Next generation CD players?
Had a four hour drive home this morning after my gig last night in Derry and for some reason was brain storming whats gonna be the next break through in DJing technology. I got to thinking why CD’s?? I think laptops have lots of limitations and have heard too many stories of them being problematic. Grand for bars but not for clubs. So i came to the conclusion if i was designing the Pioneer CDJ1000MK1111 (CDJ1000MK4), ie. the follow up to the current industry standard Club Decks, i would have a USB INPUT! It makes perfect sense, why bother having to burn off a new CD – even if it is an mp3. If you had a USB key which now days can be huge in capacity, It’d save carrying a ton of weight in the form of CD’s and albums. This would be simple for the guys in Pioneer to include or even Denon in thier next attempt in market dominance. So if anyone from the design teams reads this, consider that this is the next logical step.
Well you were thinking the same thing as Pioneer by the sounds of things mate! Their CDJ-400 (replacement for the CDJ-200) now has USB input. No doubt the next generation of CDJ1000 equivalent should at least have that feature too!
Any news Chris when they are come out with the 1000′s MK1V (or CDJ2000′s as they will possibly be renamed)?
I made that post almost this time last year so no wonder they finally caught on. CDJ400′s look cool though, just uploaded a feature demo of them in the DJ Course section of this site as i reckon a few people taking the DJ course i teach will opt for the 400′s.