>Can anybody give the 411 on this instrument? Can one do professional stuff
>with it?
The DJX is an ok board to play around with, but as far as making
professional sounding stuff, you'd really have to push it too its limits.
Some of its internal sounds are actually quite good, especially some of the
drums. However, it only has a single stereo out, and the internal FXs are
pretty much crap. Some of the built in styles are fun to play with, and its
control interface makes it easy to jam on, but basing a song around one of
the built in styles would almost seem like cheating, if you know what I
mean. As a controller keyboard, its not that bad. Two (or maybe three) of
the knobs transmit MIDI Continous Controller messages. However it takes up
a lot of space, and it has a very toyish look to it. One problem it has is
very poor MIDI implimentation. The provided MIDI documentation is very
slim, and the board has a habit of behaving strangly sometimes. Like, for
example, sometimes it will just decide to stop responding to Program
Changes, or other times it will ignore chorus or reverb depth data. The
board has memory to store 16 user setups, however these setups don't contain
information on the multitimbral voices, and the memory spots have had a
habit of become corupt. This means you have to completely configure all
your voices by MIDI everytime you use the DJX. If you already have an RM1X,
I'd say don't get a DJX. The RM1X can sound about just the same, and it has
way more features. If you really want a Synthesizer, I can say from
personal experience, don't waste your time trying to get by with cheap
synths. It leads to a lot of headaches and in the end you'll probably end
up spending about as much money as the price of a used Nord or Virus.
>Is $220 a good price for a new one?
That seems to be about the average price now. They were only around $300
when they first came out. Yamaha just announced the DJX II, so I'm guessing
the price of the DJX will probably realy go down when that board comes out.
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Positronica
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