Pioneer DJ Pioneer, Black (DDJ-SP1)

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An excellent controller expansion for Serato DJ and wonderful pad-based controller for any MIDI-mappable DJ software The DDJ-SP1 is equipped with pads, faders, dial and buttons specifically designed for controlling all Serato DJ’s features. The DDJ-SP1 inherits the familiar layout from Pioneer’s popular controller range, with a few updates to make the DJing experience even more enjoyable.

The DDJ-SP1 adds more physical dimensions to its performance thanks to things like Performance Pads. The rubber LED pads to give you access to seven modes, including Slicer, Hot Cue, Hot Loop, Roll, Auto Loop, Manual Loop, and more. Velocity mode also allows you to control the volume of your samples according to how hard you hit your pads. You may find that you perform better in the second slicer mode if you still don’t have much experience.

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The DDJ-SP1 can be added to a setup that supports mixing and scratching with Serato DJ e.g. laptop, PC, DJM-900SRT, timecode CDJ/turntables or DDJ-S1 controller. Users are then able to access the pre-mapped buttons and dials to activate the software’s 8 hot cues, 6 samples and 30+ FX Powered by iZotope all without having to access a keyboard or mouse. Earlier this week, Pioneer DJ announced a significant update for their Rekordbox DJ library and performance software. Most notably, this update stabilized the fledgling DJ software compatibility with the latest version of Mac OS, Sierra, as well as offered Rekordbox DJ support for the Pioneer DDJ-SP1 performance pad controller when combined with another supported controller. DDJ-SP1’s Evolution Pioneer is one of the biggest market leaders in the digital world for a reason. While you might pay a premium for a solution like this, you also get a well-constructed and comprehensive way to update and improve your mixing experience. With this powerful tool, you get to add pre-mapped dials and buttons to the software samples, including eight hot cues and more than 30 FX options powered by iZotope. Once you exit Serato Video control mode by pressing Shift + Auto Loop push encoder again, Serato Video will continue to operate until you disable it in Setup, but you will regain use of the audio effects controls.

Operation is not guaranteed on all computers, even if all the required operating environment conditions indicated here are fulfilled. Finally, the 2 pad Sampler modes work in conjunction with the Serato DJ SP-6 sampler. The only difference is that the Velocity Sampler mode alters sample volume according the strength which with you hit the pad, and the regular Sampler mode triggers samples at full volume every time.

If you’re more of a fan of the Rekordbox software offered by Pioneer DJ, you’re not limited to Serato either. The DDJ-SP1 also supports Rekordbox access. In the multi-effect mode, the 1-3 encounters and buttons work to turn effects on and off. You can select your effect from a list and adjust the amount of effect you use. If you’re a Serato DJ user who doesn’t think their controller provides adequate access to certain performance modes and effects, then the Pioneer DDJ-SP1 could be perfect for you.