UPDATED: The Pioneer DJ DDJ-SR2 Serato DJ controller
Serato DJ moves on, and so does the hardware. The updated Pioneer DDJ-SR2 adds RGB pads, Pitch 'n Time, and can optionally work as a DVS mixer too. Nice.
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