What are the advantages of owning 3 or 4 CDJ 2000 Nexus?

well, i don't have 4. nor do i have the nexus cdj, nor the nexus mixer. but yea, if you have it: first off: it's impressive. like, that's the main thing. it's an impressive setup. 4 cdj 2000 nexus and 1 djm 2000 nexus and 1 effects unit.. don't know the name of it. it's all really impressive.

so yea.. samples.. and with the new nexus mixer and cdj's you can have 1 cdj as the master, and the other 3 just following it's bpm. imagine cdj2kn:1 playing the vocals of song 1. cdj2kn:2 playing the instruments of song 1. and the other 2 for song 2. so, now you have 2 songs with control over their vocals and instruments in 2 separate players. and with master/slave sync, you can start song 1 voice and instruments synced up playing, then sample off some parts with the nexus mixer, then crush the instrumental of song 1 and fade in the instrumental of song 2.. again .. all synced up. "hits of the 80's.. with a style so crazy" yup, that's how i would do it, if i had it. it's like live studio recording. with master sync. a feature the cdj 2k mk1 doesn't even have the buttons for.

correct me if i am wrong as I have not gone into the djm 2kn but the sample part, once a sample is done I can dedicate it to a channel and use it as a master? so I could have 4 cdjs going plus the djm sample or 3 cdjs and the 4th being the sample from the djm?

so when sampling you don't need a 3r or 4th cdj right? Or...

sorry, sampling with djm2kn

3 cdj's is more usable and realistic then 4. Yes 4 does look impressive and HOT!. I can tell you my and my buddy put our CDJ 2000 nexus together for 4. And it was HOT! But you have to spend loads of time preparing for 4 decks and how your gonna use that 4th cdj?? I started with 3 Turntables back in the day.. So 3 CDJs is easy for me. But the 4th I couldn't figure out what to do with it?? 3 Cdjs you can have to beats with one accapella?? Or soem other combination. I found myself just using the 4th CDJ just to use it. so spending another 1650 on a CDJ just because its gonna look good?? Nope I would'nt do it. But if you have mula to burn?? Then go for it.

There is no simple answer to the original poster's question because how a DJ uses the gear can depend heavily on his personal style, music selection/style, etc...

One DJ might only need 2 decks because they prefer to mix from 1 track to another.  (A -> B mixing)

Another DJ might like to mix A -> B but also use Acapellas on a 3rd deck.

Another DJ might play all 4 decks simultaneously with music, beat tools, samples, acapellas or whatever....

One reason you see 4 decks installed in many professional club situations is for basic redundancy.  If something fails, you always want a backup available.

For me, I play house music and prefer to mix 2 tracks at a time.  But I still like to have 3 or more decks available because I can use the extra deck to begin preparing an extra track ahead.  For example, let's say that Deck 1 is playing for the audience, and on Deck 2 I have selected my next track and beatmatched it.  I have 30 seconds until my intended mix point, so I can use the 3rd deck to start searching for the next track after Deck 2 and match it, without worrying about missing my cue point on Deck 2.

Some good points. I guess 99% of me thinks my CDJ will never break down as I purchased the best and how dare they have issues but in reality... I did read the post where it took a month or so for someone to get their stuff back. I feel lucky that when my ASUS laptop goes down it didn't take them a day once they got it to fix and return. They swapped out the bad parts (Mainboard, soundcard etc...) and shipped the same day they got it) Ok maybe I bring this up in hopes Pioneer will start doing the same... But maybe they do and that month long wait was a rare thing.

Anyways... I'm not sure $1999.99 retail is worth sitting around being a backup for a bedroom dj but in some cases I believe it might or if you just wait untill a CDJ does go down I just picked up a 3rd for $1650.00 out the door (Authorized dealer, not ebay) point is the longer you wait the more the price goes down...

Curious, how much does a retailer get these CDJ for that they can let them go for $1575.00 ish before tax? Of course I spent some serious cash with this box store but... WHere does the store start loosing money?

I'll work with 3 for now, if for some strange reason that's not enough... I'll get another.

I would think there is a huge mark up on the players. And there also might be incentives for dealers as well?? The more you buy, the more you save. If we can get a New CDJ 2000 Nexus for 1650 out the door and shipped to our front door.... I would think the dealer is getting them for $800-1000 bucks a pop... Thats my guess anyway.

well ... for me it depends on which style I'm at in the moment.

Minimal/Tech means you can run loop on CDJ1 , the regular mix on CDJ2 and CDJ 3 and then mess with accapella's on CDJ4 .

For Electro house and Dubstep 2 or 3 decks are really enough.. Like CDJ1 Drops > CDJ2 Launch > CDJ3 Loaded to fire at CDJ2's drop.

3cdj's you'll have the advantage of less loading time (Usually the point I want to mix in passed by in the moment CDJ2 is fading out , CDJ3 is handy then)

I'm getting 3. But I need some advice.

I am getting a new table, I could get a 60 inch and put the 3 cdj and djm next to each other (2 cdj on left of mixer and one on the right of the mixer) However I could also get a 48 inch table and mount Spacetek behind one of the cdj's. I don't mind either way but those who have a setup like this what would you do if you could do it again? Line all the cdj and mixer in a row or mount one mixer behind? What is more user friendly, comfortable and so on?

I can go either way but... 48 table is prefered but I don't want that reason to be my answer.

hi there, this my set up, my main problem has always been cables, i hate them, it a real mess under the hood/table. photos made with ipad ,so not so good but you get the idea.

what kind of music? I'm mostly Hardstyle/trance etc.. I don't scratch so I'm thinking putting on a stand to save room.

Just a quick question, throw in a DJM 2000 Nexus and how much does the value of a 3rd CDJ go down in this setup? Or does it stay the same...

""One DJ might only need 2 decks because they prefer to mix from 1 track to another.  (A -> B mixing)

   Another DJ might like to mix A -> B but also use Acapellas on a 3rd deck.

   Another DJ might play all 4 decks simultaneously with music, beat tools, samples, acapellas or whatever....""

I so agree with that.

I also play house music and I think 3 cdjs are more than enough, but it always depends in music style and the way you play.

In some clubs you see 4 cdjs for several reasons. One is that one cdj might fail so you got 3 more to rescue you. Another reason is that two djs can easily play back to back if both use cdjs and a mixer. Also some serious clubs have more than four cdjs and different type mixers so that dj can choose which one fits most.

But seriously I can't find any reason to get 4 cdjs for studio, except if you wanna train yourself playing only samples. 

Also I find a bit silly Pioneers advertising videos. But hey, it's an advertisment!!  

Actually there is a Pioneer video I like to watch. The one advertising the limited cdj2000w. I like the look of miss nine!! :d  

just a quick question, throw in a DJM 2000 Nexus and how much does the value of a 3rd CDJ go down in this setup? Or does it stay the same... stays the same,

the only small moan i have is that i think djm 2000 needs an extra channel to route your rolls, samples,rmx 1000,  if you go with 4 cdjs, but there realy not much point in 4, i own 6, 3 in studio  and 3 at home, i had 4 layed out, it to much.

If you are only using the 3rd CDJ as a preview deck, then having a DJM-2000 will make that third deck less valuable because it has a preview deck built into the mixer.  The 3rd CDJ would essentially just be there as a back-up for you.  But if you are using that 3rd CDJ for mixing, then it will still be valuable.

The DJM-2000 is not the only mixer that let's you preview tracks from Rekordbox, however.  Any mixer with a built-in sound card can route audio from Rekordbox to a channel on the mixer.  In fact, if you have an old analog mixer you could plug the headphone output of your laptop computer into a y-adapter cable and then into a channel on the mixer and preview that way.  That's what I did on my old Allen & Heath Xone 62 before I purchased my Xone DB4.

As I said before, the value of extra CDJ decks depends largely on the user and their needs/preferences.

The DJM 2000 Nexus allows you to capture a loop (Say from channel one) and play it over and over and by doing this you can hit stop on the CDJ (1). One thing I am not sure of is, can you load a new track into CDJ 1 and mix into that loop the DJM is playing or is Channel 1 still being used for that loop (Or does the DJM have a master and doesn't take up a channel for loops like this).

Second, can you switch channels if the DJM needs a channel? For example if I have 3 CDJ's and I capture a loop from CDJ one/Channel one and want to free up channel one so I can start using that deck again, can I move that loop to say Channel 4 where I don't have a CDJ?

My knowledge is limited at the moment, sorry.

you can use thebeat masher from any channel and assign it to another.

Second, can you switch channels if the DJM needs a channel? yes

For example if I have 3 CDJ's and I capture a loop from CDJ one/Channel one and want to free up channel one so I can start using that deck again, can I move that loop to say Channel 4 where I don't have a CDJ? yes, you can move to any channel, that has cdj or not. 

Thank you Stripped Back.

For my use and my style, I now know I really don't need 4 cdj's and probably don't need 3 however 3 still can be useful at times and a backup so I'll  keep it.