DDJ-SX Serato DJ Controller TECH VERDICT
BUILD QUALITY 8.5 EASE OF USE FEATURES
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8.5 9.0
VALUE FOR MONEY 8.0 SOUND QUALITY 8.5
Free upgrades to Serato DJ for life, dual deck control mode, slip mode and a four-channel stand-alone mixer come together to make a seriously good controller.
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There are some small niggles with control placements which could lead to disaster for the unwary, but nothing that should put potential owners off purchasing this controller.
Pioneer have managed to combine the best features of their various products to create a fantastic four-channel, four-deck hardware controller for Serato DJ that is streets ahead of the competition. =
8.5/10
PRICE $999
CONTACT
pioneerdjusa.com
needle search strip that can be used to skip though tracks. A bank of eight nicely-sized back-lit drum pad-style buttons dominate the area underneath the jog wheels, providing hot cue, roll, slicer and sampler-triggering functions along with a loop control section found on the right-hand side of the trigger pads.
The mouth-wateringly good deck select and dual control function
rounds out a feature-packed controller section to ensure that the DDJ-SX stands head and shoulders above the competition. For the layout of the controller sections of the DDJ-SX, Pioneer have opted for a side-by-side approach, like CDJs, rather than a mirrored approach. While this will be viewed favorably by many DJs, it has led to some compromises with the layout. The left deck’s pitch
fader is very easy to knock when using the EQs on channel one of the mixer, and both sides suffer from the proximity of the pitch fader to the jog wheels, which makes it very easy to knock the pitch while using the jog wheels. While these issues are a possible annoyance, they are not major flaws and will likely become less of an issue once DJs become familiar with the DDJ-SX.
The build quality and sound quality of the DDJ-SX are both excellent, and compliment a very well thought-out controller. Due to the size of the DDJ-SX it is not very portable and will be a pain to fit into most DJ boxes, and while this is a drawback it is not surprising given the amount of features packed into this box of tricks.
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