So I sold my DJM800 and was gonna / still might get a Rane Empath Rotary… was even thinking a Xone 92 Rotary.
But I must say I probably can afford the DJM900 and rotary isn’t really a deal breaker. After a while I might even attempt this mod.DJM900 rotary kit mod and CDJ2000 LED mod
Is the 900 the tits? Seems to have absolutely everything I want from a mixer.
Haters gonna hate pioneer, but surely even the 900 has got to get props. Nothing wrong with it is there? (other than the price)
Surely it’s extremely clean audio as there is minimum A/D D/A conversion
Let me know if you have regrets, crave something else etc…
No regrets. It’s everything I expected, nothing more/nothing less. There were a couple FX I thought I could really learn to use in my sets and fit in really well that didnt really pan out, but on the flip side, there are some FX that I thought I would never use and now find them very usefull.
I am loving my DJM900NXS. Now that I have been using it more and comboing it with Traktor Effects. It’s blown my mind what I can do with it. Many of my friends just love coming over to hear me practice. Since I usea lot of efects and 8 beat loops cuts fully utilizing 4 decks. If you plan on getting a 900 and use it with Traktor you wont regret it.
Gotta say… as someone who’s tried to steer clear of anything labeled pioneer (just so i can feel like i was different) getting the DJM-900 was the best thing i’ve ever done. I’ve had my fair share of mixers, and have used many other mixers, but theres nothing like my 900. Its not really that its all that good, i love the color effects, and the fact that when i show up to a gig i no longer have to take a sound card with me, and well lets face it, the thing is everywhere.
Trust me i had a huge dilemma between the 900 and the 2000, and while i kind of wish i had gotten the 2000 the 900 is way better in my eyes because of the traktor certification. I’ve played with the Rmx-1000 and once its release and i got one i think ill be good on equipment. (still upgrading my cdjs tho)
If you can put up the extra ~$200-$300 for the 2k, the 2k is infinitely more worth it. The scratch certification is moot, you’re going to need a Traktor card anyway unless you only play in the bedroom, and the 2k has an 8-out card for anything but timecode. Virtually every single part of the 2k is more powerful or usable.
You mean you hauled your personal mixer into a club setup? Because not every place you play at will have a 900, unless you only play at home (like I said above).
more then 50% of the places i play/have played have a 900 available. maybe is just my area but even one of the smaller bars/clubs by my house has one (definitely did not expect the first time i played there)
The 900 is showing up a lot now in venues its true. So by having it at home and having all the drivers set up proper it means you don’t have to take it with you, you can plug into the clubs 900.
I have an Audio 10 anyway so no biggy.
The 2000 does look like a monster but the 900 would be more than enough for me.
The DJM2000 is a bit of a white elephant. All bling and no real substance. I’m yet to see anyone do anything remotely good with all the flashy features. And that touchscreen is a massive fail.
The 900 is turning up a lot; I don’t even play out much and I’ve run into it a few times already. I don’t like Pioneer gear generally but I can’t hate on the 900 - the sound quality is great, the effects are pretty easy to use from what I could tell. I didn’t use them much because you really need to practice on a mixer like that before using the effects out or you just sound like crap. I don’t particularly like how heavy handed the effects sound; whenever I hear them out I recognize them immediately and it’s annoying more than smooth, but I’m sure there are people who have learned how to play them more subtly.
I don’t particularly like the feel of the mixer at all though. The knobs look nice but don’t feel that great to me compared to nearly every other mixer I’ve used (I think only Behringer has felt worse to me). But that’s a personal thing.
I also have never used TSP certification on it. I played through an Audio 8 every time because I didn’t trust myself to get it working right in time (never had more than a few minutes to set up with it) and didn’t want to take the chance.
Interesting, I think the knobs feel perfectly fine to me… good if anything. Nice rubber.
I had a go the DB4 and funnily enough really didn’t like the feel of the faders at all, or the dry/wet fx buttons and the gap from the unit. The eqs and filters felt really good though. Something about it feels a touch more “flimsy” than the 900. Maybe that is personal preference.
I wish I loved the DB4 as it’s clearly the “cooler” of the two mixers… but I think I just find too many shortcomings with it when comparing pros and cons with 900 and at the price I don’t want to find anything missing from my requirements.
I’m thinking of adding some external fx processors (Vermona Action Filter 3 / Maybe a delay pedal/ maybe a RMX-1000) to my set up and the DB4 has no send / return. I know with it’s built in fx it doesn’t need it but i just didn’t find em intuitive though clearly i could have played on it for longer.
So you’re basically saying you have no idea what you’re talking about? The 2k doesn’t has any flashy features over the 900, just more control and comfort. The effects units are relatively the same, trading the useless spiral and melodic with an adjustable gate, and a pulse delay, as well as having a full EQ on the effects, giving you per-band control of the effects sound. The filters are also full 7-5 pots, without that annoying detent in the middle.
If you don’t see how the touchscreen useful, if not mix changing, you either have never got to grips with it, or just flat out don’t know what it does.
Can we seriously not have a discussion on here any more?
@Shishdisma thanks for your input on the 2k but i’m not interested in that mixer. More want to hear from peeps why they dig the 900 and don’t want peeps staying out of this thread cause it’s a flame war.
I own a 900 and i love it. I also was stuck between the two but ended up wanting the 900 more. 1st because its form factor was just the perfect set up for home. I mean a 2000 is just wayyyyy too much and the likely hood of me ever seeing a 2000 is a club is nil, where as 900s are showing up more and more. Traktor cert makes it even better in my eyes. Yeah I need a soundcard if I play out with traktor, but honestly, I use my S2 is I plan to play out most the time, although I primarily just use CDs.
Colors effects are extremely useful, and I like the touch strip for a one shot effect at a speed I want. For a building effect with increased rate I tend to still use the buttons but for random roll to give a shot the touch pad is dope. So far I’m not in the least regretting it at all.
