series from Pioneer where a pretty big deal when they released them and I loved them, so I'm looking forward to see what this unit is.
They mask it pretty good in the video, but the format looks to be somewhat similar to Kontrol X-1 in that it's placed between the mixer and CD-player/turntable.
It's also  somehow connected to the 800 mixer from Pioneer... Donno how, but I guess that it's not mandetory.

Let's hope it can bring come new stuff to the table...