Pioneer XDJ-R1 any thoughts?

[deltic]

Seems to tick all the boxes,

Does anybody use one or anybody got any thoughts.......

Might just be time to have a forray back into the midi controller world.

[surround sounds]

Good post as I have been looking at this myself as well because I like the idea of remotebox, controller, USB and CDs.
I do believe when it first came out there was issues with the software but I do believe they are all fixed now

[Excalibur]

Might just be time to have a foray back into the midi controller world.

Hmmmm. I've got a Denon MC2000 you can have cheap, only used once. :D:D:D

[deltic]

Good post as I have been looking at this myself as well because I like the idea of remotebox, controller, USB and CDs.
I do believe when it first came out there was issues with the software but I do believe they are all fixed now

I believe the issues have been ironed out with updated firmware,definitely ticks all the right boxes as regards the features I am after.


Hmmmm. I've got a Denon MC2000 you can have cheap, only used once. :D:D:D

Thanx but no thanks :):)

[ian8limelight]

Seems to tick all the boxes,

Does anybody use one or anybody got any thoughts.......

Might just be time to have a forray back into the midi controller world.

I had one of these for a short while but wasn't impressed by either the sound quality or the mic EQ, compared to the MC6000 or V4.1.

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Hmmmm. I've got a Denon MC2000 you can have cheap, only used once. :D:D:D

How much are you looking for this please?

[Excalibur]

Hmmmm. I've got a Denon MC2000 you can have cheap, only used once. :D:D:D




How much are you looking for this please?

Sorry Ian, I must apologise. Sometimes I forget that people might take me seriously. :o:o The offer to sell it to Andy was a bit of an in-joke. It isn't really for sale. :o:o

OK, the serious explanation. I bought the 2000, and it had a disastrous first outing. When I contacted the dealer I got it from, he suggested remapping it correctly. I was sceptical, and fancied geting a VMS2 from our Teutonic friends at a stupid price. The dealer was more than happy to take it back, and swap it for some other kit I wanted from him. I decided to give him the chance to sort it out, so on Saturday, it will be back with him for his guru to talk to it sternly, and tell it to behave. Time will tell if this was a good move.

Sorry to get your hopes of a cheap controller up.

[deltic]

I had one of these for a short while but wasn't impressed by either the sound quality or the mic EQ, compared to the MC6000 or V4.1.

Interesting comment I found the MC6000 to be pretty poor and sold it as I didn't think the sound output was very good, maybe I need to try the pioneer first.

[fullcontact68]

Interesting comment I found the MC6000 to be pretty poor and sold it as I didn't think the sound output was very good, maybe I need to try the pioneer first.

And the microphone inputs are not that great. (Add the default midi mappings in VDJ8 are all over the place, works fine in VDJ 7 though)


I must admit, I'm considering an alternative controller.

[deltic]

And the microphone inputs are not that great. (Add the default midi mappings in VDJ8 are all over the place, works fine in VDJ 7 though)


I must admit, I'm considering an alternative controller.

Fortunately I never got to use the 6000 with vdj 8
And the workaround for the mic was an inline attenuator

On the whole with a cheaper set of cabs the sound was acceptable just through bigger systems it was a bit shy.

[ian8limelight]

Sorry Ian, I must apologise. Sometimes I forget that people might take me seriously. :o:o The offer to sell it to Andy was a bit of an in-joke. It isn't really for sale. :o:o

OK, the serious explanation. I bought the 2000, and it had a disastrous first outing. When I contacted the dealer I got it from, he suggested remapping it correctly. I was sceptical, and fancied geting a VMS2 from our Teutonic friends at a stupid price. The dealer was more than happy to take it back, and swap it for some other kit I wanted from him. I decided to give him the chance to sort it out, so on Saturday, it will be back with him for his guru to talk to it sternly, and tell it to behave. Time will tell if this was a good move.

Sorry to get your hopes of a cheap controller up.

No problems, always a pleasure to speak though :)

[fullcontact68]

Fortunately I never got to use the 6000 with vdj 8
And the workaround for the mic was an inline attenuator

On the whole with a cheaper set of cabs the sound was acceptable just through bigger systems it was a bit shy.

I've tried a couple of times with VDJ8, the midi mappings are all over the place for me, so gave up.


Regarding the mic, I've previously tried an inline attenuator, but that generated a lot of background noise, do you have any recommendations for an attenuator to use, variable attenuation?

Cheers

[deltic]

I've tried a couple of times with VDJ8, the midi mappings are all over the place for me, so gave up.


Regarding the mic, I've previously tried an inline attenuator, but that generated a lot of background noise, do you have any recommendations for an attenuator to use, variable attenuation?

Cheers

Just used the standard -10db inline jobbies from cpc did try a -20db as well

[surround sounds]

Just ordered my pioneer xdj r1 with bag and it's coming Monday

[deltic]

Well took the plunge XDJ-R1 arrived today so far so good.......just need to master Recordbox.

One minor niggle when using MacBook and VDJ in midi mode the display on the Xdj doesn't show track and time info like the denon 4500 does

[Excalibur]

Well took the plunge XDJ-R1 arrived today so far so good.......just need to master Recordbox.
So many witticisms spring to mind., such as " I found opening the lid and looking inside was a good start " etc etc. :D


One minor niggle when using MacBook and VDJ in midi mode the display on the Xdj doesn't show track and time info like the denon 4500 does

Oh for those happy days of yesteryear, when we plugged in the Cortex, and it was ready to go in seconds.