THE NUMARK MIXDECK ...
A brilliant piece of kit for a beginner - intermediate DJ trying to find their feet in mixing, offering huge flexibility in sound sources including Turntables, CD's, CDR, USB & Computer, Ipod, and MP3.
FEATURES:
- Two touch sensitive jog wheels for scratching and cueing
- Built in audio system for in earphone cueing and performance output
- Professional built in mixer including, robust knobs, two channels controlling the two decks, a separate Ipod channel, and a cueing system
- Backlit buttons and illuminated platters
- USB output to computer, controlling the included Traktor LE DJ software
- Automatic BPM analyser and tap tempo for manual BPM entry
- Slide BPM ±6, 12, 25, and 100% or bend with pitch buttons
- Simple navigation buttons integrated with the mixer
- Fader start automatically plays the cued track when you move the crossfader
- An effects unit including 6 built in effects
GOOD:
- Huge flexibility in control and sound source
- Simple layout providing a straight forward introduction to DJ-ing
- Provides a professional level of kit for an affordable price of £700 (official)
BAD:
- The effects unit lacks flexibility with the limited amount of effects available
- The controller is designed around Traktor LE so it becomes hard to control better versions of the software such as Traktor Pro 2 when you become more familiar with DJ-ing
- The controller itself is made of plastic and feels fairly weak, not to mention the internal electronic failures many people have complained about.
OVERVIEW:
At a price of only £700 for all of this, it looks like an offer no DJ could refuse! Despite the Mixdeck's downfalls, I think it has a nice overall feel to it and is helpful in terms of a DJ finding the route they want to go down. It also has a large range of connectivity which is helpful for adding effects units, to compensate for its in built one, or other sound cards ...
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