Technics SL-DZ 1200  Digital CD Turntable

Submitted by W.i.M   on 21-03-2004 01:01
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Gearbase product details : Technics SL-DZ1200

There was a lot of talk about this the Technics SL-DZ1200 lately and now it has been officialy released news, the SL-DZ1200 should be in stores from summer 2004 (June). The dutch press-launch was friday 19 March 2004 and the following day the DJ's-launch was held at the Dutch DJ School.

Technics phylosophy while desiging this product was to create the Digital Turntable. The outer designs uses much of the desing from their legendary turntable : SL-1200 MK2. The feet, body and chassis seem to be made from the same materials and also the feel is the same. The platter is slightly smaller than that from it's big brother : 10".

The turntable simultation goes very far, with Vinyl Simulation you can regenerate the analogue clicks as a sound effect. Also when you spin backward over the Cue Piont the players stops it's engine, like your needle jumps of at the beginning of the record. I personaly think this is something over the top and with the sample it was not possible to turn it off. But with this product Technics introduces a very solid machine for DJ's to use at home or in the clubs.

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Cue Bank

The SL-DZ1200 can memorize 50 sets of 10 cue points in his internal memory as individual albums. Each album also includes your settings for the 4 Cue Pads, Loop Piont, Auto Cue and Effects. If data is stored on SD Card more than 50 albums can be stored. All settings will be loaded when the disc (or SD card).

Cue Pads

There are 4 cue points available for storage of your favourite cue-points for instant and seamless use.

Sample Pads

Record your special sounds and riffs here to use during your set. The recalled sample starts instantly so you can use the sample pads as instruments. The stored samples can also be played als single sounds or can be looped. A simple Edit Function makes it possible to controll a sample's In Point, Out Point and Volume Level.

Loop

By simply setting your Loop In and Out point with the desired buttons you can easily create seamless loops.

Cue Control

After you find a Cue Piont by moving the platter, you can store that point in memory for instant recall. At any time you can then make the deck return to that point and Stand By. Then simply press Play to begin. This also lets you easily check to find the best timing for a mix.

Strobe

The red strobe and silver dots on the platter rim of an analogue turntable give the pDJ a feel for the speed setting that becomes intuitive over time. Now the same functionality as the analogue feeling is yours in digital shape. The buid-in strobe can telegraph tempo changes.

Free Wheel

Just press the Free wheel button and you can spin the platter freely, letting it slow down gradually.

Vinyl Sim

A built-in vinyl simulator Effect recreates that unique analog sound while playing new digital music from a CD or SD card. You can add analog spice for the same kind of frequency response that charactarizes LPs.

Dynamic FX

You can manipultate the slip surface of the platter to create a phat sund and add awesome special effects or distortion.

Forward, Reverse

Amaze the crowd with reverse playback effects. At the flip of a switch you can reverse the platter rotation. This lets you perform precision revers play. Instant Reverse directly reverses the track without waiting for the platter to go backwards.

Pitch Lock

You can speed up or slow down the tempo without changing instrument and vocal pitch. You are now more flexible to match up different songs that would have been difficult on an analog deck. This feature is also known as Master Tempo on Pioneer CD players.

Display

This is a close up of the display that gives you all essential information : Remaining Time, BPM, Playback Position and more. Play Time gives you an accurate indication of the playbakc progress so you don't have to rely on visuals clues anymore. You can even change the angle of the display if you want to use the deck upright hip-hip style.

Brake

The braking speed of the platter is adjustable via a knob on the back of the player so you can set this to your desired setting. This can vary from a very slow breakdown to a sudden stop.

Digital Output

So you can make your recordings digitaly.

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Read more about the Technics SL-DZ-1200 in the Gearbase.

And just for you to know a little bit about the history that Technics has on CD players, here is an image of the Technics SL-P1200 (allthough it's a very dusty one) from the frontrunner of this Technics decks, wich was released many years ago. At that time it was a revolutionary product but not much people actually used it at that time

 

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