Originally Posted by
brichi
not much of a review from me but some points I picked up on while I had a loner
For the amount of work I do, the caliber of jobs and the different types of jobs, This thing is not good enough for guys like me in the companies we work in. For 1 there is a limit on the amount of files you can export from RB, can I break my library down to under this limit for each gig? Yes, but I don't have time when I do 5 different types of events a week to worry about which drive I take based on it so for me personally, These are my pro's and cons
cons
1. cant use the memory points from RB, only the hot cues
2. auto load of the hot cues are extremely slow and it can take up to 10 seconds before a track is ready to be played
3. locked up once on me while loading cues, had to reboot deck which in the middle of a gig, means you're f'd, others complaiing about lock ups on Pioneer forum also
4. i hate small platters in general, to toy'ish, even my wife laughed when i took it out of the box saying it looks like it was from toys r us compared the the gear I usually have at home
5. would have to have 2 drives prepared, one for my 2000s and 1 for the R1, the R1 needs it's own library on export
6. horrible for mic, only 1/4" in and no eq other then 1 knob for hi/low and only 1 mic, there are a lot of times we have 2 mics going so I would have to waste the aux in for a mic mixer which isn't a huge deal, but enough to suck, lol
7. If I had to download a track I didn't have for some reason, I cant just throw it on a drive and play it, I'd have to burn cd's in the middle of a gig to play a song I may not have
8. cannot link your laptop, iPad, iPhone to play tracks from that device, ONLY usb drive and cd's can be played
not all the cons are a big deal, MANY people would deal with this especially at a $900 price point but me personally, it doesn't compare to the flexibility and professional look of my current setup which is understandable when you compare a $900 controller to a $6000 setup
the pros
1. awesome iPad integration and browsing
2. small and light
3. very well built
4. cd drives
the controller is definitely cool and Pioneer is heading in the right direction with this RB and iPad integration into the units, but I personally feel it's just not there yet and so do others from what I am reading.
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