much has changed in the three years
since we launched the city de 2000 so
we've updated and made improvements to
take advantage of the latest technology
mobile device is becoming more and more
powerful due date is demanding even more
live remix and functions and it takes so
much more to stand out from the crowd
not only that we've brought the main
features that DJ's love about production
and DJ software into the DJ booth in a
reliable hardware platform built for the
club environment I'm talking to DJ's and
listening to all your requests for new
features we've added a list of
improvements as long as your arm and
made the CDJ 2000 nexus tougher than
ever before it's totally a major change
up from the original CDJ 2000 a
multitude of extra features which
basically mean that live performance is
massively enhanced my favorite features
are the slip mode the sync and soon to
be a record box function the look in the
field is really good really I've done a
lot some really nice upgrades on here
everything is really clear on here now
even more so than before our record box
software revolutionized set preparation
by using your laptop to prepare in
advance and take your entire collection
on a single USB or SD Drive now you can
get the benefits of preparation and
portable record box all from your mobile
phone
I could be in the car on my way to a
show I've been getting a demo downloaded
how do I play it straight away if I
don't have time to connect to the
internet and so on so and then I found
out that you guys already thought about
that which is good is a very very big
step and a super excited about that the
new rocker box button gives wireless
access to record ops on both your laptop
and mobile but you can also connect your
phone by USB this is the first deck in
the world to have this feature and we
made it stable with track buffering and
quantized emergency loops if a
connection is lost
for me as a during BJ on me and I can
prepare my tracks on my phone with dew
points in prepare playlists yeah they'll
just be very convenient traveling around
another major bonus of the Nexus system
is how the players can communicate most
obvious is the sync function this locks
up to four decks in perfect time using
record box beat grids and frees up time
to focus on tricks and funky edits all
right the sync button yes pioneer went
there and and it rules I like it I like
it very much
finally you can just do a lot of tricks
and stay on time and it's it's fun
press play this is the master deck here
so you see the master lay up there
then you've got the sync function lit up
on this record I'll use the hot cue
content on cue from the wall syncing
perfectly and then there we go in time
perfectly and just to prove it's never
going to go out I've got it on plus
minus 16
there you go amazing function amazing
the new phase meter shows the beats and
bars against the master deck and the
countdown makes sure you never miss a
breakdown or base drop by setting up to
ten memory cue points our most requested
new feature is slip mode which takes all
of the risk out of users remix functions
like loop scratch and reverse it lets
you manipulate the track pay about with
it you can use some of the hotkeys you
can loop the track but it always carries
on playing underneath so now you can do
all these cool tricks
and the track will keep on running it
means a lot of things I used to have to
do in the studio I can now do live
we've massively upgraded a quantized
feature so that it works on playback to
the CDJ 2000 snap skew and loop points
to the record box beat grids but now the
Nexus will actually quantize the
playback of your hot cues hot loops loop
editing and the reverse so if I do it
with the hot cue buttons you'll see you
see it it'll just stay on the grid even
then when I press it like quickly it
just stays there so when I switch
quantize off like a freestyle more
another huge request was for more
detailed waveforms so we've added that
focused on improving the user interface
even further the sort of stuff that I
would spend hours on my laptop sort in a
preparing tracks or metal box it's
really nice to see that they've now
integrated it into the physical the
physical product so now I can actually
zoom in and out as you can see I can
zoom in and out of this trend now I can
really now see what I'm doing like with
the records you know back in the days
you saw like the breakdowns a sort of
lighter part I think that is pretty
awesome
also you can now edit your record box
beat grids on the CDJ screen with no
need to go back into the software I can
actually if I hold that button there I
can actually move this beat grid so if I
get to a gig where I think along the
chest is out of time or some of that I
can change it I continue on the spot as
well as the record box app we've been
working hard on the original record box
software record box 2.0 will now analyze
your tracks to calculate which musical
key they are in we've also introduced
active loop so you'll never be caught
out by a track running out again you set
a loop you can set it anywhere in the
track I guess you'd be I've set it in
the end normally and without you
touching anything it automatically
initializes itself when it hits this red
region and it just loops infinitely if
you wanted to saving a lot of DJ's
careers and keeping people dancing we've
added an option in rocker box that
enables hotkey autoloading when the
track is loaded onto the player you
wouldn't believe the amount of time that
I spend pressing this you know this rec
call button here and then just pressing
them and then waiting for them to
illuminate that's what gone now if I
just and slipped my track up here and
click it it just does it automatically
saving you loads of time in the club my
settings can be edited in record box and
loaded to the players from our mobile
app and from SD and USB basically walk
into a club plug in USB press menu load
bang all the things I want for my tdj a
set up ready to go with the size of
music libraries increasing all the time
we've improved our browsing interface to
make navigation even easy
any track artwork will be automatically
displayed on screen giving instant
visual recognition tracks I use pretty
long file names sometimes and sometimes
I have three or four different mixes of
the same track and it's hard to find it
now in the new browser functionality you
can see there's a lot more space for
characters which makes my life a lot
more easy as you try out different
tracks you can also quickly access the
last five loaded by hitting menu from
the Browse window using the new musical
key analysis in record box the CDJ 2000
Nexus Browser incorporates a simple
traffic light system this shows you
which tracks will mix well with the tune
playing on the master deck in bright
green we've also given our master tempo
effects a complete overhaul which is
essential for mixing in key now you can
make large tempo changes without
changing pitch while still preserving
excellent sound quality and even to plus
minus 16 percent I think you can't
compare it with some others DJ software
out there that has a complex algorithm
that's quite a lot faster and you can
still hear the clarity and if I go
really slow as well you don't lose any
you hear the sub bass you don't need any
clarity in the subjects whatsoever which
is an amazing function amazing feature
and finally tracks can be given a star
rating as they are being played so you
can always remember which ones go down
well without new rating on the go system
the CDJ 2000 hardware has proven its
toughness but there's always room for
improvement the needle search strip is
now illuminated with indents that maps
for loop editing mode making it easier
to use in the darkest clubs also both
the top panel and the buttons are made
from anti scratch material we've also
upgraded the power and LAN connections
to make it even more secure the Ethernet
port on the back is a lot more robust so
the likelihood of it coming out is very
very slim we also have a full ISE power
connector now which is great because
better for sound finally the new
emergency loop enables an automatic 4
bar loop if you accidentally remove a
USB Drive ethernet cable or if wireless
devices go out of range before a track
is fully buffered
if that cable gets pulled out or
something you know you're in serious
trouble meters just going to stop you're
screwed basic
because the music stops you're standing
in front of thousands of people and
you're like oh and everyone's booing and
cheering and want to know what's
happened well now on a new feature if
that ever happens and even if you take
the USB stick out it goes into an
emergency loop how handy
I think that is really amazing the CDJ
2000 nexus is a complete overhaul of our
industry standard decks we've kept
everything that was already perfect and
hugely improved everything else we've
taken features that we're only available
in record box or software sequences and
added them into the deck ready to be
used life with our new record box app
we've introduced the world's first
system that allows you to prepare tracks
on your phone and wirelessly upload them
to the decks you can customize the CDJs
on your phone before you arrive at the
club using my settings all of this
without compromising the interface and
ease of use and it's now even tougher
and better suited to the challenging
environments it's used in leave your
fragile laptop at home and get all the
important advances that software and
controllers brought while using sturdy
equipment all from a single SD card or
mobile phone the CDJ 2000 nexus marks an
important new chapter in the evolution
of DJ