Denon DJ PRIME 4+ Standalone DJ Controller & Mixer with 4 Decks, Wi-Fi Music Streaming, Drop Sampler, 10.1" Touchscreen, Light Control, Internal FX

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Only down side, Engine Prime is a bit of a pain to analyse a very large music collection that a mobile DJ has, its definitely not the laptop used to run engine prime on, as said laptop is a very high spec gaming laptop costing over 3k

Indeed, it may actually help Denon DJ’s SC5000/SC6000 and X1800/X1850 units get a foothold in club DJ booths, as people who start DJing on this unit reach the point where they are ready to play in clubs, and get the clout to specify Denon gear when they do.Finally, bottom right of the jogs are the beatgrid controls, that let you edit beatgrids on the fly, although you can only shift the grid and double or half the BPM; there is no way of correcting an incorrect BPM apart from that, and no “tap” button for manually adding a BPM. Performance pads As before, these can all be combined with the Sweep FX and are fully adjustable with several parameter controls for each, so can be fully dialled in to suit each DJ’s taste.

This is not a review of the software, but in short: It’s OK, but not as good as Rekordbox – it misses dynamic playlists that populate according to your choice of rules (“all my house tunes from 1988 to 1992”, for instance) and there are none of Rekordbox’s powerful tagging features, either. Denon DJ is investing heavily in software development so hopefully some of these features are coming. However, the Gear4music extended warranty scheme provides an enhanced service, and is designed to offer a higher level of protection than many 'free' warranties offered by some retailers and manufacturers. DJs can also cloud connect to their music stored in Dropbox or Engine DJ Desktop , so long as the computer hosting it is on the same internet network. The onboard sampler was brought about with Engine 3.0 and has 16 pad-triggered slots, which can now be routed to any channel, giving DJs more flexibility to sculpt their sound.Against its closest rival, Pioneer DJ’s quirky OPUS-QUAD, PRIME 4 was evenly matched, with each having some obvious feature advantages. The mixer is four-channel and has full standalone capability, meaning you can plug in four external sources and switch them in place of the digital channels. Each channel has three-band EQ and gain (“level”) plus individual nine-bar VU monitoring, in Denon DJ’s colour scheme of green, white and blue (blue being “too loud”), plus a nine-band master dual VU.

As on the original device, PRIME 4+ can stream from four big players, Beatport , Beatsource , TIDAL and SoundCloud Go+ , making it unbeatable for music sources as there are also four USB ports, an SD card slot and a SATA bay for playing locally stored jams! The Denon DJ PRIME 4+ brings a fresh new look and next-level features to the legendary proven performance power of the PRIME 4. The world’s most powerful, advanced standalone DJ system is now better than ever with a new refined look, unrivaled streaming music accessibility, new dynamic FX options, 10% larger jog wheel surface, and the ever-expanding performance features of Engine DJ. We’ve been long-time fans of the PRIME 4. It’s great that it has been given this exciting refresh, nudging it in line with today’s style and reintroducing a classic to a whole new audience with modern features that are sure to impress! Top-left of the jogs are standard loop controls – a rotary encoder to half/double loop length with push for on/off, plus manual loop in/out buttons. This particular knob is in the same shiny metal look of the library scroll knob – we like these controls, but some people feel they look cheap. Beneath these is a censor/reverse button (the latter activated with Shift). Fully customisable crossfader with curve control knob, channel assignment switches, and Fader Start

At the top of the mixer section are buttons to switch in either of the two main effects engines per channel – and speaking of effects, each channel gets not only the expected one-knob Filter, but also Echo, Wash and Noise effects, collectively called the “Sweep FX”. By the way, all the effects work on external inputs as well as the digital channels. One unique feature of the Prime 4 is its independent zone output. This is again aimed squarely at mobile DJs, and lets the DJ programme completely different music somewhere other than the “main room”. It’s situated at the extreme top right of the Prime 4, next to the master volume control, and above the booth control (booth has volume and two-band EQ, by the way). The zone section has an on/off button and a level plus two-band EQ. And that means it will likely inspire the next gen of Pioneer’s CDJs, too. This is absolutely huge for the industry!

The software improvements are impressive, delivering way beyond what any other DJ kit has via software updates. Supported Audio File Formats: AAC/M4A, AIF/AIFF (44.1–192kHz, 16–32-bit), ALAC, FLAC, MP3 (32–320 kbps, VBR), MP4, Ogg Vorbis, WAV (44.1–192kHz, 16–32-bit) It’s prime time for Denon DJ who are introducing the WORLD’S FIRST stand-alone real-time stems audio splitting with their 2023 flagship all-in-one update! A nice touch is a stereo/mono switch for the master outs: Not all sound systems are in stereo, and often even with ones that are, you’d prefer your output to be in mono. It’s a good-to-have option. The screen Although the onboard stems control is in its infancy at the moment, it will surely evolve and transfer over to Denon’s future SC club players.inch metal jog wheel with expanded touch surface, assignable color, and center HD displays for album art There’s no doubt that this is the most enjoyable addition to Engine, giving PRIME 4 an awesome new way to create unique sounds in the mix. Using it on Numark’s Mixstream Pro Go has already proven it to be game-changing. This is a remarkably mature, hugely powerful, immensely exciting, and great value-for-money DJ system. It costs the same as Pioneer DJ’s XDJ-RX2. No contest there at all. You couldn’t even buy ONE Pioneer CDJ-3000 player for the price of this, and it wipes the floor with TWO of them AND a mid-range Pioneer DJ mixer to boot.