The hardware is is fantastic. Exactly what you'd expect from Pioneer. The software has loads of potential but is not ready for live performance. Hopefully it can be updated soon :)
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DDJ-RX first impressions: several major issues
I submit these faults for the tech team to resolve. I'm not sure where else they should go.
I have just bought the DDJ-RX, updated firmware to 1.03 and updated Rekordbox DJ to v4.2. Running Macbook Retina 2.7GHz i7 Quad Core, 16gb 1600MHz DDR3 memory. OSX 10.8.5 Mountain Lion.
Some issues:
001.
Master Sync set to deck 1 and loop first 32 beats.
Set Deck 3 to Sync, and start playing by pressing Auto-Beat-Loop.
Deck 3 plays off grid and somehow has taken over MASTER sync. Press deck 1 select. Deck 1 is no longer Sync enabled. Press Sync on deck 1. Deck 1 slows to match sync tempo of Deck 3.
-- Why did Deck 3 take over Master Sync
-- Why did Deck 3 not start playing in time with Deck 1 when Auto-Beat-Loop was used to start the deck playback?
-- Why did Deck 3 not start playing exactly in time with the beat grid from Deck 1?
>> Repeatable: Starting a track from Auto-Beat-Loop takes over MASTER Sync. This is surely not what you'd expect? Doesn't happen every single time.
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002 (follow on from 001).
After stopping deck 3 and selecting deck 1, using the tempo slider to adjust tempo did nothing at all until the slider had moved 50% down then back up, at which point it 'caught' the movement and jumped in tempo.
>> Repeatable. This is a Latch function. I assume it is normal. It would make more sense for the tempo to move to match the slider position than to move the slider to match the action?
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003.
Dropping a track onto an empty deck took over MASTER Sync and dropped the tempo of all playing tracks!
>>Repeatable
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004.
With Deck 1 Selected, pressed Pause on Deck 1: Deck 1 started playing whilst it stopped Deck 3 and Deck 4
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005. Following from 004
Deck 3 and 4 won't start playing again from where they stopped because the pitch has changed to WIDE and -100%
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006.
Loaded a track before analysing. Track analysed then the waveform shows a small white rectangle. This happened a few times. Reloading the track seems to restore the waveform.
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007.
With two songs playing, opened Preferences, go to 'Video' tab, uncheck 'Enable Video Function' > Rekordbox crashes. I have crash report for this if required.
When I opend Rekordbox again and with all decks stopped go to uncheck the box, it works. The issue seemed to be due to music playing.
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008.
Pressing Deck select buttons causes the onscreen (laptop) moving waveforms to slightly glitch/pause for a split second. It's not a major issue but something that seems out of place.
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posted inquiry here now as well
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" The software has loads of potential but is not ready for live performance. Hopefully it can be updated soon :)"
I've been using it since day 1 and it's worse, not better, than before. Really not good Pioneer.
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