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DJing from a smart-phone. Interesting! I've seen someone DJ in a club from a somewhat fiddly app on an iPhone, but it was only in mono from each channel. Having said that I don't think the audience really noticed. If this is stereo though, they could be onto a winner. It was always going to happen eventaully. If you get it, please let us know what it's like.
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I will definitely report back. Have dropped heavy hints for Christmas, and will just buy it in the new year if it's not in my stocking.
This one is mono only. It's basically just a toy, and all it really does it take your inputs so you don't have to fiddle around on the screen. There's no on-board sound card and the reason it's mono is that, to enable you to cue, it sends the master over one channel and you're cuing over the other, via a splitter cable that comes supplied.
I've downloaded the software app that supports Spotify (Djay) and had a little go at cueing and chopping up a few (drum and bass) tracks. It's fun, but so fiddly and difficult to reliably match and hold a mix, that the novelty wears off fast. I'm sure I've had a try on an app like this years ago and deleted it shortly after for that reason. Should I have the splitter cable now, though, I think it would be pretty fun just trying it out on the phone, and would only get better with the DDJ 200 or similar.
Thanks to my recent and hasty gen up on the digital side of things, Pioneer seem to have something for everything and everyone. Their next one up in the range (400) immediately addresses the stereo issue and has a few more bells and whistles - that's about £250. And it goes right up to the DDJ-RZX, which is not far off 3 grand, but shows the waveform on touchscreens and has all the looping/sampling/filtering features you could want.
J0nathan
Any thoughts on the DDJ 200? Looks like a cheap, fun little bit of kit.
https://www.djkit.com/pioneer-dj/pioneer-ddj-200.html
Having a kid means I don’t get that much time to mix and due to bedroom proximity to decks room, evenings are just completely out. The way I see it, with the DDJ, I could shut myself in our kitchen for some after bedtime blends, while also having the fun of teaching myself a bit more of how digital DJing actually works, and would have a whole other catalogue (vast world) of tunes with Spotify - and instantly give loads of other genres a try.
Just hope it works nicely without any buffering or lag etc, and I’m guessing there’s no way to record mixes. For barely 100 quid, it’s a done deal, though.
Also hoping the Rekordbox integration means I can also use it with my existing setup to mix my mp3 collection.