Pioneer creates two pieces of equipment that allows the DJ to add more juice to his mixes. By adding some sound effects this can really give an extra push to a DJ's performances. By overdoing it though it can really ruin your set. A wise DJ uses effects at intervals and not too much too close after eachother.

An Effector is connected on a Pioneer DJM mixer to the Send and Return connections at the rear side. When you use a different type of mixer you should also look for a Send/Return, Loop In/Out or Aux connection.

Comparison Chart To make it easy to see the real differences between the older EFX-500 and the new EFX-1000 here are the features of both Effectors next to eachother.		EFX-1000	EFX-500
General	Dimension	320*234*101mm	278*225*84mm
	Weight	2.4kg	2.0kg
Audio Unit	Sampling Rate	96kHz*	48kHz*
	A/D D/A Resolution	24bit*	16bit*
	Frequency Characteristics	20Hz to 22kHz	20Hz to 22kHz
	Distortion	0.01% or less	0.007% or less
	Head Room	19dB*	-
	Input Level	-10dB/+4dB	-10dB/+4dB
	Output Level	-10dB/+4dB	-10dB/+4dB
Input Connector	Line In(RCA)	yes	yes
	Line In(1/4 inch Phone)	yes	yes
	Digital In(Coaxial)	yes*	no
	Midi In(Din)	yes	yes
Output Connector	Line Out(RCA)	yes	yes
	Line Out(1/4 inch Phone)	yes	yes
	Digital Out(Coaxial)	yes*	no
	Midi Out(Din)	yes	yes
Other Connector	Pioneer System Link	yes	no
	Foot Switch	yes	no
Beat Effects	Delay	yes	yes
	Echo	yes	yes
	Pitch Echo	yes*	no
	Trans	yes	yes
	Flanger	yes	yes
	Filter	yes*	no
	Phaser	yes*	no
	Pan	no	yes*
	3 Band Effect Frequency	yes	yes
	Beat Button	8	6
	BPM Effect	yes	yes
	Rhythm Effect	yes*	no
	Depth Dial	yes	yes
	Character Dial	yes*	no
	Mix Ratio Dial	yes	yes
Digital Jog Break	Jet	yes	yes
	Wah	yes	yes
	Phase Shifter	yes*	no
	Ring	yes	yes
	Zip	yes	yes
	Humanizer	yes*	no
	Vocoder	yes*	no
	Fuzz	no	yes*
	Jog Memory Play Single	yes	yes
	Jog Memory Play Loop	yes*	no
	Hold	yes	yes
	Depth Dial	yes	yes
	Character Dial	yes*	no
	Mix Ratio Dial	yes*	no
Other Function	3Band Isolator	no	yes*
	Signal Flow Change Switch	yes*	no
	Midi Operation	yes*	no
	Midi Timing Clock	yes	yes
	Bypass	yes*	no
	Head Phone	no	yes*
Conclusion The EFX-1000 offers 2 more beat effects on the left side of the panel. The EFX-500 has isolator EQ's like the DJM-1000. The jog effects section of the EFX-1000 has 2 more jog effects and you can adjust the wet/dry setting for the jog effects. The EFX-1000 gives you the possibility to change the direction of the sound (first the beat effects, then the jog effects or the other way around). Also a major improvement of the EFX-1000 is the improved sound quality. It features the same 32-bit DSP that the DJM-800 and the DJM-1000 have. The EFX-1000 is also the only piece of gear besides the DJM-1000 that has the Pioneer System Link for maximum sound quality and flexibility. The Crossfader of the DJM-1000 controls the Jog paramater of the Jog effects section of the EFX-1000. In Short : The EFX-1000 offers more effects and more possibilities at a far better sound quality level than the EFX-500.

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