i use a numark CDN32s, it has a looping function that can be nice,
pitchbending/nudging can be done using either dedicated pitchbend +/-
buttons or using the jogshuttle (like the pioneers) ... it reads all CD-R's
i throw at it, and cueing works like a charm....very good price/performance
ratio...you can also check out the new Denon 1800F for a decent dual
cd-setup for a decent price....
right now there isn't a dual cd-unit with pitch that reads MP3 afaik...
ohyeah, the numarks have a modular build instead of denon's build..so it's
cheaper and easier to fix the numarks when the laser or something else is
old or broken..
Olaf
----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Cohen <a d a m EMAIL souljazz@souljazz.com>
To: Acid Jazz Mailing List <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: zaterdag 31 maart 2001 7:24
Subject: Re: vinyl vs. CD again
> After all this discussion about CD's versus Vinyl, I decided to stop by
the
> local audio equipment store and test out one of these CD mixing units. I
> played around with the Pioneer CMX-5000 and I was really surprised how
easy
> it was to mix with (it was almost _too_ easy, taking away any challenge,
> especially with the "Master Tempo" feature which allows you to change the
> tempo without changing the pitch - pretty slick though). I didn't really
> have a chance to play around with all the features, but this particular
> model has an auto mix feature (talk about cheating!), not that I'd ever
use
> it ;)
>
> I ended up renting the Tascam CD-302, and have been playing around with it
> for the past 6 hours.. I was a bit disappointed to find out that it has
> problems reading a few of my CDR's (although only one of the readers
> encounters difficulty, so maybe it's just a defective unit or something.
It
> makes me think though, if and when it comes time to buy one of these
units,
> I'd better be damn sure that it reads all my blanks). I had another
problem
> with the jog dial and cue'ing selections. For some reason, when I pause a
> track and use the jog dial to manually move the laser to point where the
> beat first starts, and press cue to mark the point, it ends up putting the
> marker a few frames further than where I want it.. I've found this to be
> quite annoying, but I've managed to get by with moving the jog dial to a
few
> frames _before_ the point I want to cue. This type of behavior didn't
> happen with the Pioneer CMX-5000. On the plus side, this unit has tons of
> features (auto beat/tempo matching, 10 second Sampler, looping option,
> master tempo/master pitch, and a bunch of others that I haven't figured
out
> yet). It's a bit overwhelming, coming from using a pair of 1200's with
just
> a single pitch control, but I think with a little practice, I'd be able to
> get the hang of the loop feature and become the next Fat Boy Slim.
>
> Anyone else have any recommendations for CD mixing units? Is there
anything
> out there that will read MP3's or CD-RW's?
>
> Adam
>
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