I remeber reading that the DJX had most (if not all) of the sounds from the
CS1X included with it, but then yamaha's marketing men decided that they
couldn't include all the sounds in a machine costing about half the price of
a CS1X. But, the yamaha engineers included all the sounds, but made them so
you had to use sysex and program changes to get to them. I saw the info
about how to do this in a past (proabably over 12 month ago) Future Music,
although I'm sure sombody's got them posted on the net.
And as for not being pro enough, I remeber Mark and Lard (Radio1 djs)
produced a promo album for yamaha using just the DJX, as well as a lot of
their jingles and stuff for their show.
Just remember, anything can sound pro enough, it just depends on how you use
it...
daz.
----- Original Message -----
From: Olaf Molenveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: Yamaha DJX
: let me say one thing:
:
: people thought the TR909 and TB303 were a pile of shit in the days because
: they did sound nothing like the real thing, so they weren't capable of
: making professional stuff....
:
: it's all about how you use it, even a tambourine can be used to make
: professiona stuff.....i don't think you can do a whole production with
only
: an DJx, but in combination with some other stuff it will be no prob.
:
: Olaf
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: DJ Rock 2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 7:52 AM
: Subject: Re: Yamaha DJX
:
:
: > >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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