BPM Nec 2011 Pioneer DDJ-ERGO

0:00 This is a really slick controller,

Alright ladies and gentlemen, here we are, BPM NEC 2011. And what is your name sir? What's happening guys, my name is Rob Anderson, I'm the product training executive for Pioneer DJ. Alright so, first time ever is at the BPM 2011, can you tell us about the Ergo please? Okay so, the Pioneer DDJ Ergo, a brand new DJ controller just launched at this show, so it's world exclusive. Really nice slick design, so you can see if I hold it up, it's been stylishly designed to sit really nice with the new speakers which we've also just launched, the SDJ-05s in white. Now this is a really slick controller, it's featuring a lot of features that you'd like to see on a pro controller, along with some new Pioneer exclusive technology that we've brought in to really aid...

Anyone who's developing their mixing skills, anyone who's just starting out with DJing, this would be the perfect controller. Standard twin CDJ setup with a mixer in the middle operating on VirtualDJ software which also ships with the unit. If we start up and get some music running you can see it's quite a new flashy design so we've incorporated some really cool visual aids. We've got the Mix Pulse which is essentially these four Bright blue LEDs that are illuminating the jog wheel here. What's going to happen now, if you're mixing from this track to this track, you can see this one's looking a bit duller. As soon as I hit play, what's going to happen is as you start to sync the two tracks, the closer it gets to being beatmatched, the brighter the LEDs appear on here. I like it. That is a really nice feature. Really nice visual aid and visual representation of the beatmatching. Yeah.

1:49 We've also got the beat pulse lighting effects as well

For this instance, if I just press sync, bang, you can see both LEDs on both jog wheels in our bright blue indicating that the tracks are both running in perfect sync and ready to mix. So we've also got the beat pulse lighting effects as well. Now, we've incorporated a nice new approach, innovative approach to the VDU meter. So instead of typical LED display, we've actually got the faders pulsating. And you can see they get brighter and dimmer in accordance with the velocity of the music. So you can see as well now, we've also got a visual representation of the 4-4 beat pulsing on each track. If I press sync on the track, get this one running, actually getting it running in time, there we go, pulsing perfectly together, indicating that the tracks are now in time and ready for us to use the crossfader. Onboard filters, filter control, which also works with the effects pulse,

3:26 Onboard effects, you've got really nice effects

So really nice visual. If I load up an instant low-pass filter, you see the visual response of the jog wheel is quite in your face, really indicating that there's a filter on the go, so there's no more risk of mixing the next track in and leaving the filter on. Yeah, you can see exactly what's going on, yeah. And it also works the other way. If I run the filter on high-pass, then starts to blink clockwise instead. Nice. So onboard effects, you've got really nice effects. We've got four high quality effects that are running in VirtualDJ, all selected on the effects bank up here. So we've got two effects banks, can both be selected on either deck. It'll give you a demo of the grid effects and really sound, you know, quite nice, really nice for bringing up... That was tight, that was tight. Creating intensity in the tracks or building up to drops. We've also got onboard sample capabilities as well.

So, four samples stretched out across the deck, so sampler here, sampler there. You can take samples of your own tracks or you can use the onboard samples like so. You know, just adding a bit of creative flavour to the mix. You can throw in additional little samples and make the set your own. You don't have to stick to what the two tracks are offering. You can throw in other little elements. So that's it in a nutshell, the DDJ Ergo. Retailing at £430, so really nice affordable price tag for the home to semi-pro user. Really nice for mobile jocks.

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