Nice concept but without CD support, what are you going to do when the host, club-owner, etc ask you to play their favorite song and they have it there on CD. I would not want to rely on just an ipod for the entire night. From the website, they market it as the "one stop solution" for DJs. I've DJ'd for over 8 years now and there is no way this will be taking over anytime soon. Now you have to rely on this device as your mixer and there are no SEND/RECEIVE inputs on it.
As it stands, The Serato System is currently the best option on the market. Allows you to use REAL turntables or REAL DJ CD-players with your music on a laptop. This means you can use a music CD or even vinyl at anytime. Of course it's more stuff to carry with you. I could see the Numark Ipod mixer/player being a hit with small time house party kids that are doing a party for their friends graduation, etc. But forget about it in the club.
funny how "real DJ cd players" comes up in your posting. Some years ago everybody was saying that only "real turntables" would be used by "real DJ's" and about cdj-players they would say: "there is no way this will be taking over anytime soon".
The CD players now are way more like vinyl than the first CD players that came out. Take a look at the Pioneer CDJ 1000's. I've used those at clubs and they are pretty darn close to vinyl but with the digital benefits. I used have one of the first Newmark dj-cd players and I can tell you this... It sucks now and it would have not taken off back then if CD-players were kept that way.
I never said that I didn't think that digitally stored music was not the future. I actually DO think that within the next 3-5 years, you will see more and more hard drive based systems at clubs.
JUST not in this format that Numark is putting out. This system iDJ2, although a step in the right direction, is FAR FAR FAR from being any type of club replacement. I feel that Serato will probably be close to taking over at most clubs soon. I see it more and more.
@ Mark, I will have to look into the Traktor. I used to have their program on my computer for mixing mp3's (no external controller however). Is it similar to Serato in that you can use your turntables with digital files?
IN SUMMARY: Numark has a nice concept here that will need to be improved before it can see any club floor. I would expect Pioneer to come out with something in the $2000 range that will be a true hard drive based DJ solution. This iDJ2 is great for your average kid doing parties for fun for his friends.
James: Traktor accepts time coded vynil/cd, i believe the final scratch ones.
also, you should give a try to deckadance from image-line, it also accepts time coded sources for controling your media, but it accpts any tipe of time coding through it's learn function.
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Nice concept but without CD support, what are you going to do when the host, club-owner, etc ask you to play their favorite song and they have it there on CD. I would not want to rely on just an ipod for the entire night. From the website, they market it as the "one stop solution" for DJs. I've DJ'd for over 8 years now and there is no way this will be taking over anytime soon. Now you have to rely on this device as your mixer and there are no SEND/RECEIVE inputs on it.
As it stands, The Serato System is currently the best option on the market. Allows you to use REAL turntables or REAL DJ CD-players with your music on a laptop. This means you can use a music CD or even vinyl at anytime. Of course it's more stuff to carry with you. I could see the Numark Ipod mixer/player being a hit with small time house party kids that are doing a party for their friends graduation, etc. But forget about it in the club.
James
funny how "real DJ cd players" comes up in your posting. Some years ago everybody was saying that only "real turntables" would be used by "real DJ's" and about cdj-players they would say: "there is no way this will be taking over anytime soon".
Makes you think doesn't it?
James:
Can't you get a cheap (and they are really cheap) USB CD drive and add it on? The numark seems to support USB audio sources, in addition to the ipod.
@ James: Serato is out, Traktor Scratch is in. It's totally ridiculous and I love it.
@ olaf,
The CD players now are way more like vinyl than the first CD players that came out. Take a look at the Pioneer CDJ 1000's. I've used those at clubs and they are pretty darn close to vinyl but with the digital benefits. I used have one of the first Newmark dj-cd players and I can tell you this... It sucks now and it would have not taken off back then if CD-players were kept that way.
I never said that I didn't think that digitally stored music was not the future. I actually DO think that within the next 3-5 years, you will see more and more hard drive based systems at clubs.
JUST not in this format that Numark is putting out. This system iDJ2, although a step in the right direction, is FAR FAR FAR from being any type of club replacement. I feel that Serato will probably be close to taking over at most clubs soon. I see it more and more.
@ Mark, I will have to look into the Traktor. I used to have their program on my computer for mixing mp3's (no external controller however). Is it similar to Serato in that you can use your turntables with digital files?
IN SUMMARY:
Numark has a nice concept here that will need to be improved before it can see any club floor. I would expect Pioneer to come out with something in the $2000 range that will be a true hard drive based DJ solution. This iDJ2 is great for your average kid doing parties for fun for his friends.
James: Traktor accepts time coded vynil/cd, i believe the final scratch ones.
also, you should give a try to deckadance from image-line, it also accepts time coded sources for controling your media, but it accpts any tipe of time coding through it's learn function.