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he release of the CDJ-2000 shook up clubland’s DJ booths and changed the way many DJs the world over prepared and played their sets — as well as bringing
Pioneer to the forefront of DJ technology once again. Now CDJ-2000s are about to become old news with the advent of the next incarnation — the CDJ-2000nexus. This is also destined to change the game yet again, and it’s the safest bet on the planet that clubs the world over will be scrambling to get their DJ boxes fitted with Pioneer’s latest box of tricks. While the CDJ-1000 changed very little over the years with its various versions, the CDJ-2000 was a truly revolutionary product that gained instant success. Pioneer aren’t resting on their laurels though, they are bringing out serious groundbreaking products at a furious rate. The biggest and most exciting new feature found on the CDJ-2000nexus is support for Wi-Fi connections
to laptops, smart phones and tablet devices. This new feature is actually very easy to miss unless you are in the know, as there is nothing obvious on the case to give any inclination of this kind of connectivity. There is, however, one small catch. Unlike the new XDJ Aero, which has its own Wi-Fi router built in, the CDJ-2000nexus needs to have a cable running to a wireless router to be able to talk to wireless devices. But that is not a major hassle to set up, even if there are going to be the inevitable amusing moments in DJ boxes while people look frantically for the Wi-Fi password to be able to start their set. Of course, it is still entirely possible to do things the ‘old-fashioned’ way and plug a USB stick into the CDJ-2000nexus, or even play CDs if that is more suitable for one’s particular choice of mixing media.
Using Wi-Fi on the new CDJs is pretty straightforward once everything is set up. Tracks
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It doesn’t seem that long ago that Pioneer shook-up DJ booths worldwide with the new CDJ-2000. Now they aim to do it again with the successor to the crown, the CDJ-2000nexus…
played via Wi-Fi are buffered in the CDJ-2000nexus, so if the signal is dropped the track will keep playing. Should the whole track not be loaded, an emergency loop function engages to ensure the beats keep pumping and DJs have a chance to mix in the next track without that dreaded awkward silence. All of this is made possible thanks to the release of Rekordbox for iOS and Android devices, which allows DJs to take Rekordbox on their phone with them anywhere and prepare sets, create hot cues and loops as well as editing track details and compiling playlists.
REKORDBOX Another huge improvement that the CDJ-2000nexus has over the CDJ-2000 is the new display system which incorporates Rekordbox functionality, enabling DJs to zoom into the waveform and edit the beat grid directly from the CDJ-2000nexus control panel. The track information section has
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