Matt Wester
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ParticipantYou are correct, typo, I meant 48. Most of my music is from bandcamp or the artist directly and as it turned out, many of them are in that format. Not an overwhelming majority, however, enough to notice. I do find it fair to hold it against Denon because their competition is supporting a wider range of formats, rekordbox, and this has become the standard for standalone capabilities. With that, I did not want to use ANOTHER DAW. With serato, engine, and keeping rekordbox tight for the club is all overkill for me. I would rather just keep Rekordbox and have DVS and be able to sort a flash drive. Again, this is all subjective and just my take on things.
I will say the mic implementation is great with the exception of no reverb. On and Off button where great. Sound quality is great, build quality is good. Also, liked the needle strip. In serato, it defaulted to not having to touch the platter first to activate it. As I would hit the EFX, my finger would also hit the strip and jump the track. I’m sure that can be fixed with a setting.
This is where we differ, I am not a mobile DJ. I am primarily a club DJ and I have a radio show on a local FM as well. I looked into the MCX as something that would hopefully alleviate me having to bring in club gear to the radio. In that aspect, having multiple channels for other inputs is not a primary focus for my radio sets.
At this time, still using my 900 and CDJ’s and the RX is the closest to that so far that I have found. I would not use the RX for a club residency, but for the purpose that I bought the MCX for (radio), it would have better suited my needs. If I were a mobile DJ, then yes, the MCX offers benefits over the RX. Just depends on needs.
ParticipantI would strongly suggest the XDJ. I purchased the 8000 about a month ago and ended up returning it. I at first had the same thoughts as yourself, four decks, rubber pads, Serato availability etc and unfortunately, all of that will not overcompensate if the basics are not there first. I will say the build quality is great and I fully support Denon in being a player that is pushing innovation.
There where two main factors that contributed to my suggestion for the XDJ. Layout and software. Engine software will only take mp3’s in 44.1 formatting and as it turns out, I have many tracks in 44.8. I find it cumbersome to convert every track before sorting a flash drive as compared to Rekordbox which I have not had these issues with. My main pull to the 8000 was for the standalone function and I have found it to be sub par to Rekordbox. I read a lot of reviews prior to my purchase and they all suggested the 8000 to be a Serato controller first with standalone capability. Turns out, they were right.
In terms of layout, my hands would constantly hit the tempo fader, knocking my mixes out of beat. As you can imagine when both channels are in, you can hear the clash in real time. As you look at the XDJ the layout is a lot simpler and not as busy. I have come to find out that this is by design. This allows for faster movement with having to be as present to every hand placement and if you are already familiar with a cdj layout, muscle memory will be in your favor.
Again, I think the 8000 is a great product in that is innovative and very ambitious. However, I now see why the more simple layout is better for me in terms of practicality and work flow.
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