9/20/2023 0 Comments Rekordbox vs virtual dj![]() ![]() Of course, it also has full monitoring, per-channel and master, for effective gain staging. Talking about professional use, as you might expect, it has all the output options you might usually want, including both balanced (XLR) and unbalanced master outs, and balanced (1/4″ jack) booth outs, although there is no separate record out. One small but reassuring thing that I liked is that it has an on board power adaptor, so you plug a standard “kettle” style lead into it, which feels more secure than a little 12V plug as you get with many DJ controllers, especially for professional use. There’s also, as with the DDJ-SZ, the option to “gang” decks 1 and 3 or deck 2 and 4 together on each side, in order to manipulate them both at the same time (for scratching, for instance).Īdd in the more usual features of high-end controllers (reverse/censor, slip mode, eight cues per channel, full-function looping including loop move, full on-board control over software FX engines, screen views and library, etc) and it all adds up to one of the most complete DJing experiences with a controller you’re likely to find, at least, right up there with the Pioneer DDJ-SZ, and the Numark NS7III (minus the motorised platter of the latter, of course). Just a few of its high-end features include: The ability to plug in four external sources including two record decks, that work through the standalone mixer and the onboard hardware FX two USB sockets so DJs can switch seamlessly from laptop to laptop (there are “USB A” and “USB B” lit switches for each deck so you can select which laptop is assigned to which) the whole gamut of pad-based performance features (think Pad FX, slicer, loop roll, velocity sampler…), and an innovative onboard sequencer that is intuitive and fun to work with on the fly. Just like the DDJ-SZ before it, this is a highly capable controller. In Use Minus the screens, this could be a pro media player (think DJM2000NXS, for instance) the jogwheel is full sized, and pretty much all the other features are present and correct. Once that’s installed, though, everything instantly works as it should with no further configuration required. One thing that tripped me up for a second (yeah, yeah, I didn’t read the manual, I know…) was the fact that it isn’t just plug and play with regards to audio until you’ve installed the separate driver, the audio just comes out of your laptop. To set it up you need to have Rekordbox installed on your machine with the Rekordbox DJ plugin purchased and installed, too that gives you a “Performance” tab within Rekordbox that displays the full DJ software program. Overall, this adds up to much more functionality than the mixer sections of most DJ controller, if not all others. It is actually cut down a bit from Pioneer’s higher end club mixers (it lacks send/return for external effects, and the onboard effects aren’t as comprehensive by any means as say the Pioneer DJM900NXS), but it still has selectable Sound Color FX, a myriad of routing options, decent crossfader settings, and two mic channels (which share a two-band EQ). The mixer, again, at first glance just looks like a standard, Pioneer club mixer. The DDJ-RZ offers one of the most comprehensive control surfaces of any DJ controller, getting close and in some ways surpassing that in even the best pro DJ booths. There will be no “toy” accusations DJing with this. It therefore feels extremely professional, wth everything spaced out as it should be. It is a huge, 10kg controller (think a full-sized Pioneer DJ mixer and two full-sized Pioneer CDJ players joined up), with the same jogwheels as the company’s flagship CDJ2000NXS media player, and indeed the only major difference are the screens for the deck areas, those of course being replaced by your laptop screen in a laptop-plus-controller set-up like this. How good is it? We find out in today’s full review and talkthrough video. First Impressions / Setting up The Pioneer DDJ-RZ is the company’s flagship DJ controller for its own DJ software, Rekordbox DJ. ![]()
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