DJM800 ADVANCED STUDIO / DJ / CLUB INSTALL EFFECTS MIXER WITH HARMONIC MIXING FEATURE

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PIONEER DJM-800
4 Channel Digital Mixer

Pioneer's new 4 Channel 96kHz/24bit DJM-800 Digital Mixer Blends MIDI Compatibility & Innovative 'Sound Colour' Effects

Pioneer's new professional-grade mixer the DJM-800 offers pure fidelity delivered by the hi-end 96kHz/24 bit A/D converter that's complemented by 61 assignable MIDI control channels and a landmark innovation, 'Harmonic Mixing' capability – that detects a track's key and automatically aligns it to the closest true key, removing inaccuracies created when adjusting the pitch. With digital connectivity, a large bright dot matrix display and a wide range of high quality effects, the DJM-800 enables DJs to perfect pristine mixing.

'We're dedicated to finding new ways to improve the techniques available to DJs to create sensational sets: we achieved it with CD mixing and the genre-defining A/V deck, the DVJ-X1. And we've achieved it again with the Pioneer DJM-800. It offers superlative digital performance, huge MIDI versatility and a new approach to harmonic mixing that replicates the way that DJs intuitively mix music. The innovation, combined with the unit's sonic purity and a range of supporting features will advance mixing techniques – it's the type of breakthrough that clubs, professional DJs and the emerging generation of artists expect from Pioneer,' comments Jason Pook, product planning manager, Pioneer Europe.

Sonic purity is a given from Pioneer and the DJM-800 inherits the high fidelity technology of its big brother the DJM-1000. The analogue signal from the player is immediately digitised (through the shortest possible route) by a pro A/D converter at 96kHz/24bit, reaching the ultra-powerful (32bit) Digital Signal Processor without deterioration of quality.

Digital inputs and outputs support transparent signal processing between Pioneer's CDJ and DVJ series of digital decks delivering immaculate audio quality. With input frequencies of 44.1/48/96kHz and selectable output frequencies of between 48/96kHz it's a perfect mixer not only for the club professional but also recording studios where high fidelity sound is required.

Another key feature is the fully assignable MIDI function. This means that MIDI signals can be sent from almost all knobs and switches on the surface of the Pioneer DJM-800 (a total of 61 assignable controls) to external midi equipment. With this level of MIDI flexibility, the DJM-800 can be used as a versatile interface to control any MIDI controllable lighting, software and MIDI enabled video mixers. To extend the intuitive operation of the unit, optional rotary volume knobs are available to replace the main volume switches – a feature that supports more subtle and precise mixing.

Extensive dialogue with some of the world's top DJs and sound engineers provided the catalyst to create new, intuitive techniques to effect the perfect mix, resulting in 'sound colour effects' - a whole new style of DJ mixing. In music terms, if the DJ adjusts a track in the key of C by +3%, it slips out of the C band to between C and D. This makes it impossible to perform a perfect harmonic mix, unless harmonic tuning is applied. Harmonic tuning takes whatever key the source audio is in and adjusts the pitch until the key reaches a standard note. World class DJs currently spend thousands of hours learning the keys of their music and re-mastering their library to be in 'perfect pitch' - this innovation makes it that little bit easier to deliver smooth mixes time and again. The unit also offers 'filter', 'sweep' and 'crush' effects through a highpass/lowpass filter, notch filter and bit crusher effect for all line channels.

In keeping with Pioneer's relentless drive for innovation it has complemented its familiar effects with some new techniques for a package that includes: Echo, Delay, Reverse Delay, Pan, Transform, Filter, Flanger, Phaser, Reverb, Robot, Chorus, Roll and Reverse Roll. The effects automatically detect the BPM of the music and sync to the beats. In conjunction with the additional Digital Beat Effects, 50 combinations of effects are possible.

Like the DJM-1000, the DJM-800 also has the same high rigid chassis for minimizing unnecessary vibration that could adversely affect sound quality. It is based on the same layout and footprint as the DJM-600, providing the natural and familiar feel known to DJs across the world. It also incorporates a dual-shield structure for eliminating entry of digital noise and a high performance power supply.

Additional features

The DJM-800 has a massive range of features. Some of the additional highlights include:

• Cross fader assign: to assign each channel's input to the cross fader
• Fader curve adjust: to change the cross fader/channel fader curve
• Fader start: connect a Pioneer CDJ player with a control cable and playback can be started by simply sliding the cross fader or channel fader
• 3-Band Equalizer: a built-in equalizer on each channel enables level control within a –26dB to +6dB range for high, mid & low bands, respectively
• Talk over: automatically attenuates the volume by -20db so an MC can talk over the track
• Mic signal cut: Eliminates the microphone sound output to the booth monitor to prevent feedback
• Peak level meter: Check the peak level of the input audio for each channel as well as the master
• Master output rotary knob
• Master output attenuation switch
• Twin mic level adjustment
• Optional rotary faders available (DJC-800RV)

FEATURES

4 Filters, assignable to each Channel

This section gives you ultimate control over 4 different filters. Each can be activated on each channel of the DJM-800. You first press one of the blue buttons to select a filter type then rotate the knob of the channel where you want to apply the effect. The parameter you change differs per effect.

Harmonic Mix

The Pioneer DJM-800 will automatically get the key of your track and set this to the center position of the parameter knob. When rotating the parameter knob you can change the actual key of the track to get it in harmonic order with the other one.

When the knob is in center position, the key is played at it's original frequency. When rotated the key is changed in steps of half a tune (1 red marker in the image). So when a track is originally in D, the first step up is D# and the first step down is C#.

Sweep

This is an all new Pioneer effect. The parameter knob has a double function. When rotated left, it reacts as a Band Pass Filter. When rotated right it reacts like a Notch Filter. The filtering is based at 1 kHz frequency, this is the frequency where vocals are most powerful present (generally speaking).

When using the filter on 2 channels at the same time you get an all new way of mixing your tracks. Track B comes in with a notch (rotated all right), when starting your mix, gently rotate the parameter knob of track B to the center position and at the same time rotating the parameter knob of track A to the left (activating the BPF).

Bit Crusher

To some this might sound like a heavy distortion, but in fact this filter crushes the sound. It actually creates a sound like it moderates the sample rate. This gives a very heavy sound.