Pioneer Ditches CDs With The XDJ-1000 USB-Only Player

[Cupe]

We knew it was only a matter of time, and it’s happened: Pioneer has launched a digitally focused, USB-only media player, or “multi player” as the company is calling this new class of device.

The XDJ-1000 features a 7″ full-colour touchscreen, full integration with the company’s rekordbox platform, an on-screen Qwerty keyboard for browsing, plus wave zoom, beat counter, phase meter, key analysis, quantised beat-jump and loop move, the ability to load tracks over USB or WiFi, and full Midi compatibility including Serato DJ HID integration.

It will retail from late November 2014 at an SRP of €999. Find out more about it over on Pioneer’s website, and here’s a hero video from DJ Pedestrian:

[LabRat]

it's pretty cool. i like the snazzy little features it has. as for the touch screen, at the rate people abuse the gear now, these will get totalled almost instantly

[OxyKon]

yeah the touch screens won't last long, i remember how fucked the cue buttons were after a few weeks of the BYP being open

[ThatPartyGuy]

$999 price tag isnt too bad... but good step in the right direction.

long as no one treats the xdj-1000's like shit, they'd be a pretty good addition for anyone

[OxyKon]

yea i can't see myself upgrading any time soon, if anything i might just wait for the price of the 2000 nexus's to come down

[LabRat]

$999 price tag isnt too bad... but good step in the right direction.

long as no one treats the xdj-1000's like shit, they'd be a pretty good addition for anyone

The price seems ok. Hopefully it's the same by the time it hits Aussie shores

[SolDios]

Apparently from what I've heard they will be 1.3k in Australia

[LabRat]

Apparently from what I've heard they will be 1.3k in Australia

sounds about right

side note, why would this be released as "Pioneer" though? I'm assuming the sale hasn't completely been finalised but i would've thought this would've been marketed under the new company or something

[Mitch]

Apparently from what I've heard they will be 1.3k in Australia

sounds about right

side note, why would this be released as "Pioneer" though? I'm assuming the sale hasn't completely been finalised but i would've thought this would've been marketed under the new company or something

Think they would still be keeping the pioneer name with the acquisition

[BeatLeSS]

Apparently from what I've heard they will be 1.3k in Australia

sounds about right

side note, why would this be released as "Pioneer" though? I'm assuming the sale hasn't completely been finalised but i would've thought this would've been marketed under the new company or something

Think they would still be keeping the pioneer name with the acquisition

This ^ .. It was an investment company that bought it.

[SolDios]

If these actually do turn out to be 1k a pair I will get some.

Otherwise does anyone know if the 900 mk1's are down to 1k yet? (Even if there second hand)

[SolDios]

Gota love that fucking import tax

Seriously for 1k each this would have been such a good deal.

Can't justify them at that price point. Especially considering the 900 NXS are only $200 more.

[LabRat]

I think my local store has the 850's for 1k and the 900's for 1,1. I can't see them dropping in price so I reckon you'll have to pull a name out of a hat with this

[Tomy]

at least they are cheaper then 2000's really whos using cds anymore. yuk.

[LabRat]

I think the guys using time code may panic a little but I've heard you can use the time code file on USB and it work just fine. Can anyone confirm that?

[Mitch]

I think the guys using time code may panic a little but I've heard you can use the time code file on USB and it work just fine. Can anyone confirm that?

Yer you can rip the time code cd to wav files and just use that

[eggssell]

I think the guys using time code may panic a little but I've heard you can use the time code file on USB and it work just fine. Can anyone confirm that?

Yer you can rip the time code cd to wav files and just use that

so you can then use time code to control a timecode wav

[lloydc]

is it just me or is timecode redundant?

don't all the pioneer decks work natively (via USB) with serato/traktor now anyway?

[LabRat]

is it just me or is timecode redundant?

don't all the pioneer decks work natively (via USB) with serato/traktor now anyway?

Time code isn't redundant as of yet. I still know a few guys that use it

[lloydc]

is it just me or is timecode redundant?

don't all the pioneer decks work natively (via USB) with serato/traktor now anyway?

Time code isn't redundant as of yet. I still know a few guys that use it

unless it's necessary (ie. old tech like cdj1000s), why wouldn't you just plugin the decks to the laptop and go down that road?

obviously i'm talking about a club setting, but if it's at home, then naturally anything goes!

[LabRat]

is it just me or is timecode redundant?

don't all the pioneer decks work natively (via USB) with serato/traktor now anyway?

Time code isn't redundant as of yet. I still know a few guys that use it

unless it's necessary (ie. old tech like cdj1000s), why wouldn't you just plugin the decks to the laptop and go down that road?

obviously i'm talking about a club setting, but if it's at home, then naturally anything goes!

Well I've been using hid now as well as rekordbox but some people are stuck in their old ways. It took me ages to jump across to traktor and even rekordbox. It's worth swapping over because it's a handy system

[lloydc]

i liked traktor.. but i rekon rekordbox is where it's at.