I have a few questions about the CDJ-850 and would really appreciate a response so I can make my decision about purchasing one deck the day after tomorrow.
(1) The CDJ-850 can handle 24-bit 96000 sampling rate WAV files?
(2) The CDJ-850 can handle FLAC files?
(3) Loop and cue points saved in Rekordbox onto a USB drive will work in exactly the same way as they do on the CDJ-900 that I also use?
(4) The CDJ-850 cannot be linked to the CDJ-900 in order to use the same USB drive to load files/store histories, etc..?
(5) The problems reported on Youtube related to the CDJ-850 after its release have been fixed?
(6) The Master Tempo function works on the CDJ-850 in exactly the same way and to the same standard as the CDJ-900?
I would really appreciate clear answers to these questions so I can make the right decision about spending the right amount of money on my next CDJ purchase.
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taken mostly from the owners manual on the Pioneer website
16bit, 24bit, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz
no, just MP3, AAC, AIFF, WAV
I don't see why not
correct, the 850's are not linkable, no ethernet port on them
not sure what problems you are referring to, can you tell us?
I would say yes but thats just assuming that they keep the same across all their players, A Pio rep can probably give you a definite answer
Thank you for your comment. I'm sorry - I should have known there was a downloadable manual on the site. I would need to reformat all my music files to use on the cdj-850.
don't be sorry, just wanted you to know so you can grab it and look it over for even more info
I am reading it now!
@Ben > what were the problems reported from YouTube?
Hello Gavin.
That was a few months ago and when I went back to check the clip I realized the guy wasn't criticizing the machine at all. The criticism I read was on this website and was about a couple of things including something to do with Master Tempo and something about tracks 'drifting'. At the time, this was scary enough to put me off but now my desire to try mixing something properly as opposed to just pressing a 'sync' button has encouraged me to take the plunge and I'm happy to say a cdj-850 is on order.
Sorry for the inaccuracy. I'll see if I can edit my post.
@Ben > Cool, thanks for the info. Congrats on your order!
Thanks. Good point.
Leaving master tempo off doesn't scare me much especially if there is no drift with it off!
I think master tempo should work the same on all the players. It works fine on my cdj400s. Does the 900/2000 have a better master tempo than the 850?
The algorithms may be different (due to different hardware specs) but they all perform the same.
So dj Kiki is just hallucinating?
...may be different or 'are' different.- very unclear info for a customer support forum. i think you're supposed to hlp the customers not the other way round. you won't help pioneer by trying to hide things that are true.
i bought the cdj-850-k. works well but not with cds. most of the time waveform does not appear ahead of the music and often does not appear at all. great o have that pioneer cdj control with audio files played from usb but its easy to lose confidence when you put a cd in and only a bpm appears. its that effect on confidence that creates doubt about whether the machine is even playing in time!
in practice tho, i recon if we use our ears we will hear eventually for ourselves whether it works properly or not, regardless of what customer support may want us to believe.
I was asking the pioneer support staff member what he thought, not Kiki himself - who hopefully does not of course think he is hallucinating.
@Ben Taylor > Thats just it; 'customer support', not 'technical support'. I'm not an engineer or programmer for Pioneer - however, a logical assumption would be that, as the hardware is different, the algorithm would have to be different too. We're not trying to 'hide' anything - all three of the mods on here are also business owners ourselves so we understand the importance of good customer service.
What method are you using to burn CDs? Are you burning as an audio-CD (CD-A) or MP3? If you are playing from an MP3 CD then this is normal - the player has to uncompress the file to play it and gather the waveform from it - it cannot read ahead.
I think it works fine on my cdj400. I use it all the time.