Pioneer DDJ-SB with Serato upgrade or Reloop Beatmix 4

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May 5, 2014 at 10:10 am #2026585

Terry_42
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Well I have played about an hour with the Beatmix 4 at Musikmesse.
I really liked the unit as it is well made, the plastic is really high quality polycarbonate (or something similar) and it feels good and looks good.
All the faders worked really well and the jogwheels feel almost as nice as those on the Terminal Mix.
I much prefer the lower profile jogs on the Beatmix to the SB, but that is subjective and I know loads of people who prefer Pioneer style jogs.
The multiple pad modes on the Beatmix and the gain controlls make it a winner in my book. Also including the full version of Serato DJ in the release of the Beatmix 4 is a hit in itself, it is loads of bang for your buck.

So while both are good controllers, I would prefer the Beatmix 4 for a full 4 channel layout, included Serato DJ, gain control directly and excellent jogs and faders. Also the crossfader on the Beatmix is really comfy for scratching.

May 5, 2014 at 10:22 am #2026590

Andrew Haywood
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Thanks Terry. I am leaning towards the Beatmix because of the four channels, I just wasn’t sure mostly because of jogwheel quality and didn’t want to think I would be missing out if I didn’t go with the Pioneer.

May 6, 2014 at 2:44 pm #2026805

DJ Vintage
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And you have an extra fader for the sampler 🙂

May 6, 2014 at 10:57 pm #2027867

Andrew Haywood
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True !
After a little cajoling my long suffering but generous wife has agreed to let me order one…….excitings !!!

May 7, 2014 at 5:54 am #2028336

DJ Vintage
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Keeps us posted!

May 10, 2014 at 11:19 pm #2030083

Andrew Haywood
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Sooooo..received my Beatmix 4 yesterday, site that I got it from were really good(dunno if I can mention which one) having a 3 week old baby I haven’t had much chance to play yet but so far I’m really impressed. Nice jogs and faders,lovely pads and it seems tight with the software. I can’t see how you would get better features or build for the money I’m a happy man.

May 11, 2014 at 11:37 am #2030167

Terry_42
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That is good to hear, glad you like your Beatmix and thanks for your feedback.

May 31, 2014 at 11:30 pm #2035164

Isaiah Furrow
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Please do give us an update, I have been waiting forever for a Terminal Mix 8 🙁 have even started reconsidering other controllers or something else all together in the meantime… congrats on the baby, they sure do make getting in practice time a little more tricky… like the looks of the lit ring around the jogs on the Beatmix, one thing I might wish for once I get my TM8 is some kind of position indicator on the jogs.
Chuck or Terry, also wondering if it’s OK on DDJT forums to mention specific vendors we have gotten something from. I have ordered from a couple places in the states and have previously thought about mentioning them in posts about the products I purchased. If memory serves, I don’t think that I did, but for future reference it’d be handy to know DDJT’s policy on this sort of thing. For instance, mentioning a retailer because you found a good price on something, or linking to a product page on a retail site asking for opinions or advice before making a purchase, etc.

June 4, 2014 at 2:28 am #2035702

isaidicanshout
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OP can you tell me where you ordered your Beatmix 4 from? I cannot find any place that has it in stock! I ordered it from BHPhotoVideo and it said 7 days at first, and now my order says it won’t ship until July!

June 4, 2014 at 3:55 am #2035710

Lamid45G
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I ordered my Beatmix4 from my local dj store, they had like 2 units stocked and its been sellin like hot cakes,

June 17, 2014 at 1:41 am #2037710

Andrew Haywood
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Hi,
Thanks I’m still struggling to get some time in on it but really enjoying every minute so far, it just works. The one thing I would maybe say is that I’d like the jog wheels to have sat a little higher like pioneer’s do but having no problems beat matching so that’s probably a slight preference thing. Although Serato is what it is and performs well (HP laptop by the way) I prefer the waveforms on mixvibes cross and the track preview feature that Serato doesn’t seem to have ? Mods…. Would it be OK to state where I ordered it from ?

June 17, 2014 at 9:43 am #2037749

Terry_42
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Yeah for helping you can post that, we do not consider that advertising.

Serato does feature a preview, but it is called “prep”. See the Serato manual at serato.com
I love the stacked waveform display since Serato Scratch hehe (all waveforms of all 4 decks stacked above each other).

Yeah jogwheels are preference. People that come from vinyl (like myself) seem to get along better with low profile jogs like the reloop controllers have and people that come from CDJs seem to prefer the Pioneer style jogs (duh they are the same profile hehe).

June 17, 2014 at 4:40 pm #2037818

Andrew Haywood
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Ah thanks I’ll look for that as I said times not in my side right now ! I pre ordered it from djkit.com and would recommend they called me to let me know it was in stock, really friendly and delivery was rapid and free. Hmmmmm….mother and baby fast asleep, kitchen practice session fingers crossed !

June 17, 2014 at 4:44 pm #2037820

Andrew Haywood
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Just as an afterthought I wanted to say I really like this forum it seems more positive than most and more genuine help on offer, thanks guys.

June 17, 2014 at 7:17 pm #2037869

Terry_42
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Well the mission given to us by Phil the website owner is, that we want to be the forum with the highes quality and helpfulness around. So our goal is set high and we try hard to achieve it 😉
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