DJM-2000 in testing & having some fun

well long wait, finally my setup is complete. Upgraded to an Axiom 61 Pro keyboard and now i have pioneers latest new spaceship - the djm-2000. Apparently i am 1 of only 22 people that have this mixer in australia, i was told when i got it late last week that only 22 units were shipped au wide and i had look around like crazy, alot of ppl had to wait even with preorders. more comin in 3-4 weeks iv herd.

Using the latest djm-2000 firmware 1.27 and cdj-2000 firmware 3.10. The FX section is awesome, and the clean powerfull sound will keep even the untrained ear happy. the 8 band frequence mixon the lcd takes a little getting used to ad the sidechain remix is a bit of fun too.

1 anoying thing, the cdj-2000s now display the bpm with a decimal point, beatmatching was easy enough with just the standard bpm display, iv covered my bpm with tape as pioneer have no intention of having an option to remove it, which could be hinting that pionner plans to expand and sell these to people over 90, dolphins and rob schneider.

1. Above & Beyond vs. Kyau & Albert - Anphonic (Arty Remix)
2. Tom Cloud feat Antonia Lucas - Silent Sun (Vocal Mix)

pic of the the setup here:
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/3821/veeshynewsetup.jpg

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• djm-2000
• cdj-2000
• axiom 61 pro
• trance
• kaveesh
• mixing djing
• pioneer

[icewang64]

@robobass25 exactly just concentrate on mixing mixing and more mixing :)

[robobass25]

@icewang64 oh well im just paying the credit card off as i go lol ... but yeah meh .. i got them ...thats all that matters :-p

[icewang64]

@robobass25 yeah if the money didnt bother u enjoy them still awesome, ill be back for em if im loaded im way low on cash lol

[robobass25]

@icewang64 ah yeah cool :-) well hey :-) im loving the decks .. but yeah they did cost a shit load... but oh well

[icewang64]

@robobass25 there were also alot of little details the avg user would miss out in terms of 'audio quality, effects dsp etc. anyway if i was loaded and money was no object i would get them but its still a rip off. same i also was able to buy a shit load of songs on beatport etc although it got abit expensive due to beatports lame $1 extra charge for getting wavs. almost doubles the price of the songs at checkout.

[icewang64]

@robobass25 well iv been studying sound engineering and iv also now got more knowledge, and after unsterstading whats inside the equipment esp the cds in terms of parts and hardware i relaised how cheap the stuff is dont let the layout lights cosmetics and features fool u. also hated the direction in which pioneer was going with to many aids, features removing alot of fundemental skills of mixing etc. with the s1 i get slip mode which is the cdj900, 5 hot cues etc for 7 times less $

[robobass25]

@icewang64 aww why did ya get rid of yours ? i love them! :-D but yeah.. if you already got other gear .. not much need for them i guess.. my old decks were just entry level stuff.. these are so much fun! :-D i ended up just using the line out from the keyboard to go into the mixer .. not the usb :-) but havent done much with that yet... just been working on the decks on there own with a HD full of tunes :-)

[icewang64]

@robobass25 cool! iv downgraded, after it may be high end but its actualy a complete rip off in terms of engineering so i got rid of the cdjs and mixer on ebay and got a ddj-s1. iv set up all th settings so it behaves like the real cdjs can mix exaclty like it withough the need for a screen expept for selecting songs, turned of any aids bpms and beatgrids etc. also go an akai apc-40 and built a new pc. the keyboard is running through a synth in ableton & coming from pc to mixer.

[robobass25]

haha i ended up getting a credit card and got the CDJ2000-DJM2000-CDJ2000 kit :-D its insanely awesome!! :-D .. how did you connect the keyboard to the mixer? i have a yamaha PSR-E412 and it has usb...just wondering how ya connected it to the mixer :-) please let me know :-D thanks :-D

[3AmericanPie]

GREAT MIX,, I HOPE I GET HALF AS GOOD AS YOU!! LOVE THE MIX !!