Pioneer CDJ1000 MK3

eDJ Gear
January 18, 2009

Rating: 10/10

The industry standard DJ cd player. Completely unrivaled and even now, in it\'s third generation it still sits as the world\'s number one. See more and a Pioneer CDJ-1000 MK3 demonstration video at eDJ Gear DJ Equipment Blog.

Lewis Nyri
May 10, 2007

Rating: 10/10

For reading magazines and going to clubs,you will see that there is no doubt why this product is the DJ's industry standard!

taking this to a personal level, the 100% pitch range with master tempo is a big hit with me as you can get key-on mixing going with out the "horse-galloping" effect, after about 5% however this does begin to slip, but if you use this as an effect, you can achieve lets say for example (beat-less) vocals at half the speed which help end or even begin a DJ set.

Another striking feature for me is the jog-dial, it gives you so much control over your music. an effect i like to do is to make sure I'm mixing at 134 bpm and set the "jog-dial tension" to the gray area, and on the last four beats of a tune, spin the dial in reverse as fast as you can, and when it stops spinning the 4 beats will pass and you can introduce the next tune with easy no mixing.

The last feature I'm am excited of is the MP3 compatibility, with myself as an entirely digital DJ you have no space for vinyl, so, by burning all you MP3s to CD i could fit my entire play list on ONE cd.

By the way, just to tell you, even though this is an expensive product, I've got one and I'm only 16. and the good thing about is anyone can use it, even vinyl-huggin' pensioners.

The one disadvantage of the product is the fact that it gathers dust, fast. so use it all the time, like i do.

Thanx
Elnyri