QUANTIZE"* 5 function automatically corrections divergence from specified BPM when using "AUTO BEAT LOOP" or "BEAT FX" Deliveries will be made subject to the terms and conditions of the courier company. djkit.com will not be held responsible for late deliveries. The XDJ-R1 inherits sound design from our pro-DJ equipment, including a built-in 44.1 kHz/24-bit soundcard and a high-performance CPU. The XDJ-R1 is equipped with a MASTER OUT (XLR), BOOTH OUT, AUX and MIC, to enable connection to external hardware and professional PA systems. The central mixer can therefore be connected to turntables and CDJs and used as a stand-alone mixer.

Crammed with performance features from our pro-DJ range - The XDJ-R1's intuitive controls put the power of live edits for impressive performances at the DJ's fingertips: Environmentally-friendly "Auto Standby Function" that switches the power to standby mode when there is no operation or input for a certain period of time.The XDJ-R1 system is also fitted with multiple input/output options, whether that be an AUX, BOOTH OUT, MASTER OUT(XLR) or MIC. This means that the system can be connected to CDJs and turntables and used as a standalone mixer! The XDJ-R1 features a high quality audio circuit, ensuring that your set will blast through the speakers in the most pristine sound condition possible, even at the highest of volumes in the busiest of clubs. The XDJ-R1 crams our DJ's extensive capabilities into one portable, rekordbox ready, affordable unit. All DJs need add is creativity. Pioneer today announced the Pioneer XDJ-R1, a DJ controller that can play music from USB, built-in CD players or external line/phono sources, and which has a host of mobile DJ-friendly features including mic in and booth and XLR outputs. It can also operate with a laptop as a “normal” Midi/audio interface controller, and ships with Virtual DJ LE. But its unique twist is the way it wirelessly adds controllerist-friendly functions via iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and a brand-new app, Remotebox.

Sound Colour FX: NOISE, PITCH, CRUSH and FILTER FX are inherited from our pro-DJ mixers, offering a HI and LO Pass sweep on each channel for even mightier manipulation The app also introduces the XY pad: a two-dimensional way to assign and manipulate Beat FX and Colour FX using one intuitive control. Pioneer’s addition of pro ins and outs and CD players has made it a viable and capable mobile DJ solution, and I can see mobile guys who want to explore some of the techniques usually employed by club or laptop DJs finding the XDJ-R1 appealing. If they’d just added waveforms, we’d be seriously thinking now whether Pioneer had just landed a significant blow on software DJing as a whole. As it is, the XDJ-R1 is definitely another step in that direction, but will probably be received by laptop DJs as a “not quite there yet”. Read on for a full summary, our thoughts, a talkthrough video, how to get a demo of the software, pricing, and a link to Pioneer’s official info. Pioneer XDJ-R1: Digital DJ Tips Talkthrough

It’s important to note that no musical information crosses the network between iDevice and XDJ-R1; the music is on your USB drive, and needs to be organised using Pioneer’s Rekordbox software. Although this software is also available for the iPad and iPhone, you’ll still need a laptop because that’s how you’ll get the Rekordbox-organised music library onto a USB drive to plug in to your XDJ-R1. Also, all the hard work (ie the FX processing etc) goes on inside the hardware; again, the iDevice is only controlling it.