The DJM-5000 will be available in October 2009 for a manufacturers’ suggested retail price of $1,275.00.
The DJM-5000 is equipped with a six-channel (three stereo pairs) USB Audio Interface. The connection allows direct plug-in from a laptop computer** to the mixer over the USB connection without using an additional external sound card.
The mixer is fully functional as a flexible MIDI controller. Sixty-one of the DJM-5000’s seventy-three buttons, knobs and sliders are assignable to transmit control data via MIDI signal to a laptop’s USB port while running any MIDI-compatible DJ software.
Am i the only one that gets disappointed by pioneer’s recent releases? Yes I was stoked and drooled over the cdj-1000 first came out, and i do remember the days the djm-600 and efx-500 came out in the late 20th century and they shocked and impressed the world for many years to come. but now their products seem to be a bland rehash of their previous technologies. I for one would love to see a cdj platter style midi controller with a vci-100 layout, audio interface and mixer w/ phono/line ins for vinyl and or traktor scratch. That would be drool material for me.
I guess for what you do Bento, then this makes sense. But in reality you have more ‘analog’ style features with this than you do with a vci-100 or a korg zero4.
Oh, I’m not really a fan tbh, I’ve always found them to feel really cheap and nasty. I’ve got an 100SE and I wouldn’t really say the knobs were that similar past being black and besides which it’s the pots that are the important bit. Out of all the major manufacturers at that price point I’d say they had the worst faders/pots.
