EFX1000 ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL DJ EFFECTOR UNIT

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PIONEER EFX-1000
Professional Effector Unit

The all-new Pioneer EFX-1000 is a significant edition to Pioneer's ProDJ Series and has been designed and developed together with some of the worlds leading DJs and club installers.

Most importantly the EFX-1000 provides DJs with the best audio quality possible, using a 24-bit/96kHz digital-sampling system and 32-bit digital sound processing. When the EFX-1000's bypass function is enable there is no change what so ever to the original audio and the output of the EFX-1000 is identical to the sound quality at the input. Any serious club or studio DJ will immediately hear the impact of the increased processing power, which results in better audio quality in their mix. Pioneer's EFX-1000 also builds on the unique features of earlier models by including a wide range of sound effects in an easy-to-manipulate system.

The Pioneer EFX-1000 offers more than the usual range of Beat Effects, including: Delay, Echo, Pitch Echo, Trans, Flanger, Filter and Phaser. For the first time in the industry, the EFX-1000 enables DJs to beat match in sync with a pre-programmed rhythm. Additionally the EFX-1000 will measure beats per minute and beat match in sync with the tempo of the music. DJs can select multiple frequency ranges (High, Mid, Low), vastly improving the musical expression compared with existing full-range effectors.

The large, easy-to-manipulate Digital Jog wheel enables control of Jog Effects including: Jet, Wah, Phase, Shifter Ring, Zip, Humanizer and Vocoder. And a new “hold switch” can be used to maintain a sound effect, freeing up a hand. The Jog Memory Play memorizes and reproduces the dial's movements either once or in a continuous loop. The balance of the effects as well as the depth of the original sound can also be modified.

FEATURES

The EFX-1000 offers more effects and flexibility over its little brother the EFX-500 although the basic layout is the same: on the left there's the BEAT EFFECTS section, and on the right you have full and real time control over the parameters with the JOG EFFECTS.

The use of a smart switch give you full flexibility to switch the effects on and off. Both the Beat Effect and Jog Effect sections have their own switch with a Momentary On and a locked On Switch to make the transitions as smooth as possible.

The Input Level and Output Level are controlled via 2 rotary knobs. The optimum setting is when the red LED's are almost blinking.

User changeable settings
The setting switches at the top left of the EFX-1000 are a new feature which adds even more flexibility to this effector.

The first switch allows you to choose the order in which the effects take place. You can either choose to start with the Beat Effect Section and after that route the signal through the Jog Effect Section, or you could choose to follow the opposite direction: First the Jog Effect, then the Beat Effect. This will give you almost endless possibilities when combining the 7 Beat Effects with the 7 Jog Effects, when flipping this switch the number of options double because most effects will sound different

The second switch let's you choose which section will be activated by the footswitch (optional), the Beat Effect OR the Jog Effect OR both at the same time.

The third switch gives you more control over the Midi usages Pioneer's EFX-1000.

Variable Settings
For both the Beat Effect and the Jog Effects there are 3 rotary knobs to make a preference. But you could also change these settings while using an effect. These knobs are separate for both sections of the Pioneer EFX-1000. So each section (Jog- and Beat-Section) can have it's own setting.

The Depth is like the thickness of the effect, something like the parameter or strength of the effect. The precise function of this depends on the selected effect that you are using. When using the Echo for example this knob determines the volume descent of the echo.

Character refers to the 'shape' or parameter of the effect. This is the Q-factor of the effect or the change between thin and sharp to fat and wide.

Mix will give you control over the mix between the original signal and the effects.

Beat Effects Section
The left side of the Pioneer EFX-1000 controls the Beat Effects, these are the effects that use the speed (tempo) of the played audio as a reference speed to adjust the length (time) of the Beat Effects. This will totally synchronise the Beat Effect with the audio track playing to eliminate timing mistakes.

The Beat Effects section holds 7 different effects. 5 are already known from the EFX-500. The length of each effect is determined by the rhythm button that has been selected (1/4, 1/8, etc. of a beat). You can switch between these beat measurements whenever you want so you can make neat combinations.

• Delay
  This will repeat the played signal once with a delay and a declined volume (depending on Depth knob).
• Echo
  This will repeat the played audio over and over again, each repeat has a slightly lower volume than the previous one, this depends on the Depth setting. With the Depth opened all the way the loop will be played endlessly because there is no decline in volume.
• Pitch Echo
  Combines a Pitch Shifter with an Echo.
• Transpose
  A rhythmical electronical transform switch.
• Flanger
  A wave of a jet-like sound in a rhythmic movement.
• Filter
  Frequency cut-off filter.
• Phaser
  Like a flanger, but more presence.

Below the effect selection buttons you will find additonal controls which can be used simultaneously with the controls of the Jog Effect Section (right side of EFX-1000) for maximum creativity.

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  Momentary On / Locked On Switch
  For smooth on/off switching of the Beat Effects
• Effect Frequency Range Select
  The Beat Effects have only influence on the selected Range
  You can choose Low, Mid and High... or any combination
• 1/8, ¼, ½, ¾, 1, 2, 4, 8 Buttons
  This determines the time-base for the Beat Effects.
  Illuminated when set. Small LED's indicates non-synced value
• BPM Mode
  Switches measurement method : Tap, Auto (works almost anytime) and MIDI
• Rhythm Mode
• Tap
  When auto BPM mode fails you can tap the tempo to set it
• Time/BPM
  Rotate to manually change the time. Hold shift and rotate to change the BPM.

Digital Jog Break Display
Displays the value or parameter of the effect.

• Jet
  A wave of a jet-like sound controlled by the Jog Dial.
• Wah
  Frequency filter (low-cut to full to high-cut).
• Phase Shifter
• Ring
  Adds a ringing sound. The key of the ring is controlled by the Jog Dial.
• Zip
  Real Time key-shifter. You can simulate a Turntable stop with the Jog Dial.
• Normalizer
• Vocoder

Just as on the Beat Effect Section, below the effect selection buttons you'll find more controls.

• Momentary On / Locked On Switch
  For smooth on/off switching of the Beat Effects.
• Jog Memory Play
  The movement that you make with the Effect Jog Dial can be recorded in the memory of the EFX-1000. Just hold the M button while you make your move to record it. Recording stops when the M button is released or when the memory is full. These movements can now be re-done once by pressing SINGLE or can be repeatedly done when LOOP is pressed.
• Jog Dial
  This is the master control of the effects. Rotate both ways to alter the parameters of the selected effect.

Specifications

Comparison Chart

To make it easy to see the real differences between the EFX-500 and the new EFX-1000 here are the features of both Effectors next to eachother.

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