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Woody is selling his. Check the DJ booth forum 
And DJ_Lord... That is exactly what pioneer has angled the DJM400 to... bedroom use by someone who wants a basic, all-in-one solution. Instead of focusing on flexibility, they focused on hitting the key marketing points for people such as yourself. And they left off all the features a working DJ would use.. like record outs, booth monitor outs, balanced audio connections, a cue pan fader, and the ability to use external effects. This stuff has zero effect on a simple home setup. It also ensures users will have to upgrade when they get more into mixing and start doing live performances on their own gear. Gotta keep that revenue coming in, ya know?
The lack of a record out doesn't preclude recording.. It simply means when you are recording your master output IS your record output, and you have to set levels accordingly. This is unacceptable in a live performance situation, however may be workable for a home user; speaker volume while recording would be adjusted at the power amplifier, not at the mixer. I find this unacceptable given the DJM400's cost, but thats just my take on it.
The Empath is an awesome box, one of Rane's best IMHO. It is, however, quite expensive for a 3-channel 10" mixer, but Rane stuff is quality and the empath does deliver. Never owned one of these, but somewhat jealous of a friend who does. They are fun to play on.
A similar, but more affordable option, is the Allen&Heath Xone32, which does include an analog VCF filter with LFO as well as manual sweep on a slider. I've owned an Xone32 for 5 years now, still love it. Main complaint is the crossfader is inadequate for scratching, and they should have flipped the aux and gain controls; the gains are on the back top edge. The gains bothered me at first, but now that I'm used to it I actually like them there; keeps you focused on setting the levels with your ears and not the numbers on the knobs.
Last edited by MERiDiAN5i2 on Oct-06-2007 at 19:22
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