Originally Posted by
mostapha
That's what CDJs are. The CD slots are vestigial.
The HC-5000 requires a laptop to run Itch/SDJ. It doesn't play music on its own.
So, with that in mind....there are 2 good ways I can think of to go.
1. Numark V7. It runs SDJ. It can control 2 decks (on layers, not at once). It's about the size of a single CDJ. It includes the sound card. So, you plug its 2 output pairs into the auxes of our bozak, plug in your laptop, and control your digital tracks like that.
2. Go DVS and use your 1200s to control Traktor Scratch or Serato DJ. Split the outputs from your tunrtables between the sound card and the bozak inputs, and you'll have the setup you want...more or less limited to 2 decks at a time, though.
There are a handful of other controllers that work to control software well, but that all depends on what you want. Denon used to make the SC-2000 (also requires software) that basically is the HC5000 (which was also discontinued), just in a tabletop format. NI makes the X1mk2, which I really like. But mixing b/t it and turntables isn't the most straightforward thing, since it has neither a pitch fader nor platters (the controls are there, just different)....I've done it, and it works. But it's not ideal.
But none of this is standalone. As far as I know, there aren't any standalone media players without CD drives except that DJTech thing, which will only play mp3s and seems far from "good".
If you already own CDJ-900s, they're the most straightforward way to do what I think you want to do.
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