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Pioneer’s new 4 Channel 96kHz/24bit DJM-800 Digital Mixer Blends MIDI Compatibility & Innovative ‘Sound Colour’ Effects
19 January 2006: Pioneer today unveils its new professional-grade mixer the DJM800. Pure fidelity is delivered by the hi-end 96kHz/24 bit A/D converter that’s complemented by 61 assignable MIDI control channels and a landmark innovation, ‘Harmonic Mixing’ capability – that detects a track’s key and automatically aligns it to the closest true key, removing inaccuracies created when adjusting the pitch. With digital connectivity, a large bright dot matrix display and a wide a range of high quality effects, the DJM-800 enables DJs to perfect pristine mixing.
‘We’re dedicated to finding new ways to improve the techniques available to DJs to create sensational sets: we achieved it with CD mixing and the genre-defining A/V deck, the DVJ-X1. And we’ve achieved it again with the Pioneer DJM 800. It offers superlative digital performance, huge MIDI versatility and a new approach to harmonic mixing that replicates the way that DJs intuitively mix music. The innovation, combined with the unit’s sonic purity and a range of supporting features will advance mixing techniques – it’s the type of breakthrough that clubs, professional DJs and the emerging generation of artists expect from Pioneer,’ comments Jason Pook, product planning manager, Pioneer Europe.
Sonic purity is a given from Pioneer and the DJM-800 inherits the high fidelity technology of its big brother the DJM-1000. The analogue signal from the player is immediately digitised (through the shortest possible route) by a pro A/D converter at 96kHz/24bit, reaching the ultra-powerful (32bit) Digital Signal Processor without deterioration of quality.
Digital inputs and outputs support transparent signal processing between Pioneer’s CDJ and DVJ series of digital decks delivering immaculate audio quality. With input frequencies of 44.1/48/96kHz and selectable output frequencies of between 48/96kHz it’s a perfect mixer not only for the club professional but also recording studios where high fidelity sound is required.
Another key feature is the fully assignable MIDI function. This means that MIDI signals can be sent from almost all knobs and switches on the surface of the Pioneer DJM 800 (a total of 61 assignable controls) to external midi equipment. With this level of MIDI flexibility, the DJM800 can be used as a versatile interface to control any MIDI controllable lighting, software and MIDI enabled video mixers. To extend the intuitive operation of the unit, optional rotary volume knobs are available to replace the main volume switches – a feature that supports more subtle and precise mixing.
Extensive dialogue with some of the world’s top DJs and sound engineers provided the catalyst to create new, intuitive techniques to effect the perfect mix, resulting in ‘sound colour effects’ - a whole new style of DJ mixing. In music terms, if the DJ adjusts a track in the key of C by +3%, it slips out of the C band to between C and D. This makes it impossible to perform a perfect harmonic mix, unless harmonic tuning is applied. Harmonic tuning takes whatever key the source audio is in and adjusts the pitch until the key reaches a standard note. World class DJs currently spend thousands of hours learning the keys of their music and re-mastering their library to be in ‘perfect pitch’ - this innovation makes it that little bit easier to deliver smooth mixes time and again. The unit also offers ‘filter’, ‘sweep’ and ‘crush’ effects through a highpass/lowpass filter, notch filter and bit crusher effect for all line channels.
In keeping with Pioneer’s relentless drive for innovation it has complemented its familiar effects with some new techniques for a package that includes: Echo, Delay, Reverse Delay, Pan, Transform, Filter, Flanger, Phaser, Reverb, Robot, Chorus, Roll and Reverse Roll. The effects automatically detect the BPM of the music and sync to the beats. In conjunction with the additional Digital Beat Effects, 50 combinations of effects are possible.
Like the DJM-1000, the DJM-800 also has the same high rigid chassis for minimizing unnecessary vibration that could adversely affect sound quality. It is based on the same layout and footprint as the DJM-600, providing the natural and familiar feel known to DJs across the world. It also incorporates a dual-shield structure for eliminating entry of digital noise and a high performance power supply.
Additional features
The DJM-800 has a massive range of features. Some of the additional highlights include:
• Cross fader assign: to assign each channel’s input to the cross fader
• Fader curve adjust: to change the cross fader/channel fader curve
• Fader start: connect a Pioneer CDJ player with a control cable and playback can be started by simply sliding the cross fader or channel fader
• 3-Band Equalizer: a built-in equalizer on each channel enables level control within a –26dB to +6dB range for high, mid & low bands, respectively
• Talk over: automatically attenuates the volume by -20db so an MC can talk over the track
• Mic signal cut: Eliminates the microphone sound output to the booth monitor to prevent feedback
• Peak level meter: Check the peak level of the input audio for each channel as well as the master
• Master output rotary knob
• Master output attenuation switch
• Twin mic level adjustment
• Optional rotary faders available (DJC-800RV)
Poster: Lead
De DJM-800 klinkt errugh goed, gelijk aan de DJM-1000: strak en direct laag, duidelijke definities en klankbeeld. De details die je ineens hoort in het hoog (met Cd digitaal zeker) zijn merkwaardig. Beide mixers (maar ook de DJM-400) gebruiken beide dezelfde 32 bit DSP. Je CDJ's sluit je natuurlijk wel aan via de DIGITALE KABEL, zo haal je er de maximale kwaliteit uit. De mixer hoeft dan immers het analoge signaal niet digitaal te maken.
Poster: barthawkvolgensmij heeft de 400 toch geen digital input, net zoals de 800?
Poster: MauriceForgeMaar dan mijn vraag : Hoe is de build quality van de mixer? hoe voelen de faders en de overige knoppen?
Poster: Lead
Maar daarom zitten er achter de ingangen nog wel 24bit/96kHz A/D converters die het signaal digitaal maken... en voor de uitgang wordt het weer analoog gemaakt.
Poster: Rhinoquote lead:Maar daarom zitten er achter de ingangen nog wel 24bit/96kHz A/D converters die het signaal digitaal maken... en voor de uitgang wordt het weer analoog gemaakt.Rhino :En als je vinyl draait is dat dus niet tof want dan heb je twee maal onodige conversie .96 Khz is nog steeds niet genoeg voor die mooie glooiende sinus , pas bij 192Khz komt het in de buurt.Ik ben niet zo technisch, maar jij suggereert nu eigenlijk dat een mp3 op 96kHz dezelfde kwaliteit is als een cd/vinyl die door de DJM-800 is gegaan.Wie weet hier meer over te vertellen?
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