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Yamaha DJXIIB DJ Box That Rocks! with AC Adapter

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OK, Let's get one thing straight people. If you are a DJ, think your a DJ or are expecting that this will perform like a Pro DJ system...YOUR DREAMING! The Yamaha DJX is the adult version of getting your first toy keyboard, guitar or heck even "My First Sony". If you want to become a DJ or just want to fool around this is the BEST machine on the market. The price and features set it far above any of its competitors. With 700 patterns, 10 effects and 73 scratching effects, it will take you a year to examine the diversity of music that can be made. I bought this machine to add flavour to my guitar and drum tracks. When I took it out of the box I was hooked and can't put it down. A creative individual with limited electronic knowledge will be able hook this up to Midi, or even a 4-track recorder. The instruction manual is a godsent, explaining in immaculate detail how the unit works. It comes with 100 tips which are invaluble as well as software that unlocks even more information. Keep in mind that this is not a pro unit and you will be extremely BLOWN AWAY by what Yamaha has delivered in such a small package.

I bought the DJXIIB about 1 week ago. I had always wanted to "scratch" and the IIB certainly allowed me to do that. Before buying it, I read all of the online reviews that I could find. Not surprisingly, some people said it [stunk] whereas other raved. I've played around with it now for about a week and I have not even come close (given time constraints) to playing all of the sounds, etc. I have a Radio Shack Concermate 990 MIDI keyboard and I've hooked the two up. The keyboard plays through the IIB and you can apply the 10 effects to the keyboard notes (It'l like having 10 effects pedals). A neat feature that I noticed is that when you play a pattern on the IIB, it automatically adjusts the 6 drum pads on the Concermate 990 (they look like orange Chicklets) to match the correct drum kit on the pattern.

I also have a CD / MP3 player (the D-Link) and the IIB matched the beats on the songs. I could see hooking up my keyboard to the IIB and the CD player to both the IIB and a mixer. You could play up to 120 MP3 songs on the MP3/CD player and all the while sync the beat with the IIB (with a split cable since the D-Link has a line out jack) all the while laying down melodies over the top of the IIB with the keyboard (I've noticed that several of the patterns are simple I, IV, V progressions).

With a CD player playing 120 songs, scratch capabilities, and a keyboard, add a mixer and you could be the life of your friends' parties.

Having progressed from MKII's thru to Pioneer CDDJ-1000's I still loved playing around with this true toy! Having seen this product badly demonstrated in the Yamaha shop nearby I still retained the interest to know what was do-able with this thing - making the clear assumption that Yamaha REALLY know what to do with digital drum sounds...

The loops are okay, i mean a fair few are weird (but useable) stuff - but on the whole made a joy by the break down Part Mixer setting... Then you bring in the FX and you are really talking. You could go on for hours about each, but you start envoking the Ring Mod effect and playing with the knobs and dials (names become irrelevant when you know what they do!) and you can keep a crowd going for hours!!!

Hard to be a DJ Snob when you see what fun you can have!

Enjoy!

So that there is no confusion you cannot mix audio cds with the unit you can only match the tempo and add to the song. It has a huge library of 700 beats of a wide range. Then with the scratch pad you add the scratching or a second beat layer. It has 10 effects that can be tweaked to give you some incredible sound. No it is not for professional DJ use, but if you sit down with the unit for 20mins you will be hooked for good. The manual is exellent. There is so much to do with this unit and the manual takes you through examples of each so that you are familiar with all of it. This will not replace any professional turntable but then again a drum machine, one turntable and a basic mixer will cost you about five times as much and then you need to buy the vinyl. I can't keep my brother off the thing and he surprises me all the time with new tricks.

You can get on it and scratch it, hook it up to a CD player and scratch your own songs! It is$140 cheaper than The Sharper Image, and it's perfect for all DJ's!

I wonder how many people took a phillips screwdriver and took the CD off of the scratch table and put it in their computer and watched all the instruction vids and .swf's that were on it..? I found mine 'dumpster diving' at the local dump... intact and only needing a power adapter. So this morning I am experimenting thinking to myself of the possibilities of adapting this to sound effects for my animation experiments. And since it has midi 'in' and midi 'out' as well as two audio channels (phono jacks) and a headset plug-in, there are a ton of things I can think of when used with say SONY'S ACID STUDIO PRO...(?) Find one if you're into sound effects... they are getting rare!

THIS IS THE COOLEST GIFT I HAVE EVER HAD. IF YOU WANT TO BE A PRO DJ THIS IS THE WAY TO START. IT IS A LITTLE PRICY BUT YOU'LL GET YOUR MONEYS WORTH.

Hey,this defenetly an awsome machine.it was totally worth the money.you can mix,scratch and thats all you need too know to buy this awsome product..

Woo, yamaha really did get carried away this time... I thought they could stick with something practical, but er.. this isn't it. I tried it in a store, and you can't even really mix with it, much less actually use it in a club or at a rave. If you wanna be a DJ and scratch, use turntables. If you are bent on scratching with a cd player then get the cd scratch mixer from American DJ, because it's a good bit better than this abomination.