All New CDJ3000 in Tribe XR Virtual Reality for the New DJ

0:00 Let me make sure we've got the proper camera and we're good to go

Okay, so we're good. Right, I beg your pardon about that. Let me make sure we've got the proper camera and we're good to go. So selfie, we want selfie. There you go. All right, we're here. All right, ladies and gentlemen, once again, welcome. I'm in TribeXR. I have a very good friend of mine, Ozan, who is all the way in California. So again, Ozan, they'll always be... People watching videos like this for the first time. So in like 60 seconds, can you explain what the hell's going on here? Yes, so we are in TribeXR. TribeXR is a virtual reality DJing application. We run on the Oculus headset and on the Steam headsets. And basically what this is, is a... Flight Simulator for DJs. It's like a virtual representation of all the DJ equipment. And our good friends at Pioneer have been supportive to us. Pioneer DJ has given us the access to their latest state-of-the-art kit. So we have the CDJ-3000 and the DJM-900 Nexus 2. And what this is, is a replication of that equipment.

And if you were to try and get this, you know, physically out there in the world, it would be like this massively expensive thing, right? It's $2,000 or $3,000 per unit. It's a mortgage, yeah? Yeah, and we have the four deck setup right here. Amazing. We replicated all of the physical components of the equipment. So, you know, all the buttons, all the knobs, all the controllers, all the sliders, jog wheel, everything that you would see and touch physically on the physical equipment, we have a virtual representation of it. DJ Tutor You can use it in real life. So when you go to a club or you go to a festival, all this is going to be one-to-one and it's going to be in your muscle memory. And if you then decide to level up and actually get an XDJ or get a controller of some kind from Pioneer, all this will be very familiar to you. So that's a little bit about what this is. Wow. Because this kit really, I mean the footprint of, you know, the cheapest of Pioneer kits pretty much works the way up to the high end as you've got here, the CDJ 3000.

2:27 You'll be running with the pros

Yeah, so the layouts are really familiar and you can learn to play on the 3000 and then get a controller, like a lower end controller, maybe a DDJ. It'll still be very familiar, but just knowing that you're playing on the state-of-the-art kit is incredibly inspirational. I mean, the pros that are playing at Tomorrowland or Coachella or whatever, they're playing on this equipment. So you'll be running with the pros. Wow. Like I said earlier, a fraction of the price. So what I'm going to do now, I'm going to grab the selfie and let me grab hold of this. And let's just bring it down here because again, what Ozan's basically said is that... You know, this is virtual reality DJing. But again, what this video is mainly about is the new kit here, which is the 3000. So Ozan, you know, in your own words, and we've got a tune ready. By the way, the tracks I'm going to be using are from Karmic Power Records. So once again, a big thank you for Mr. Lenny Fontana for letting me use his tracks. But if you'd like to show people the features...

Of the 3000 so far away yeah so for sure so um again it's a one-to-one match right and so the only thing that you have to do in vr and right now you and i are wearing vr headsets we have the oculus headsets on we have the hand controllers in our hands you just have to click with the little trigger that's all you got to do that's the extent of the thing yeah and so you can do things like click the cue button and of course you can do things like play yeah and then on the um the mixer itself you can manage the volume using the volume slider

4:07 It's an incredibly fast device

And the latency is very, very low. So it's an incredibly fast device. I was going to say it is. Yeah, very. Yeah. And the jog wheel right now, we also implemented, you know, the vinyl mode and CDJ mode. So in vinyl mode, you can grab it and interact with it. And just like on the physical equipment, you can differentiate between the top and the side. So on the side, if you want to treat it like a CDJ, you can jog on the side. But you can always switch it back to CDJ mode. So the whole thing becomes CDJ style. And then the new things on the 3000 is it has the beat jump feature, which I think is super cool. Like it jumps on beat. So you can skip ahead and back in the song using the beat? Yes. You can also set your auto loop. So if you want to set a hot loop, I mean click loop, you can do a four bar loop. Nice. You can double and half the loops using the loop feature like this. And then you can also release the loop. You've also got the, you've got the straight ahead loop buttons there.

You've also got the hot cues, which is pretty great. So you can just drop in a loop, I mean a hot cue, and there it is, it's set, now you can use it. Yeah, I think that was one of the downsides, let me just pause it a second, one of the downsides of the Nexus Mark II, because if you remember, you did have four hot cues, but you layered them, so you had to press a button to get to the next layer, whereas here, you've got them all displayed in front of you. Yeah, and I think they made some good choices in the interaction. Like to set a hot cue, you don't have to put it in set mode. You can just click it and set it. And so that interaction of setting and deleting and changing hot cues is a lot better now as well. Yeah, like it, like it. What are the new features different between the 3000 and the 2000? Well, those are the primary ones. Like the jump and the auto loop ones are big parts of it. The hot cues are a big part of it. Also, now you have the...

It's so funny how we're in virtual reality and we're actually doing key search in virtual reality, in a virtual reality sort of way on the player itself. It is crazy! Yeah, because it's true. It's a little bit meta, right? Because on the player itself, this is all digital. Yeah, that's right. So you'd be like touch-screening it, but in VR, you're doing the similar thing, but it feels physical and it's all... Yeah, yeah. That's a bit mind-bending. It is. You can also set the beat jump length. It's also interactable here. So if you want a four-beat jump instead of a 16-1, you can do that. So it's interactive in that way also. Yeah, yeah. Okay. I mean, something like this setup now, we've got four decks. How much does this cost?

7:08 Oh, I think he's gone

Oh, I think he's gone. Ozan, you're frozen. Okay. Yeah, I don't know. Let's see. Something got a little bit wobbly. Oh, you're there. You're back. Yeah. Okay. Something with the network got a little bit wobbly, so... All right. So... Yeah, what were you saying? Yeah. Yeah. A four-deck setup like this, how much does this cost? Because I know to begin with, you can get two decks, but then you can expand to four, can't you? Yeah, so like within Tribe, you know, getting the base app is a $30 product. So again, it's on the stores like the Oculus Store and the Steam Store. And then you can level up and get the additional, you know, two decks and that's like $9.99 or something like that for the additional decks. So it's a pretty low price actually to have access to the experience. Yeah, yeah. And then also you get music to use as well, don't you? Yeah, so you get the sample tracks.

And what we have now too is part of, if you guys have an Oculus headset, the Quest headset rather, we have this new subscription service that gives you access to premium content. So you'll get like track packs. We have track packs from DJ Kryder, from Cryoman, from Dexty. And it's a really great selection of house tech, house types of tracks, if that's your flavor. Yeah, yeah. We also have the vinyl player. So if you want to do like the vinyl deck flow, we can load that up at some point and do like old school vinyl flows. And then we are now introducing a new video call feature where you can do like a Zoom room type thing where you can call your friends directly from VR and hang out with them and do workshops and things like that. I've seen that. So that's a little bit of the other stuff. Amazing. That is so cool. That is. Yeah, yeah. Fresh and clean. It is. All right. Listen, Ozan, I think what I'd like to do in the near future with another video is maybe live or maybe pre-recorded.

Is go through the procedure of how to set up so you can interact with other people so instead of like back in the day literally you know you'd be here and you'd be on youtube and you'd have to look at the comments now you can get people inside the room which yeah is is another level dude yeah it's it's all kind of again really interesting because you know you and i are in this essentially in the same virtual room together Despite the fact that I'm in California and you're in Wales, it's around the world. And then with the video call feature, you can connect with anybody around the world, but it's a little bit different because they're slightly, you know, you have kind of this safer bubble around you, you know, where you're a little bit removed because of the video, but that's actually really comfortable. And then if you want to get serious, then you can jump into the room just like we are right now and get up close and personal with your best bud.

Amazing. All right, Ozan, again, it's been a pleasure. Right, ladies and gentlemen, short video here, but if you are interested in TribeXR, there will be a link in the description. Also, you've got a Discord site as well, haven't you? Where you can talk to like-minded DJs, get feedback, ask questions and so on with people who are not only knowledgeable, but maybe like you, a beginner, and just want some advice. Again, you know, a rough idea of the cost. Just one more time. Yeah, 30 bucks, you know, $29.99. So I guess that's, I don't know, amounts like 15 pounds, something like that. 25, 20 pounds. Yeah, it's pretty good. Sorry, 20 pounds. Yeah, yeah. Yes, about 20 pounds. So anyway, so it's a pretty affordable thing. And again, yes, there is the Discord community and you can jump in. It's tribexr.gg if you're familiar with the Discord.

That's fantastic. All right, Ozan. As ever, thank you very much and would you like to finish off with the magical words? I would indeed. You know what you have to remember is practice and enjoy. Boom! Okay, nice one dude. Thank you very much. That's cool. Thank you.

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