Pioneer DJ DJM-900NXS2 4-Channel DJ Mixer with Effects

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Independent Send/Return: connect external hardware and software to use alongside the internal FX. InterApp support means you can use FX/Instrument apps on your iPad – for example the virtual RMX-1000 app. With the Pioneer DJM-900 NXS2 you get independent Send / Return allowing use of beat FX and External FX. With the DJM900 Nexus 2 you can connect external effects including iPad apps and layer on top of the on-baord FX on the Pioneer DJM-900 NXS2.

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There are multiple improvements to the Beat FX too. Vinyl brake does what it says, with adjustable timings for slow or fast vinyl stop, and ping pong echo adds a frankly not very useful addition to the arsenal (why have a stereo echo when most club sound systems are mono anyway?). The FX Frequency selector lets you choose which frequencies to apply Beat FX to, such as isolating a delay effect only to the high-frequencies, for instance. The new Pioneer DJM-900NXS2 controls are more responsive with a new gain structure, improved EQ and fader curves.First, the Color FX. What started out as simply a filter knob under each channel’s EQs once upon a time has now become a whole ecosystem itself, with six FX available to you here (Space, Echo Dub, Sweep, Noise, Crush, Filter), and crucially, a new knob: The DJM-900NXS2’s FX and their controls have been completely redesigned to deliver detailed levels of manipulation:

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The “Parameter” knob controls something else about the effect in addition to the wet/dry (well, technically wet-dry-wet) combo knob for each channel. It is most obviously useful in taming the previously way-too-loud Noise effect, but having an extra parameter for all the effects here too is a welcome addition. There are new indicators that light up when you’ve got Beat FX active in each of the four channels as well as the master output. Great for minimising effect confusion when doing B2Bsets, or if you just love twiddling FX knobs while you DJ. The new Pioneer DJM-900NXS2 has 4 phono inputs, DVS support and 2 USB ports for easy switch over during sets.The X-pad is now also improved, because you get eight virtual buttons on it, that are lit from behind and change depending on the effect. The only way of changing beat values was with hardware buttons before, but now, you can do so by pressing the corresponding part of the X-pad when using compatible FX. In other modes, it works much as the old pad used to. The screen is much-improved too, and Pioneer DJ is catching up a bit with the amazing effects areas on the Allen & Heath Xone:DB mixers, for instance, here. More accurate clip indicator: a redesigned gain structure ensures meters don't go into the red too early.