DJM is a range of
DJ mixers made by
Pioneer
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Electronics.
Mixers in the DJM series include the DJM-300, DJM-350, DJM-400, DJM-450, DJM-500, DJM-600, DJM-700, DJM-750, DJM-707, DJM-800, DJM-850, DJM-900 Nexus, DJM-900 Nexus 2, DJM-909, DJM-1000 and the DJM-2000. They also have many cueing facilities and effects that can be applied to any channel, in conjunction with the
CDJ
A CDJ is a specialized digital music player for DJing. Originally designed to play music from compact discs, many CDJs can play digital music files stored on USB flash drives or SD cards. In typical use, at least two CDJs are plugged into a DJ ...
range of
CD players
A CD player is an electronic device that plays audio compact discs, which are a digital optical disc data storage format. CD players were first sold to consumers in 1982. CDs typically contain recordings of audio material such as music or audio ...
made by Pioneer, with the control wire plugged in between mixer and CDJ-type CD player, so that either can be started/stopped remotely by the other (Relay Play) or with the so-called 'Fader Start' of the mixer.
Key feature for Pioneer is the BPM tempo synchronised sound effects section (world first) and
VU meter
A volume unit (VU) meter or standard volume indicator (SVI) is a device displaying a representation of the signal level in audio equipment. The original design was proposed in the 1940 IRE paper, ''A New Standard Volume Indicator and Reference Lev ...
for each channel. The DJM-909 was the world's first mixer with a LCD Touch sensitive control.
The mixers of the latest digital generation all have 32-bit DSPs so, they have much better sound quality.
Digital Processing Models : DJM-250, DJM-350, DJM-400, DJM-450, DJM-700, DJM-750, DJM-800, DJM-850, DJM-900NXS, DJM-900SRT, DJM-1000, DJM-2000NXS, DJM-900NXS2
Analog Processing Models : DJM-300, DJM-500, DJM-600*, DJM-707, and DJM-909*
"*" = While the FX on these units are digital, the unprocessed signal from the playback device, i.e. turntables, will remain analog throughout.
External links
DJM mixersat Pioneer (UK) website.
DJM comparison chartat DJResource website.
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