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  • November 16, 2012 at 9:48 am #31983
    CalVic
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    Well, I have to agree with the above.

    The sound quality is loud and it’s proud, 24-bit depth and it’s crystal clear. My only gripe is having to sit down and mess with the effects to get the sound I want. You might want to use the HP/LP Filter in the software over the DJM style filter as you can really tune the software filter and remove that added resonance the DJM has..

    But the effects are -_- being able to choose the wave, Sine, Saw, Square etc etc, It’s something you don’t want to be changing or engaging a certain effect when doing a gig without fully understanding or getting to know what does what. But they sound very high quality.

    Also not fully worked out how the slicer works yet…

    Moving from such a small controller to a big one, I’m having to adjust my performance, and I feel like a total noob! But that’s only because it’s a new piece of gear.

    I’m super impressed!

    By the way gulli, I didn’t get that email… What did they say?

    November 16, 2012 at 10:13 am #31984
    gullum
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    did not say much header says “Serato DJ Upgrade Comming soon” witch I might have missunderstood as an update 🙁 then only a link to their newsletter suscription page.

    November 16, 2012 at 3:34 pm #31997
    Hiki
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    Just got mine last night. Wow I was blown away at the quality.

    Jogs are perfect IMO. They feel like numark jogs but with aluminum construction and more weight to them. Very responsive. Not like cheap plastic jogs like all other pioneer controllers and not noisy and cheap like Cdj jogs.

    Performance pads are very nice. Soft velvety feel, very sensitive so you can drum two fingers on a pad easily. Very brightly backlit as well.

    Software is taking me some time to get used to. Setting beat grids is confusing. If you scan your music or add a track it wot set a beat grid and you can’t use the slicer without a grid set. You must drag your music to the analyze box in offline mode or set it manually. Kind of annoying as other software this is done automatically.

    As stated, the effects have wayyyy to many parameters to be used easily without lots of practice. It’s nice but when you have 3 knobs and 3 parameter buttons for each effect – even simple ones like flange – it is a little cumbersome.

    It’s huge! Didn’t think it was going to be this big

    I absolutely love it but it will take some getting used to. Coming from a mix track pro ad custom sampler midi controller

    November 17, 2012 at 10:24 am #32029
    CalVic
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    For me, The Beat Gridding is thus far the best out of all the software, Very easy to adjust for individual tracks

    You need to tick the “Set Beatgrid” and also tick the “Set Auto BPM” and your BPM Range, and then the software will work out all the beatgrids for the tracks.

    Hope this helps 🙂

    November 17, 2012 at 1:09 pm #32034
    Hiki
    Member

    I guess what I don’t like about it is that you have to be in offline mode (at least I think you do) to be able to ‘fully analyze’ and set a beatgrid automatically. I know you can set one manually but I’m used to VDJ where simply throwing a track on deck will handle all of that.

    November 27, 2012 at 11:08 am #32663
    Scott Nation
    Member

    Tossing up between this sweet looking unit or 2 tt’s and Z2 have heard mixed results about the traktor mixer have pioneer nailed this controller?

    November 27, 2012 at 11:37 am #32665
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    I have not had the chance to use one for long, but the reviews are good.
    So early in the product cycle we prolly need to wait to see if they hold up against the test of time…

    November 27, 2012 at 12:52 pm #32667
    Rob Arran
    Member

    Just received mine about an hour ago (Finally!). Looks better in the flesh as it were, feels great to use. Lots of practising ahead! I’d write more but for obvious reasons ……….

    November 27, 2012 at 3:20 pm #32673
    Coltrane09
    Participant

    FYI about this unit: I was checking out a guy’s Youtube channel and he has been using the DDJ-SX for gigs already. The one issue that stood out to me was that one of the platters froze or started going backwards on him so he started using 1 & 4. I suspect he was using 1 & 3 initially. The problem cleared up after he took the unit home and plugged everything back in. So, there may be a glitch with the software Serato DJ. The channel is “DJ C Smith” (a DJ in Detroit) if memory serves me.

    November 27, 2012 at 7:59 pm #32710
    gullum
    Participant

    I’ve also use the DDJ SX for 2 nights 5 hour each over the weekend using my own tsi for Traktor and I had no problems whats so ever with the unit. Only problem was I sometimes forgot I had eco out activated and when using internal mixing I can cue in headpohones and not know it was activated so when moving the fader up there was no sound. After the first time it happened and I figured why it was not a problem anymore. Good think of DJ out with a new mapp is you find new things to mapp you did not think of at home. It has so much more power and sound so much better then my VMS4 and I’m realy glad I did this purcase. I’m going to make a video of using it with Traktor just need to do some more mappings.

    December 3, 2012 at 10:02 am #33038
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    For the guys who have one since launch: Any more longer term thoughts about the DDJ SX?
    How are they holding up, how is support,…

    December 3, 2012 at 12:25 pm #33040
    Dixon Chen
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    Gulli Johansen, post: 32100, member: 847 wrote: I totaly love it. it is a bit big but a lot lighter then it looks. Mixer feels a lote like the DJM 800 or 900 , then knobs are nice and stiff fader also. most button have a nice click feel so can feel that you have pressed them. The pads are almost identical to Maschine pads, I wouldn’t mind if the had the click feel of the F1 would be better for hotcue jogeling. Jogwheel also feel realy good. The sound is lovely realy alot louder then my VMS4.
    I tried hooking up my American Audio Radius 3000 to test the standalone mixer and it also works amazingly well nice filter and EQ, I also connected a Shure PG58 and it does not distort as some have reported their mic does.
    Serato DJ it’s an ok software but at the version 1 there are lots of things they need to add, scraching DJ should us Serato DJ as it’s best with this controller. I’ve mostley used the controller with Traktor Pro 2.6 and it works like a charm with DDJ SX.
    With Traktor the DDJ SX feels like it’s was made with the lates version in mind. Vipers tsi gives you all S4 functionaletis + a lot more. I’ve started on my own tsi. with the DDJ SX you get everything Flux (slip button) post fader FX, several pad banks(Mapped to your hearth desire). I can’t see any controller for a EDM DJ tahat can give you so much kontroll over Traktor, Hip Hop (scratch)DJ’s who want to use Traktor this is probable not the one for you.
    There is also of today a VDJ mapper for it, only just tried it and most functions from the standar VDJ skin are mapped.
    This is the most compleat Traktor controller I’ve ever used.
    For Serato users this is the be all controller for Serato DJ, Intro and Itch controllers that will get compadabillety later will all be missing some futures. I resived an email today telling me that a new version of Serato DJ is on it’s way.

    Does that mean that the DDJ-SX works perfectly with Traktor Pro 2.6? My current plan is to buy a Traktor F1 to get the Traktor Pro 2 and get the DDJ-SX cause i really love the layout of traktor, serato looks childish for me x.X Any comment with my plan???

    December 3, 2012 at 1:34 pm #33042
    gullum
    Participant

    @Dj DD Yes it works perfect with Traktor although scratching is not 100% as good as with S4 but I never scratch.
    With the propper tsi file you get everything that traktor has to offer mapped to the controller I also have an F1 so I’ve mapped the sampler for beatgridding.

    @ Terry 42 I’ve had mine now about 2 weeks and I’ve not encounter one problem so I’ve not needed any support 😀 so don’t know about that.
    And I still stand by comment that this is the best controller for Traktor there is. Serato DJ I’m just not feeling it I don’t like the way the FX work. They work almost like you expect from a DAW not realy like something you’d do on the fly. The only thing I would like to have in Traktor from SDJ would be the slicer but then again I’d would not use it that much.

    December 3, 2012 at 1:39 pm #33043
    Dixon Chen
    Participant

    what does ‘tsi file’ stands for and where to get it? sry i’m currently very new to Djing and havent buy any stuff yet =(

    December 3, 2012 at 2:39 pm #33045
    gullum
    Participant

    a tsi file is like a setup file for traktor it contains all the midi date information about what your cantrollers buttons and knobs will do in Traktor. A tsi file can also contain your audio setting, GUI, Favorit folder and such.
    https://maps.djtechtools.com/mappings/851 thats to one made by Viper and should get you going without to much problems. he’s also made a good description of what everything does

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