The Official Pioneer PLX-1000 Thread.
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Ha! I meant to post this but totally forgot. I remember watching that and thinking what the hell is he talking about. If it’s true I wonder what they’re actually working on?
Oh hell…is vinyl really making that big of a push back again? I’m kinda looking forward to that DJ-Tech turntable that is gonna be $249 I think’ll pick up a pair once those drop. Pioneer though? I cannot imagine how that would even look like…
This is really exciting. As someone who just switched to DVS I’m glad to see some of the major players are going to contribute to the style.
I look at it this way - synths, drum machines, and samplers were apparently going to kill real instruments. But 3-4 decades on, new and old technologies are being used in the same space to compliment each other. And I feel the same will be true with DJing. There’s a real this or that mentality in DJing right now, whereas I’m a this AND that guy.
DJs have gone with the flow and ridden the controller tidal wave. But we’re now in the period where the waters subside and we can survey the landscape. And that landscape sees people rediscovering turntables and CDJs all over again. It’s all good, and having a varied landscape with actual choice makes DJing a rich and vibrant scene all over again.
Great post, Mark. 
I agree completely.
if pioneer makes a turntable I’m SOLD
pioneers last turntables were crap, they were my first decks, the reason I got them was because they had the pioneer logo… big mistake. Pioneer would really have to step up their game and not just use cheap OEM’s.
Would it be crazy to think they might ditch the needle and make a real upgrade to the standard record player?
Like if Technics made a CDJ?
Jesus that thing sucked.
Wow…The Pioneer marketing department have done a number on you mate. You want it and you don’t even know what it’s gonna be like..?
I get the sentiment though… it’s only a matter of time (in this thread) before someone says “if Pioneer bring a turntable out it will be the industry standard in 5 years” as someone said about the DDJ SZ last week.
First off, Qbert is not the kind of guy to let something slip. That was pure Pioneer marketing right there. Qbert isn’t a douchebag and he isn’t a show off. He’s nobodies fool but I’d guess they knew he was gonna say that.
I am not surprised that Pio are doing this. They are trying to standardise the whole DJ world, who can blame them, they have the high end CDJ market sown up and if seems that with their Serato colab they are sweeping up many controllerists despite pushing them down their own “industry standard” format. Why not turntables..?
I see they have 2 choices here:
A: Bring out a next level turntable. Push it down the midi route, buttons, encoder etc. Team up with Serato, include Tone Maps.
This I could care less about. I’ve never been a fan of bashing on a turntable which Is why I never bought into Dicers. Most of the people I know that bought them moved onto an X1 or MidiFighter cus in reality tapping away on a turntable is not a very nice experience (inmho)… but if priced right it will kill Reloops new TT dead in the water because…yeah you guessed it, people think that Pioneer are the “industry standard”, why buy anything other than Pioneer if you can afford it. Chances are this TT would cost a fortune anway.
B: Go down the traditional route and bring out an OEM/1210 copy, price it right and the TT market won’t have the diversity that people would hope, it will KILL all comers, because…yep it’s the “industry standard” and people will fall over themselves to buy them.
Next Up: Pioneer sneakers that will outsell Nike cus in 5yrs they will be the…oh I can’t say that again
Y’know who did a number on me? The Lacoste marketing dept.
I never fall for advertising - but when the Eau de Lacoste adverts came out with GMF’s The Message, I ran straight out and bought the White Eau de Lacoste.
Now I have the white, red, black and green.
And I’m buying the blue in Duty Free next week.
Yup. Marketing Dept.'s are bastards for sure.
But advertising is like that. It’s like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under.
Such a good point.
ha ha-ha-ha ha ha
C: CDJ with a rotating platter (something like Denon SC3900), HID compatible with SeratoDJ and Traktor. New lineup: all CDJ get platters, jogs are left for controllers? Maybe.
Yes it would. Because there’s no way to play a record, other than with a needle. It’s technically impossible.
you could use a laser… everything’s better with lasers! can’t see it happening though.
That’s hard to believe, but if you say so… I don’t see any reason for them to throw their hat in the ring unless they’re doing something next level unless they just can’t stand to see someone else’s product next to their mixers.