Pioneer has introduced the XDJ-1000, the newest player designed for today’s digital DJ consumers. Adopting the same layout, size, and ergonomic platter as the professional series CDJ-2000NXS, the XDJ-1000 offers DJ performance functions and adds the convenience of touch screen, utilizing a 7-inch full-color high resolution touch panel display for access and control of multiple features. Users can see and execute a variety of commands that were once only accessed through physical buttons. The XDJ-1000 also features a large JOG wheel, PRO DJ Link, rekordbox compatibility, Wi-Fi connectivity, and more.

Located at top left of the screen, Browse provides seven lines of track information and displays the album art, artist name, BPM and genre of the highlighted track. Music information including track number, time remaining, and tempo are also available in large font.

The bottom of the display provides a glimpse of the entire song’s waveform, and users can utilize the Wave Zoom function to magnify the current playback location. Five levels of zoom are available for detailed visualization of the waveform.

In addition to using the integrated knob for scrolling through music tracks, users can type in a specific song name on a pop-up keyboard. Each press of a letter performs auto-fill for finding the corresponding song titles.

Utilizing a Quantizing feature, cue points and loops can be set on-beat. The Quantize feature ensures cue points are set accurately and automatically, correcting and synching beats during manual looping or real-time cueing to reduce off-beat mistakes.

The Beat Jump function provide users the ability to jump back or forward to a number of beats from a playback position without breaking the rhythm of the music. The Beat Jump function allows users to hop around 1, 2, and 4 beats with a quick touch of the screen. With the Loop Move function, users can move the loop playback location by 1, 2 or 4 beats.

When activated, Slip Mode silently continues song playback during a loop, reverse or scratch and continues audible playback at the exact time that the loop, reverse or scratch ends, resulting in smoother transitions.

The XDJ-1000 includes Pioneer’s rekordbox music management software for preparation of music. Available in versions for Mac and PC, users can configure, edit, and save a history of music sets. Pioneer also offers the rekordbox App, which enables users to prepare and manage music stored on their portable devices as well as create playlists, cue/loop points and beat location settings, and perform waveform analysis on the go. The rekordbox App can also be wirelessly synched with a PC or Mac utilizing the Pioneer rekordbox music management software. The App is compatible with iOS and Android devices and is available at no charge in the App Store or Google Play.

Pioneer’s Pro DJ Link feature enables up to four XDJ-1000 players to connect via the Link Port and share a single music source. Additional functions can be accessed when other XDJ-1000 players are connected using Pro DJ Link including:

• Beat Count and Phase Meter – The Beat Count, which is the number of beats until a set point (memory cue), and the Phase Meter, which shows the beat/bar of the music, can also be displayed simultaneously by other players.
• Beat Sync – Tempo and beat location of music currently playing on one of the devices can be matched with the push of a button.
• USB Connection and Wireless Convenience – Through its integrated Pro DJ Link port, the XDJ-1000 can retrieve and play back music from a connected USB or wireless device (player must be used with a wireless router). When the XDJ-1000 is connected to wireless routers, smartphones, tablets, and Mac or PC computers via the rekordbox software, the different devices will show up on the display screen as sources for music content with playback support of MP3, AAC, WAV and AIFF files.
• Traffic Light – Utilizing a multiplayer Pro DJ Link connection, a blue light indicates that music will sound harmonious with the key of the music being played.

Additional Features

• USB-HID Control – Enabled by Serato's "Serato DJ" software
• MIDI Control – The player supports MIDI for controlling other devices and software
• My Settings – The function settings of a player can be saved to an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch or USB storage device. For additional convenience, the settings can also be made on the rekordbox App or desktop software, giving users the ability to switch to their settings when connecting to any XDJ-1000
• Active Loop – Automatically starts loops when playback begins from a specified point
• Auto Standby – The player saves energy by automatically switching to standby mode when no input is detected for a period of time

The XDJ-1000 will be available in January 2015 with a suggested retail price of $1,199.