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Seems that pre-NAMM new release info is slowly leaching out into the wild. And the above video has been posted by Pioneer DJ to tease their next big thing.
But what could it be? Oh shut up Mark — no need for theatrics, game playing, or forensic Photoshop. Because we all know that if I did that, the first comment would be this picture:
Apparently this appeared briefly on Black Coffee’s Twitter account before being swiftly removed, and subsequently popping up in the DJ Techtools forum, a very similar scenario to the DJM-S9 leak too. Pesky DJs eh? But it’s clear that this teaser is all about the next DJM-900.
To further clarify this, let’s compare the original DJM-900NXS with the above picture to see if it ties up with snippets of the video. I did a little Photoshop to make up this:
The middle remains much the same (bar slim buttons underneath the cue buttons and the Magvel fader), but the outer edges appear to be where the changes are. On the left the fader start button are gone, and there’s an additional knob for the color fx select. Above that is hard to make out but as clear as day is a pair of USBs, which is good news for DJs using rekordbox and changing over mid set.
The right hand side is where all the flashing blurs appear in the video. At the top is another USB and some sort of selector switch, but below that is a screen with all sorts of parameters and wot not. I also see low, mid, and hi buttons — effects per EQ band? Below that is the effects (I’m sorry — I’ll never say FX) select knob, and below that the channel assign, but this looks different to before.
So it’s not wildly different, and is most likely an update for the new rekordbox DJ and upcoming DVS release too. As the video says, we’ll all find out together 12/1/16.
Great photoshop-job!
The “additional knob for the color fx select” might rather be a “Parameter” knob aka filter resonance like on the DJM-2000.
I think the “slim buttons” below the cue buttons are in fact no buttons but leds indicating which channel is currently selected for the effects.
And in the top right corner might be a “record to USB” function as seen on the DJM-350.
Pleeeeeeease let there be resonance control for the per-channel HP/LP filters. I don’t need every single filter pass to sound like i’m launching an ICBM
1/12/16 right lol.
Hahaha!
Gotta love the regular UK vs US date format confusion!
Do I see two sound cards based upon the fact that there are two USB ports in the upper left?
Hopefully you are correct. They have already done this on the S9 ; with perspective / blur it’s hard to tell, but the markings around the input selector knobs seem busier – as per that mixer, where this accomodates the “computer A/B” options.
Also interesting to see the front edge of the mixer doesn’t appear to have that ridiculous plastic filler panel, can we assume the CDJs will do the same? There are already indications of the new design language in the XDJ 700 & 1000, so I figure it’s a safe bet. @sinesthesix, 110% with you! A&H just upgraded the firmware on the Xone:DB4 and the filters are better than ever for that reason, super smooth, the DJM 2000 was always better than the 900 for the same reason, mild or wild should be up to the mood, not hard wired.
Soooooo the release of this is going to make the 900 cheaper, right?
………….hey I can dream!
Dual headphone jacks. No visible fader start controls.
Any word on when we might expect a review of the DJM S9?
If they don’t offer support for SeratoDJ & Traktor, that’s gonna’ BLOW!