Pioneer DDJ-SZ; The Ultimate Club-oriented Controller!

[Paco Loco]

I cannot see any club installing a midi controller at the expense of the standard mixer/cdj combination.

But this is an analogue mixer too. I would imagine any club who installed it would have CDJs plugged into it as well.

[Karlos Santos]

So you think that a club will spend the best part of (or over) £4,000 on one setup ? That's gonna be some classy/wealthy club.

I could see it used in the scenario you posted much more than, instead of a Mixer/CDJ setup though.

[Karlos Santos]

Also, I don't see all the usual DJM FX on the hardware mixer. CD DJ's are gonna be left out in the cold with a mixer that is mainly geared to laptop users with a plethora of internal FX.

[Liambo]

Is that not the XDJ-Aero? That's stand alone with a screen. If you need to implement a screen in this thing it becomes ginormous!

Yeah i know adding a screen would make it too big, bulky and not very practical!

But the Aero is the current solution, but being a CDJ2000 Nexus/DJM900 Nexus user, this would be more familiar with the touch strip, jog adjust etc compared to the Aero. Hence why i would prefer if it had a screen. But as i said, size would make it not very practical.

[dj gullum]

did a size comparison
2 CDJ2000 Nexus + DJM 900 Nexus is ca 97 cm wide and 40 cm deep thats only 10 cm wider then the DDJ SZ and about the same deept. SO I don't see many clubs putting this in-between 2 CDJ's witch would make the setup about 150 cm wide.

But I do love this controller and I'm seriously thinking of getting it

[despo]

well shit, controllers keep coming out for SDJ and not a single one comes out for traktor, if this keeps going traktor is DONE

This can probably mapped aswell to traktor but the jogwheels are probably gonna respond like crap again due to midi

[Paco Loco]

So you think that a club will spend the best part of (or over) £4,000 on one setup ?

It's only slightly more expensive than a DJM900 mixer, and is cheaper than the Nexus version.

Also, I don't see all the usual DJM FX on the hardware mixer.

True it has less effects, but it has the essentials and a bit more covered. I don't think this would be seen as a deal breaker by a club that was considering it.

I guess time will tell - will be interesting to see what effect this controller has on the status quo, if any.

[nobbycossie]

I am really confused!!

It looks awesome and I am sure it is very good however, I don't see who their target market is?

I doubt it will be used in a club install, I doubt it will be used for travelling DJs and I doubt we will see it in many home set-ups. Who is it for?

[Paco Loco]

I don't see who their target market is?

In my opinion it's aimed at the club install market. Of course I could be wrong.

In reality I'd imagine the sales will be split between the three groups you mentioned.

[DISaS73R]

So other all-in-one controllers are much cheaper and more portable.
Modular set ups are even more portable and possibly cheaper, unless you go ham on the mixer you'll be using at home.
You can get 2x900 + DJM250 for about the same price (second hand) which will be better quality and better for practice at home.

Am I missing something?