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A chance to use the cdj1000's

This thursday, i'm gonna spin at a party of my study's club. All friends & relatives and the sort. (first "real" gig in a club for me yay! )
I'm probably spinning about 2 hours.

The club has pioneer cdj1000 mk3's and a Dateq mixer (dunno which one), which I have never used before, but i'm very excited about it. Myself, I have 2 cdj200's and a numark dxm-06 mixer.

My question is, what features of the 1000's should I definitely give a try, and which should I avoid? I'm probably gonna spin a club/house classics set and some top 40 chart music since they'll probably dig that the most .
All tips are appreciated!

EDIT: I've been using my cdj's for about 3 months now. I'm quite able to do basic mixing on trance and club so far.... just thought it would be handy to mention

I've got a pair of CDJ1000s and my mate has a pair of 200s.

Just use them to mix, don't go out there and expect to competently be able to use features that you've not had a chance to at least practise with first.

Basically, in my opinion, the 1000s are massively better decks. Some people say that if you don't need vinyl emulation just go with the 200s as they are just as accurate. Thats a load of bollocks. The pitch on the 200s is supposed to be .02% and although you can get it to shift .02% it often skips .04 or even.06 at a time when you are on the 6% range. I can spend about 10 seconds trying to get the right shift on them - I think they're a bag of shit. Also the pitch bend up and down witht he platter, it behaves very differently on the 200s. The 1000s feels so much better, and it's far easier to adjust your track. You waste so much time on the 200s doing this - time that could be better spent doing other things.

Basically I can mix with the 200s, but it's so much more of a pleasure to mix on the 1000s.

Jarv

The 1000's really don't have many features at all... Hot cues and loops, that's about it!

Re: A chance to use the cdj1000's

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Originally posted by Inny My question is, what features of the 1000's should I definitely give a try,

what features? lol you can loop erm..... thats about it

Re: Re: A chance to use the cdj1000's

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Originally posted by sleepydragon what features? lol you can loop erm..... thats about it

You can do a hell of a lot more if you know how - but it isn't so much a case of what you've got as how you use it.

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Originally posted by Jarvmeister The pitch on the 200s is supposed to be .02% and although you can get it to shift .02% it often skips .04 or even.06 at a time when you are on the 6% range. I can spend about 10 seconds trying to get the right shift on them -

This pisses me off about my 200 as well. At least with the 100, it doesn't skip increments.

But yeah 1000's are sooooooooooooooo nice to mix on.

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Originally posted by Stu Cox You can do a hell of a lot more if you know how - but it isn't so much a case of what you've got as how you use it.

he asked what features he could try out on the cdj1000 and i told him. Im sure you can do alot more but that wasnt really the question

Just keep it safe. I wouldn't try to use any "features" if it was my gig.

keep the lock on the eject button. i've seen plenty of people eject the cd that was still playing by accident.

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Originally posted by hooj1 keep the lock on the eject button. i've seen plenty of people eject the cd that was still playing by accident.

Guilty! haha

Although that was with one of my CDJ100s I took to a gig, which don't have such advanced technology as eject lock.

I'm just about to buy a new CDJ and was going to to go with the 200 but would I be better off just buying the 100 and saving the money?

No... the 100 is pretty old at this point... the 200 is a much better unit.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN I'm just about to buy a new CDJ and was going to to go with the 200 but would I be better off just buying the 100 and saving the money?

I don't really care about old or not but....

200 = �250 - �300 used

100 = �100 used

Is it really worth it. Don't need FX and always convert mp3 to wav.

Which one?

Yes but a used 100 is probably REALLY old. These things don't last forever.

The big thing on the 200 is you'll get .02 pitch precision, the 100 is .10 (5 times less accurate). The 200 will also get you the effects and such.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN I don't really care about old or not but.... 200 = �250 - �300 used 100 = �100 used Is it really worth it. Don't need FX and always convert mp3 to wav. Which one?

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Originally posted by Ryan0751 Yes but a used 100 is probably REALLY old. These things don't last forever. The big thing on the 200 is you'll get .02 pitch precision, the 100 is .10 (5 times less accurate). The 200 will also get you the effects and such.

The CDJ100 has got exactly the same fx as the 200... all it lacks in that respect is the ability to loop, which is something I miss. I can't remember the last time I actually used the fx on my CDJ100s - having said that, the filter used to be quite useful before I had a mixer with fx and an EFX!

The 100 has effects? I had no idea

Still, it was released in the late 90's! If you buy used make sure they are in good condition.

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Originally posted by Stu Cox The CDJ100 has got exactly the same fx as the 200... all it lacks in that respect is the ability to loop, which is something I miss. I can't remember the last time I actually used the fx on my CDJ100s - having said that, the filter used to be quite useful before I had a mixer with fx and an EFX!

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