Denon DJ MC2000 TECH
for sync, cue and play, along with a button to select vinyl mode and two buttons for pitch-bending. Pitch control faders are found at the sides of the jog-wheels, which have an action that oozes quality, along with a nice click in the centre to give tactile feedback to DJs when the pitch is at zero. Adorning the top of each deck section is an effects control section with three knobs, three buttons and a rotary encoder; below this is a loop control section with five buttons dedicated to this task. The four hot cue/sample buttons complete the deck section and can either be used for hot cues or triggering samples, when used with the shift button pressed down.
With the release of the MC2000, Denon have managed to create a DJ controller that undoubtedly has the feel of a professional piece of equipment, with a good set of features and a very reasonable price tag. The MC2000 could be the perfect tool for DJs looking to get their first controller, or for DJs that prefer two- deck mixing. It manages to strike a good balance between keeping things simple and having enough features to allow DJs to grow as they learn the craft.
centre of the mixer section between the EQ knobs is a track browsing and loading section made up of a push button rotary encoder knob surrounded by buttons to take care of loading tracks into either of the decks, and navigating through the crates when looking for tracks to load. The unit also has an additional two audio inputs — one for a microphone, and an aux input for an external audio device — which have their own separate volume control via knobs on the back of the unit next to the input connections. Although handy, they are made much less usable by the fact that they cannot be controlled via the mixer’s faders and EQs. What is noticeably missing from the mixer section is a VU meter — this is an oversight that is compounded by the fact the Serato DJ Intro does not have a VU meter either, and is a disappointing omission, but not a problem if using it with Serato DJ.
PURE QUALITY Sitting either side of the MC2000’s mixer are two deck sections, each with a jog- wheel that, while being on the small side, uses high quality components and has the kind of resolution that is normally only seen on much more expensive controllers. They are very nice to use for mixing, as well as being more than up to the job when it comes to scratching. At the bottom of each of the jog-wheels are back-lit buttons
VERDICT BUILD QUALITY
EASE OF USE FEATURES
HYPE Great build quality, high
7.5 8.0 8.0
VALUE FOR MONEY 9.0 SOUND QUALITY
resolution jog-wheels, tight integration with the included Serato DJ Intro software and a very easy installation process.
GRIPE The lack of VU meters is the
biggest letdown, and the jog-wheels are on the small side.
A compact two-channel controller that manages to keep the quality high while keeping the price down. The MC2000 could be the perfect controller for new DJs to use to learn their trade.
= 8.1/10
priCE $299
CONTACT
denondj.com
djmag.com 063 8.0
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