Pioneer Djm-800

[fire228]

NICE

[AntonyM]

Re: Pioneer Djm-800

And the credit card take another hit.

[Garrick]

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how much $$?

[Caley Martin]

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$1499 is the suggested price

[geoffgulley]

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$1499 is the suggested price

Still not enough to make me ditch an Allen & Heath....

[Jibgolly]

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i was checking that out at the dj expo in my hotel last year @ wmc.
thing made my pants stand out for sure!
would love to get my fingers on that thing.

[ds]

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for that money get a xone 92 .

[Jibgolly]

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i would think this mixer has some cooler options.
dont get me wrong i love Xone mixers. but i love pioneer mixers too.
the effects look mighty interesting on this mixer.
whereas the xone is limited to just a filter.

[geoffgulley]

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Just what the world needs, another DJ with flanger control.... Don't get me wrong, Pioneer's are great mixers. Solid, great sound and an all around club workhorse. I would never dissuade someone from purchasing one... except if it came down to an Xone or a URI.... If you want/need "effects" than the Pioneer is the way to go. If you want clean, uncluttered, colorless and noise free sound than it's either the XONE or URI....

[Caley Martin]

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i was checking that out at the dj expo in my hotel last year @ wmc.
thing made my pants stand out for sure!
would love to get my fingers on that thing.

You saw the 800 last year?

[Jibgolly]

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pretty sure they had it in the pioneer room. they had millions of dollars of gear on display. all hands on.
although i was checking out some other pionner mixer too and may have them confused. but i think that was a pioneer 3000 i was looking at.
a lot happened i dont remember so forgive me.

[Caley Martin]

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all is forgiven

[Yao]

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I'd take an A&H over that anytime, but i'm not into FX anyway

[fire228]

Re: Pioneer Djm-800

19 January 2006:
Pioneer Europe today unveils its new professional-grade mixer the DJM-800. Pure fidelity is delivered by the hi-end 96kHz/24 bit A/D converter that?s complemented by 61 assignable MIDI control channels and a landmark innovation, ?Harmonic Mixing? capability ? that detects a track?s key and automatically aligns it to the closest true key, removing inaccuracies created when adjusting the pitch. With digital connectivity, a large bright dot matrix display and a wide a range of high quality effects, the DJM-800 enables DJs to perfect pristine mixing.

Dedicated to finding new ways to improve the techniques available to DJs to create sensational sets: Pioneer achieved this with CD mixing and the genre-defining A/V deck, the DVJ-X1. And they have achieved it again with the DJM-800. It offers superlative digital performance, huge MIDI versatility and a new approach to harmonic mixing that replicates the way that DJs intuitively mix music. The innovation, combined with the unit?s sonic purity and a range of supporting features will advance mixing techniques ? it?s the type of breakthrough that clubs, professional DJs and the emerging generation of artists expect from Pioneer,? comments Jason Pook, product planning manager, Pioneer Europe.
Sonic purity is a given from Pioneer and the DJM-800 inherits the high fidelity technology of its big brother the DJM-1000. The analogue signal from the player is immediately digitised (through the shortest possible route) by a pro A/D converter at 96kHz/24bit, reaching the ultra-powerful (32bit) Digital Signal Processor without deterioration of quality.



Digital inputs and outputs support transparent signal processing between Pioneer?s CDJ and DVJ series of digital decks delivering immaculate audio quality. With input frequencies of 44.1/48/96kHz and selectable output frequencies of between 48/96kHz it?s a perfect mixer not only for the club professional but also recording studios where high fidelity sound is required.
Another key feature is the fully assignable MIDI function. This means that MIDI signals can be sent from almost all knobs and switches on the surface of the DJM-800 (a total of 61 assignable controls) to external midi equipment. With this level of MIDI flexibility, the DJM-800 can be used as a versatile interface to control any MIDI controllable lighting, software such as Ableton Live 5 and MIDI enabled video mixers. To extend the intuitive operation of the unit, optional rotary volume knobs are available to replace the main volume switches ? a feature that supports more subtle and precise mixing.

Extensive dialogue with some of the world?s top DJs and sound engineers provided the catalyst to create new, intuitive techniques to effect the perfect mix, resulting in ?sound colour effects? - a whole new style of DJ mixing. In music terms, if the DJ adjusts a track in the key of C by +3%, it slips out of the C band to between C and D. This makes it impossible to perform a perfect harmonic mix, unless harmonic tuning is applied. Harmonic tuning takes whatever key the source audio is in and adjusts the pitch until the key reaches a standard note. World class DJs currently spend thousands of hours learning the keys of their music and re-mastering their library to be in ?perfect pitch? - this innovation makes it that little bit easier to deliver smooth mixes time and again. The unit also offers ?filter?, ?sweep? and ?crush? effects through a highpass/lowpass filter, notch filter and bit crusher effect for all line channels.

In keeping with Pioneer?s relentless drive for innovation it has complemented its familiar effects with some new techniques for a package that includes: Echo, Delay, Reverse Delay, Pan, Transform, Filter, Flanger, Phaser, Reverb, Robot, Chorus, Roll and Reverse Roll. The effects automatically detect the BPM of the music and sync to the beats. In conjunction with the additional Digital Beat Effects, 50 combinations of effects are possible.

Like the DJM-1000, the DJM-800 also has the same high rigid chassis for minimizing unnecessary vibration that could adversely affect sound quality. It is based on the same layout and footprint as the DJM-600, providing the natural and familiar feel known to DJs across the world. It also incorporates a dual-shield structure for eliminating entry of digital noise and a high performance power supply.



Additional features
The DJM-800 has a massive range of features. Some of the additional highlights include:
Cross fader assign: to assign each channel?s input to the cross fader
Fader curve adjust: to change the cross fader/channel fader curve
Fader start: connect a Pioneer CDJ player with a control cable and playback can be started by simply sliding the cross fader or channel fader
3-Band Equalizer: a built-in equalizer on each channel enables level control within a ?26dB to +6dB range for high, mid & low bands, respectively
Talk over: automatically attenuates the volume by -20db so an MC can talk over the track
Mic signal cut: Eliminates the microphone sound output to the booth monitor to prevent feedback
Peak level meter: Check the peak level of the input audio for each channel as well as the master
Master output rotary knob
Master output attenuation switch
Twin mic level adjustment
Optional rotary faders available (DJC-800RV)

The DJM-800 will be available from April ?06.

[rewing3]

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That mixer looks pretty cool but right now I think a A&H is the way to go. I try to save up to get a new mixer here pretty soon.