Hey guys.
We're here today to compare three different DJ controllers.
Now today we have the Numark MixTrack Pro, the Pioneer DDJ WeGo, and the Hercules RMX2.
Now we're going to go over some of the major differences between these three controllers.
So the first thing we want to talk about is the construction or build quality of these
controllers.
Now with the MixTrack Pro it's an all plastic construction, it's definitely the largest
of the three, and it's built solid but it does have the feeling that if you dropped
it enough times it probably would put this thing out of commission.
The Hercules RMX 2 is probably the best built out of the three.
It rests on a full metal chassis, it's got rubberized knobs and buttons and also the
side of the jog wheel is rubberized, a couple of the faders are rubberized as well with
the crossfader being plastic.
So let's move on to Pioneer's latest controller, the DDJ WeGo.
It's an all plastic construction except for on the top of these jog wheels you have metal.
All of the knobs are a hard rubber and all the faders are plastic.
And all of the buttons that you see on here are of a hard plastic.
These three controllers have a very different layout as well.
There are some functions that are omitted on some and included on others like for instance
on the MixTrack Pro you have this master gain fader whereas on the Hercules RMX 2 as well
as the DDJ WeGo it's a knob.
When we're talking about the effects section and looping and hot cues you have three hot
cues on the MixTrack Pro and you also have manual looping which you don't have on the
RMX 2 and the WeGo so you can set your in and out loop points here and do manual loop
adjustments.
In the effects section you have a button to engage your effects and you also have a knob
to select which effect you want and you also have two knobs for controlling the parameters
of those effects.
So the biggest difference between the RMX 2 and the other two controllers is this section
right here where you have pads and your mode selection.
You can use mode selection to select between loop, effect, samples, and cues.
And you use these pads to control all of those different modes so you can set up loops with
these pads, you can engage effects or control parameters of effects, launch samples and
also set hot cues.
One of the other big differences is you have full EQ kills which you don't have on the
other two controllers.
The pitch fader also locks into zero as opposed to the MixTrack Pro which has an LED light.
And in the browsing section instead of a knob you have D-Pad style buttons to select your
tracks.
The layout of the Pioneer DDJ WeGo is very logical.
You have all your hot cue selections down here, you have your effects selections up
here at the top and you control all the effects parameters with the jog wheel.
Now that's something that's different about this controller from the other two controllers.
Control B allows for dedicated filter control, control A will adjust your key in the song.
One thing to know too, your tempo adjustment locks in much like the RMX 2 and this is a
4 deck controller.
Now you do all your deck selections up here with these deck C and deck D buttons.
This is the only 4 deck controller of the three.
And much like the Hercules RMX 2 you have a button for samples and you also have an
auto loop knob.
The jog wheels on all three are very different with the MixTrack Pro jog wheels being the
biggest of the three.
Its got a nice textured grip on the top and these big platters are probably going to be
the best for scratching.
The jog wheels on the RMX 2 are probably the smallest of the three.
They have the ability to be tapped to stop the track, you can also see that visually
with an LED display down here and the line level faders also have LED displays right
next to them.
So as far as the size of the jog wheels go these rest right in the middle between the
RMX 2 and the MixTrack Pro.
They also have LED lights surrounding them and it gives you visual feedback as to what
you're controlling within your software.
So for the MixTrack Pro on the back you have RCA outputs as well are your USB connections
for your computer and on the front of the controller you have your microphone and headphone
inputs, microphone being a TRS quarter inch input and you also have a mic gain adjustment
on the front for that as well.
So the Hercules RMX 2 probably has the most robust I/O of the three controllers.
You have XLR balanced outputs, you also have two RCA outputs, one of which is used for
booth.
You also have inputs for things like connecting a turn table, CDJs, or an external audio source,
and this is the only controller that functions as a stand alone mixer.
You also have connections for microphone which is on the top and you also have two options
for headphone connections either on the top of the controller or right down here at the
bottom on the front.
The I/O on the Pioneer DDJ WeGo is definitely unique.
It's the first I've ever seen of I/O being on the side of one of these DJ controllers.
You have RCA master out here on the side as well as your quarter inch mic input and then
on the other side you have your headphone jacks, you have eighth inch and quarter inch
which is kind of nice and you also have your on and off switch and USB input there.
All three of these controllers ship with Virtual DJ LE and the Hercules RMX 2 also comes with
the Djuced 40 degrees software.
The Numark MixTrack Pro has the lowest price point out of the three controllers and the
DDJ Wego and the Hercules RMX 2 come in at about the same price which is a little higher
than the MixTrack Pro.
So there it is, our comparison of three DJ controllers, the Numark MixTrack Pro, the
Hercules RMX 2 and the Pioneer DDJ WeGo.
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