Pioneer WeGo4 a New Era for the Bedroom DJ

0:00 I've got in front of you the Pioneer Wego 4

Alright guys, I've got in front of you the Pioneer Wego 4. This is the successor to the Wego 3. Let me just turn the volume down. By the way, first of all, the track I'm using for this demonstration is from Karmic Power Records. It's entitled Mean To Me. It's the vocal radio edit by Stolen Soul and John Steele. There will be info in the description. Box software, that is standard with the Wego 4 but you also have the option of using Virtual DJ. Now in the box you will have a choice. You've got a choice of rekordbox DJ or Virtual DJ. So and either side of these cards you have the codes. Type in the codes. And then that will open up the full expanse of the software. Okay, so on the face of it, there's not really much difference to the WeGo4, but what they have done, which a lot of DJs, not so much with demanding, but it is, with Beyond Shadow Over Doubt, the best effect like forever, is the filter. So they've got rid of the bass and they put the filter there instead. Have a listen. Now, don't panic.

2:20 Sorry, that you can use with the WeGo4

It is, alright admittedly now, it's only a two channel EQ but what you can do in the settings if you want to is you can change the filter back to bass. Not only that, you can change it to one of eight of the colour effects so you don't just have to have filter, you can use other effects and again they are in the settings. Okay, so on the back of the Wego 4 as well, something slightly different here is a standard USB connection. Now I don't know if you remember the Wego 3 but you had a dodgy looking connection that you would attach to your iPhone. Now you can use Android which is great. Now that, you can use the Android with its software known as Algorithm and that's the app. Sorry, that you can use with the WeGo4. But also what Pioneer have done now, they've got their own app which is WeDJ and that's their first iOS app. So of course you can put that onto your iPhone or your iPad and you can pretty much DJ from that. At the moment now I've got this plugged in to the laptop so it's being bus powered.

What does bus power mean? It's got nothing to do with the number 27 that's going to arrive five minutes late. It means that we're using the power from the laptop. If you are going to use it bus powered, a couple of things. Make sure that your laptop is fully charged because it will drain a little bit more of the power. And also, I would highly recommend you don't really use it bus powered, let's say during a gig. Ideally, you need to use which it comes with the DC in as standard, which is in the box. Alright, so from the front of it all, it's a lot clearer, it's less... Cluttered, as I said you have filter instead of bass and then you have low and high so you don't have any mid. Pretty much the same as the original Wegos, load either side your level, browse through the files so you can zip through the files. You'll notice there on the screen you've got that bar that's zipping through and we can get to a track, we can load it up, press play, hold on, cue it up first sorry.

4:27 It's something I sort of recommend though

What is great about this is that you can't accidentally cue up a track if the track is already playing. You've got to stop that first and then you can load it up. I just happen to have the same track here at the moment. This is Mean To Me, this is the original, sorry, I beg your pardon, this is the instrumental mix. Now again we have the usual hot cues, sampler as well, so you go into the settings and you can choose some rather wacky sounds and put them into the sampler. Now, you may notice very slightly there's a different screen to the rekordbox you may be familiar with. This is because this is rekordbox video. So if you do want to do some video mixing, there is a small charge involved, upgrade and now you can get into VJing video mixing. It's something I sort of recommend though. There are sites out there where you can buy video files

A lot, actually the strange thing is a lot cheaper than the audio files. So for example you can use the video files on your normal rekordbox and you could start getting a good sort of compilation, a good catalogue of video files and then when you want to take the plunge upgrade rekordbox software to video. And guess what? You can start mixing video. So you can still go to a gig and mix audio files, even though you're using the video file. But then again, when you come to using the video, you have got the video, of course, as well as the audio. So there it is. This is the Pioneer Wego 4. Pretty self-explanatory. Now, what I like about this as well... Let's say you're not familiar with DJing and you don't know much about what a DJ does. You can look at something like this and it's pretty much self-explanatory. Browse, level for headphones, select for headphones, filter low and high, load, master level, tempo, your turntables here, crossfade, up-faders. Now I would say even if...

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