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Pioneer DJ CDJ-850

Pioneer brings to market the CDJ-850 multi-player, a home DJ model that plays rekordboxTM music files and offers precise control as featured in Pioneer's highly acclaimed professional

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Pioneer brings to market the CDJ-850 multi-player, a home DJ model that plays rekordboxTM music files and offers precise control as featured in Pioneer's highly acclaimed professional series, used by pro DJs and in clubs all over.

In recent years the DJ and club market has seen a proliferation of a DJ style that utilizes music files, such as MP3. Last year Pioneer launched the CDJ-2000 and CDJ-900 multi-players onto the pro DJ/club market to promulgate a new DJ style in this age of music files and the players have been adopted in many clubs.

The home DJ multi-player we are launching now, the CDJ-850, inherits the layout of that professional series as well as its exacting control features. The CDJ-850 not only allows the home DJ to use the rekordboxTMit also offers a wide-ranging support of the DJ music life, making it easy to manage music files and super quick to select songs. The multi-player also allows the DJ to play CDs and music files on USB storage devices and to control PC-based DJ software.

Pioneer seeks to meet the needs of all DJs, from the amateur to the pro, as we invigorate the DJ and audio markets by proposing new ways to enjoy music.
Available August/September 2010

  • Inherits the exacting control features of our professional series In addition to the large 206 mm jog dial, which makes it a snap to freely control its functions, the CDJ-850 inherits the layout of the professional series and its ease of use, including the rotary selector, browse buttons and other useful functions. Its closeness to the operability of the pro series will please every home DJ.
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  • Compatible with a variety of media and formats Allows the home DJ to enjoy using all kinds of music formats and media as the CDJ-850 is compatible with the MP3, AAC, WAV and AIFF formats recorded on USB storage devices or CD-R/RW discs.
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  • Comes with rekordboxTM, the music management software that supports an easy DJ life. Once installed on a PC, rekordboxTM allows the home DJ to analyze music files and manage them (make settings, create and edit playlists and save histories) in a way optimized for DJ play. Analyzes data such as the Wave, Beat Grid, BPM, and ID3 Tag*2 of music files Cue and Loop*3 settings Creating and editing playlists Saving the history of music files played on the CDJ-850
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  • USB Export function simplifies the DJ process When music files and their associated management data is saved with rekordboxTM and exported onto a USB storage device, they can be accessed by the multi-player even when it is not connected to a PC and thus DJ with the music files using the analysis and management data. As play histories are automatically recorded onto the USB storage device, the sequence of Music File Analysis & Settings→DJ Performance→Prepare for Next Play becomes a snap.
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  • Rich display makes for quick and easy music selection Our GUI, which makes music file info, such as title, artist, and BPM, easy to grasp, and the easy-to-use rotary selector combine for quick and easy music selection. The WAVE display smoothes out DJ play because it allows the DJ to grasp the flow and dynamics of the whole song.
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  • Compatible Media Music CDs, CD-R/RW, USB storage devices (such as flash memory, HDD, etc.)
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  • Equipped with the new editable Tag List function The CDJ-850 comes with our Tag List function, which allows a song to be easily registered with just the press of a button while playing or selecting a song, so a list of songs to be played next can be created. Further, the order of songs in the Tag List can be changed and the list can be saved as a playlist in rekordboxTM.
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  • Other features Auto Beat Loop function allows a beat loop to be put together with just a press of a button. Four levels of settings*4can be made for the maximum variation range of a song's tempo ±6%, ±10%, ±16% and WIDE. Equipped with our Resume function, so when a disc is removed and later reloaded, it returns to the previous state. Excellent vibration-resistance thanks to its Shock-Proof Memory*5and Floating Architecture. *1Developed in cooperation with MixVibes, rekordboxTM is a registered trademark of Pioneer and is a music file management software for use with Pioneer products. *2Wave: displaying the dynamics and density of the sound of the whole song in 2D allows the structure of the entire song to be checked. Beat Grid: refers to the beat position displayed on the waveform in rekordboxTM. BPM: Beats Per Minute: indicates the tempo of a song numerically, so the beats per minute is its BPM. ID3 Tag: refers to the standard for writing meta-data, such as the artist, year created, title, etc., into an MP3 file. *3Cue: refers to a point in a song to cue from. Loop: Repeatedly playing a snatch of music seamlessly. *4WIDE only works with music CDs. Music files such as MP3, AAC, WAV & AIFF can be set in 3 levels, ±6%, ±10%, ±16%. *5A technology that prevents skipping by storing the audio in memory just ahead of the music playing.