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Pacemaker, Will It Take Over?

Gear review November 2008

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0:00 No one's told me to do this video in my usual eccentric way

Alright folks, no one's told me to do this video in my usual eccentric way. This is me explaining things. Now first of all, that is a CDJ player. You put a CD in there and it'll play the music off it. It'll play MP3s and you've got a USB port so you can stick your thumb drive in there and you're away. That there is a mixer. That is almost like... This is a vinyl turntable. You put a piece of plastic on that, you spin it around and it'll make some music. Here's the pacemaker. Quite a few people have said, oh my god, it's not as good as a vinyl turntable, it's not as good as a mixer and it's not as good as a CD player or a PC program. Well, it isn't actually because here, if you've got two CD players, it's hands on, you're working with a mixer, you're doing a lot of this, you're messing around. A vinyl turntable.

Needle on the record, it's more hands-on, you have a lot of fun. So, in essence, that is not as good as a set of vinyl turntables. It's not as good as a set of CDJs. It's not as good as a set of CDJs with a mixer. Likewise, vinyl turntables with a mixer. But, can you take a couple of vinyl turntables and a mixer with you on the bus? Can you take a couple of CDJs with you and a mixer? On an aeroplane. Let's say, for example, you are driving along and all of a sudden you've got a wicked idea for a set. Can you stop your car? Or some people maybe can, they've got it in the back of the car. But generally, can you stop your car and think, I've got a wicked idea. Park up, press a button and start to put that set into practice. Not really. But you can with one of these. This here.

2:25 It's not meant to take over these

It's not meant to take over these. It definitely is not meant to take over those, but what it is for is to show the world and help the world become a DJ. Well that's what it's about. It's about the music. It's about enjoying, having fun. It's about taking what's up here and sticking it into there and then eventually when it's in here and you've worked something out, then you can put it into practice on here. Yes, you can take that into a nightclub, plug it into your mixer and do a set. But, a lot of people would still like to use vinyl. A lot of people would still like to use CDJs. Fair enough. In my mind, this thing is basically going to revolutionise the DJ industry. It's not going to take over. It's just going to say, here I am, you can take me wherever you want and you can become a DJ. Practice and enjoy.

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