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I'm sorry but using cdj's on a weekly basis (native support in ssl) and then spinning sometimes after hours on 2000's with a usb drive I notice only ONE thing. I don't look for anywhere near the music options without the laptop. It's simply way too much bs only using screens the size of a cell phone without a search feature to even try to be creative. Luckily it's after hours and everyone is way too drunk to care. In a normal environment this would mean the majority of the set is planned which to me is crap. Just my opinion....
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Agreed,
Hence I'm plugging my laptop into the CDJs directly... will be the same as using SSL in that respect (full screen for library etc)... I hate looking at the CDJ screen and 'shifting' through crates with song titles cut in half etc (what do you think next gen CDJs will do to sort this ;) .... ).
From what I can see using the software direct I can:
Set hot cues / loops on the track (like cue points in SSL) and trigger straight from the CDJ (only three at the mo tho A,B,C buttons.
Save loops and trigger via the CDJ
Hit quantized loops on the fly from the player (tracks pre quantized in the software)
Sync EFX between my tracks and the mixer and control from the mixer.
... all of which are the things I use 90% of the time for DJing (as not a scratch DJ).
I see this basically doing stuff we ask SSL to do / implement and have to do at the moment via plug in midi controllers and keyboard short cuts.
I don't use sync or many of the other features in SSL (instant doubles etc), so this is fast looking like a neat solution for me.
With Pioneer already embracing sample banks via Itch and Traktor we know this will be the next addition to their own software / future hardware - as this is currently lacking (only 3 hot cues on the cdj).... but midi mapping is a whole other story.
It may all turn out rubbish (if the sofware crashes on me), but I want to at least try it for a few gigs and see where technology might be heading.
K
