Pioneer SR or SX?

What did I miss, a vinyl emulation LED bar? I think I need to go have another look at the unit.

Ah, the little display in the jogwheels!

Well here’s the good news, in “Scratching for Controller DJ’s”, our esteemed instructors Phil and Steve show how, when you scratch on a controller, you look at the waveform on the screen, rather than at any marker on the Jogwheel. You see, very few controllers have a feature like that. But ALL controllers utilize DJ software that shows you perfect waveforms, zoomed in as far as you like.

So, no need to spend the extra cash, not for that single reason anyway.

Greetinx.

The SR and SX platters “feel wise” are almost identical. Take not that both are incapable of performing backspins due to the built in break that you cannot disable (aka both do stop instantly when you let go).

Controllers in that space that I consider superior to the Pioneers for scratching:

– Reloop Terminal Mix Series (best jogwheels in the industry)

– Vestax VCI 380 and VCI 400 (excellent jogs and tension adjust)

Also if you like scratching I would only use Serato DJ as it is the most tight scratch feeling you can get. Since Serato has parallel waveforms (with multicolor) and spinning platters on the screen the LED lights on the jogs are highly overrated, since you will rather look at the screen and feel the jogs and crossfader when you scratch.

We will try to review the Terminal Mix 8 asap. I think Phil is already in contact with reloop to check if we can get a unit for review. So keep checking our site 😉

Terry,    are you sure that the SR won’t do backspins?   that’s one of the controllers on my list and that’s almost a dealbreaker on getting the SR…..    Let me know, I’m looking to upgrade to a Serato controller that is “pro” enough to use for a few years, something with good audio quality, loud cue volume, balanced outs are a plus, and using most/all of the features of Serato DJ is a plus….. almost considering the MC2000 for it’s small size, but it just doesn’t seem right for moving up from a mixtrack pro 2.   I will be looking into the VCI380, MC6000 Mk2, and SR more thoroughly….. and checking back on this thread.    I have to make up my mind, because as soon as I get a couple hoops jumped through, and my business bank account set up, I will be ordering PA, a few lighting bits, and a new controller.   Thanks to all who make this site so great…

Yes the SR and SX both have the same jogs as CDJ 850/900 style and those have breaks on backspin, so they will stop spinning immediately not letting you do vinyl style backspins.

The only Pioneer controller that can do them is (untested yet) by specs the DDJ-SZ.