{"id":329,"date":"2016-07-08T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5722.temp.domains\/~audioor1\/what-pioneers-new-controller-could-mean-for-cdjs-2\/"},"modified":"2016-07-08T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T10:23:00","slug":"what-pioneers-new-controller-could-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audioordeal.co.uk\/what-pioneers-new-controller-could-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What Pioneer’s New Controller Could Mean For CDJs"},"content":{"rendered":"
You will have seen all across the web that there is a new controller from Pioneer: DDJ-RZX. This is a Rekordbox flagship controller designed with updated features including hi-res touch screens and Rekordbox video control. With many other articles<\/a> detailing the features, most of which are derived from the introduction video<\/a> I decided to go a different route and talk about what I hope this means for future Pioneer kit, namely CDJs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a> Pioneer for a while now have been making larger controllers, each more resembling their flagship CDJ\/Mixer setup than the last. It truly looks like we are nearing the peak of controller vs CDJ wars.<\/p>\n These wars are sadly still a thing, CDJs do get the preferential treatment, even though at this stage, controllers offer so much more control and manipulation of music – just look at any controller with pads and realise the advantages. Just the other week I heard a DJ get criticised for using a Traktor controller, I was mad because his sets were fantastic.<\/p>\n The issue had been for a while, that CDJs were more professionally built, and sounded a lot better. Now however, controllers are up there. They have reached that level.<\/p>\n
There is no doubt the past few years have brought controllers closer to the CDJ level, the addition of screens was a huge development, most notably by Numark with their NV controller and Dashboard add-on. This brings us many steps closer to laptop-less performances where it is at worst hidden from view and at best obsoleted. <\/p>\n
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