CDJ
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Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
, usually using an emulated vinyl control surface. The term "CDJ" is derived from the first controller, the CDJ-500
CDJ-500
The CDJ-500 was the first model, released by Pioneer Electronics in the mid-1990's, of their popular CDJ range of CD players....
from Pioneer Electronics
Pioneer Corporation
is a multinational corporation that specializes in digital entertainment products, based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. The company was founded in 1938 in Tokyo as a radio and speaker repair shop...
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The Pioneer CDJ-400
CDJ-400
The CDJ-400 is a model in the CDJ-range from Pioneer Corporation that was released in the late 2007. It is similar in size to the CDJ-200, but comes with scratching abilities and effects, can be used as a MIDI controller, as well as being Pioneer's first model to have a USB input with easy access...
, CDJ-800
CDJ-800
The CDJ-800 is a Digital CD Turntable made by Pioneer Electronics.It is similar in design to the CDJ-1000, "slightly smaller than the 1000 and offering fewer options for pitch control and hot cues but with the same basic platter controls" with different functionality, and comes in a silver...
, CDJ-1000
CDJ1000
The CDJ-1000 was a digital turntable by Pioneer Electronics in 2001 that was used to play CDs and was generally accepted as the first CD player that can accurately emulate a vinyl turntable - including the ability to scratch - and became a popular CD player used by DJs...
(including the Mark 2 and Mark 3), CDJ-900
CDJ-900
The Pioneer CDJ-900 is the latest addition to Pioneer Electronics's CDJ-range of digital turntables targeted for professional DJs announced simultaneously with Pioneer CDJ-2000 on September 17, 2009. The player has been available since the end of December 2009....
, and the CDJ-2000
CDJ-2000
The Pioneer CDJ-2000 is the latest addition to Pioneer Electronics's CDJ-range of digital turntables targeted for professional DJs announced simultaneously with CDJ-900 on September 17th 2009. It became available late december 2009....
have vinyl mode and a virtual platter that allows the operator to manually manipulate music on a CD as if it were on a turntable, while other models (CDJ-100S
CDJ-100S
The CDJ-100S is the cheapest and most basic model in the CDJ range of CD players. It was released by Pioneer in October 1998. The CDJ-100S is a basic CD player with a pitch controller and three sound effect options. It has been superseded by the Pioneer CDJ-200 since then...
, CDJ-200
CDJ-200
The CDJ-200 is the second cheapest model in the CDJ range of CD players, made by the Pioneer Corporation. It is similar in size to the CDJ-100S, however features are improved and added like MP3 playback capabilities and loop functions...
) do not feature vinyl and scratching capabilities, and are essentially CD players. While still having the options to manipulate the CD, they do not feature the vinyl modes of the other models.
The CDJ-1000
CDJ1000
The CDJ-1000 was a digital turntable by Pioneer Electronics in 2001 that was used to play CDs and was generally accepted as the first CD player that can accurately emulate a vinyl turntable - including the ability to scratch - and became a popular CD player used by DJs...
was the main model to find mass usage in both clubs and amongst domestic users, especially from the second version of the model, the CDJ-1000MK2
CDJ1000
The CDJ-1000 was a digital turntable by Pioneer Electronics in 2001 that was used to play CDs and was generally accepted as the first CD player that can accurately emulate a vinyl turntable - including the ability to scratch - and became a popular CD player used by DJs...
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One model, the CDJ-400
CDJ-400
The CDJ-400 is a model in the CDJ-range from Pioneer Corporation that was released in the late 2007. It is similar in size to the CDJ-200, but comes with scratching abilities and effects, can be used as a MIDI controller, as well as being Pioneer's first model to have a USB input with easy access...
, incorporates the main new feature of having a USB input and control abilities on the player. However it is not as functional as the CDJ-1000MK3, hence the number 400 being assigned to the machine.
Additionally, Pioneer make mixers such as the DJM
DJM
DJM is a range of DJ mixers made by Pioneer Electronics.Mixers in the DJM series include the DJM-300,DJM-400, DJM-500, DJM-600, DJM-700, DJM-707, DJM-800, DJM-900 nexus, DJM-909, DJM-1000 and the DJM-2000...
series (including the DJM-500, DJM-600, DJM-800, DJM-1000, and the DJM-2000) which have an increasing range of cueing facilities and effects that can be applied to any channel, often in association with the control wire plugged in between mixer and CDJ-type CD player, so that either can be controlled remotely by the other.
Models
- CDJ-2000CDJ-2000The Pioneer CDJ-2000 is the latest addition to Pioneer Electronics's CDJ-range of digital turntables targeted for professional DJs announced simultaneously with CDJ-900 on September 17th 2009. It became available late december 2009....
- CDJ-1000CDJ1000The CDJ-1000 was a digital turntable by Pioneer Electronics in 2001 that was used to play CDs and was generally accepted as the first CD player that can accurately emulate a vinyl turntable - including the ability to scratch - and became a popular CD player used by DJs...
(including CDJ-1000MK2, & CDJ-1000MK3). - CDJ-900CDJ-900The Pioneer CDJ-900 is the latest addition to Pioneer Electronics's CDJ-range of digital turntables targeted for professional DJs announced simultaneously with Pioneer CDJ-2000 on September 17, 2009. The player has been available since the end of December 2009....
- CDJ-850
- CDJ-800CDJ-800The CDJ-800 is a Digital CD Turntable made by Pioneer Electronics.It is similar in design to the CDJ-1000, "slightly smaller than the 1000 and offering fewer options for pitch control and hot cues but with the same basic platter controls" with different functionality, and comes in a silver...
(including CDJ-800MK2). - CDJ-500CDJ-500The CDJ-500 was the first model, released by Pioneer Electronics in the mid-1990's, of their popular CDJ range of CD players....
(including CDJ-500II, & CDJ-500S). - CDJ-400CDJ-400The CDJ-400 is a model in the CDJ-range from Pioneer Corporation that was released in the late 2007. It is similar in size to the CDJ-200, but comes with scratching abilities and effects, can be used as a MIDI controller, as well as being Pioneer's first model to have a USB input with easy access...
. - CDJ-350
- CDJ-200CDJ-200The CDJ-200 is the second cheapest model in the CDJ range of CD players, made by the Pioneer Corporation. It is similar in size to the CDJ-100S, however features are improved and added like MP3 playback capabilities and loop functions...
. - CDJ-100SCDJ-100SThe CDJ-100S is the cheapest and most basic model in the CDJ range of CD players. It was released by Pioneer in October 1998. The CDJ-100S is a basic CD player with a pitch controller and three sound effect options. It has been superseded by the Pioneer CDJ-200 since then...
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External links
- CDJ page on Pioneer (UK) website.
- CDJ comparison chart.