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Posted by iggym4 on Aug-19-2009 14:44:

Pitch Display for CDJ 400's?

Hey guys,
I have the Pioneer CDJ 400's, and one of the things I've really been missing is having a pitch display (like on the 1000's). Any idea of a cheap add-on I can get to solve this? I've heard I can do it through Ableton, but I'm looking for a more reasonably priced alternative.

Thanks in advance for your input!

Posted by i got big pants on Aug-19-2009 14:48:

you mean the waveform display?

last time i checked, the 400 had these numbers that display what your pitch % is

Posted by iggym4 on Aug-19-2009 14:49:

Yeah, sorry the wave display

Posted by Ryan0751 on Aug-19-2009 17:43:

Buy Serato!

Posted by miamitranceman on Aug-19-2009 18:51:

Serato, Traktor, or Torq will all give you what you're looking for.

Posted by darouge11 on Aug-20-2009 14:12:

listen and remember your tracks...problem solved

Posted by n3lly on Aug-20-2009 14:35:

quote:
Originally posted by darouge11
listen and remember your tracks...problem solved

What he said..

I don't think you can get an 'add on' for the 400's though (or any other deck) that will just give you the wave display.

I wont lie, i do use the wave display more than I'd like to and it has often saved me from hitting a loop pre-emptively or 1 beat late.

As the boys said above though, one of the DVS systems will sort you out, though you would need a laptop etc then on top of the 400's. But from what I can remember I think the 400's are natively supported by Serato (not so sure about Traktor)

nelly

Posted by Ryan0751 on Aug-20-2009 14:42:

Yep, they are natively supported in Serato, and it works FANTASTICALLY well.

The new 1.2 version of Traktor (due in September, but a beta is publicly available now) also supports the CDJ-400 natively.

I suppose Traktor is the better choice right now:

1. You can use the CDJ-400's internal soundcards, in Serato you HAVE to use the SL-1/SL-3/TTM-57.
2. I don't think you need the "scratch" version of Traktor Pro, since you aren't even using timecode.

quote:
Originally posted by n3lly
What he said..

I don't think you can get an 'add on' for the 400's though (or any other deck) that will just give you the wave display.

I wont lie, i do use the wave display more than I'd like to and it has often saved me from hitting a loop pre-emptively or 1 beat late.

As the boys said above though, one of the DVS systems will sort you out, though you would need a laptop etc then on top of the 400's. But from what I can remember I think the 400's are natively supported by Serato (not so sure about Traktor)

nelly

Posted by n3lly on Aug-20-2009 15:58:

quote:
Originally posted by Ryan0751
Yep, they are natively supported in Serato, and it works FANTASTICALLY well.

The new 1.2 version of Traktor (due in September, but a beta is publicly available now) also supports the CDJ-400 natively.

I suppose Traktor is the better choice right now:

1. You can use the CDJ-400's internal soundcards, in Serato you HAVE to use the SL-1/SL-3/TTM-57.
2. I don't think you need the "scratch" version of Traktor Pro, since you aren't even using timecode.

That's pretty sweet, although i'd never buy them as i just don't like them one bit. That platter is just too small, full stop. (Personal opinion blah blah blah)..

Posted by iggym4 on Aug-25-2009 16:35:

Appreciate the advice everyone! Looking into Traktor as we speak.