I worked at a club for three years and we almost always used the Pioneer 600. That said, I don't like it. Its a so-so mixer, but I'd say it had a fair deal of downtime (but remeber, this was a club, so it got a lot fo use). One thing about the Pioneer is that it digitizes the signal. To my untrained ear- it seemed like the Pioneer didn't have the saem full sound as say the Rane-44 or Vestex PMC-50. But this was on a alrge system. I doubt home use will make much difference. The third thing to think of is how boring those Pioneer effects are. Perhaps not in the UK, but the Pioneer is used by everyone in America, and thos effects don't have much variety. ANd since everyone's used them over the past few years, they've gotten kinda lame. The only person I know who can still trip me out with Pioneer effects is Mike 'Agent X' Clark (detroit on-topic whut!!??).
If you're just playing around- i know there's a mixer out there with a built in kaos pad. I've played with it twice and its a ton of fun. Or buy an Allen and Heath or Vestex or Rane and just run the kaos pad or whatever effects until along side of it. On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Matthew L. Thompson wrote: > Personally, I prefer the DJM-600... my limited experience (and feedback from > others) has been that the Pioneer unit is built pretty well and is fairly > durable. If I had to make a second choice, I'd go with one of the better > Vestax models. I actually do prefer the layout of the Vestax, and it's also > less expensive... but you don't get the sampler and effects that you do with > the Pioneer. You can make up for this by buying a separate effects box you > can add that will provide those features for you, but in my opinion, that's > just another piece of gear to lug around... I've been having to go mobile a > bit more frequently lately and the less you have to haul, the better. With > either make, you're going to get a good quality mixer with most of the > features you want. Of course, Rane has always made durable mixers too, but > that's a bit out of my own price range. > > Matt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.magicmattkelly.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Anglesey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 9:11 AM > Subject: (313) DJ Mixers > > > > > > > > Hello 313 Peepz, > > > > I'm looking into buying a new mixer (with in-built effects unit) and was > > wondering whether any > > UK based list members could offer me guidance into buying the right one. > I > > want something > > that has a good range of effects (filters etc.) and is going to last. The > > one i've been looking at > > is the Pioneer 600 - would anyone recommend this or is there anything else > > around the same > > price (£600-700) that anyone would buy instead. > > > > Thanks - any help would be really appreciated. > > > > Chris. > > > >
