DJM is a range of
DJ mixers made by
Pioneer DJ
Pioneer DJ is a brand of DJ products, including CDJ, media players and DJ controller, DJ controllers, turntables, DJ mixers, headphones, effects units, and loudspeakers. Originally part of Pioneer Corporation, the company became independent in 20 ...
.
Mixers in the DJM series include the DJM-300, DJM-350, DJM-400, DJM-450, DJM-500, DJM-600, DJM-700, DJM-750, DJM-707, DJM-800, DJM-850, DJM-900 Nexus, DJM-900 Nexus 2, DJM-A9, DJM-V10, DJM-909, DJM-1000 and the DJM-2000. They also have many cueing facilities and effects that can be applied to any channel, in conjunction with the
CDJ range of
CD players
A CD player is an electronic device that plays audio compact discs, which are a digital optical disc data storage format. CD players were first sold to consumers in 1982. CDs typically contain recordings of audio material such as music or audi ...
made by Pioneer, with the control wire plugged in between mixer and CDJ-type CD player, so that either can be started/stopped remotely by the other (Relay Play) or with the so-called 'Fader Start' of the mixer.
Key feature for Pioneer is the BPM
tempo
In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or from the Italian plural), measured in beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given musical composition, composition, and is often also an indication of the composition ...
synchronised sound effects section (world first) and
VU meter
A volume unit (VU) meter or standard volume indicator (SVI) is a device displaying a representation of the Signal-to-noise ratio, signal level in audio equipment.
The original design was proposed in the 1940 Institute of Radio Engineers, IRE pap ...
for each channel. The DJM-909 was the world's first mixer with a LCD Touch sensitive control.
The mixers of the latest digital generation all have 32-bit
DSPs so, they have much better sound quality.
Models
Digital Processing Models : DJM-250, DJM-350, DJM-400, DJM-450, DJM-700, DJM-750, DJM-800, DJM-850, DJM-900NXS, DJM-900SRT, DJM-1000, DJM-2000NXS, DJM-900NXS2
Analog Processing Models : DJM-300, DJM-500, DJM-600*, DJM-707, and DJM-909*
"*" = While the FX on these units are digital, the unprocessed signal from the playback device, i.e. turntables, will remain analog throughout.
2020s
*DJM-A9 (Digital Processing Model) - 2023
External links
DJM mixersat Pioneer (UK) website.
DJM comparison chartat DJResource website.
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