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Denon SC3900 – Display current BPM?? and other questions…

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  • October 22, 2013 at 9:14 am #1015015
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Yes it does display BPM and yes it has keylock functionality. However like with Pioneer CDJs I advise against the usage as both screw your bassline melody for most songs.

    The downside really is that I do not really like the Engine software that much, but then I have only tested the 3900s for like 15mins in the store…

    October 22, 2013 at 1:30 pm #1015031
    Stazbumpa
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    I’m using the 3900’s, best deck out there imvho. I’m using mine with Traktor though, so I’ll help you as best I can. First question is what are using Engine on? Laptop, iPad?

    October 22, 2013 at 1:44 pm #1015035
    Channa De Silva
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    @Stazbumpa – I’m using a Laptop, OSX 10.7.5. I have figured out a few things since my first post. I have to select iTunes in the window, then right-click, and import a certain playlist. Engine will not analyze a track in a playlist under iTunes. Once the playlist is imported, then it starts analyzing. Once that is done, I can make cues, set loops, all that stuff. The software is still very clunky, if I play a file, the waveform is really jerky, especially when you have a loop going. Not that impressive. Hopefully the beat detection/bpm counter is good.

    I would use the deck in a stand alone fashion. I have a DDJ-SX with Serato DJ, but the beat gridding is not good at all! So I want something that will make tight auto loops.

    I have found the deck for $699 brand new, have you seen any for a better price? Let me know, and thanks for the reply!

    October 23, 2013 at 1:37 pm #1015126
    Stazbumpa
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    Latest version of Engine is 1.1.1 of that’s helpful. The waveform is indeed clunky, however playback on the Denons is flawless. I’ve not detected any issues myself with regard to beat gridding etc, but what I have noticed is that Engine/Denon players don’t like unbranded usb sticks so I advise you to get something by Sandisk or Kingston. According to Denon, they regard the hybrid mode to track better for Serato than Traktor, although I’ve had no problems myself, so that might be worth a look if you can make it work for you.

    Apart from that, these decks are an enormouse amount of fun, I’m in the UK so the price you found them for appears to be roughly half what I had to pay :-/ US retail price was initially $999 per deck, in England it was £899 (mine were 800 each) which is about $1400 or thereabouts.

    October 25, 2013 at 7:17 pm #1015305
    Coltrane09
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    [quote]Engine will not analyze a track in a playlist under iTunes. Once the playlist is imported, then it starts analyzing. Once that is done, I can make cues, set loops, all that stuff. The software is still very clunky, if I play a file, the waveform is really jerky, especially when you have a loop going. Not that impressive. Hopefully the beat detection/bpm counter is good.[/quote]

    Sort of the way Traktor works.

    October 28, 2013 at 9:59 am #1015395
    Channa De Silva
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    Thanks for the heads up Staz, I purchased 2 64GB Patriot USB drives. They are the fastest USB 3 memory sticks they offer. They have never had any problems on the CDJ2000nxs with those USB sticks.

    I really don’t want to use the laptop with the SC3900, that’s the goal.

    I ordered it from Zzounds.com, and got it for $685, on their 4 pay, it’s $170/month.

    I’m really excited to get my hands on it, I’ve been making playlists and analyzing through engine for the past few days. Can’t wait to start scratching again!!!

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