Using the Pioneer DDJ-200 to Demo CD Pool Global September 2019 Tunes

0:00 Cdpool, battery pack, ddj-

Alright, so it's another new releases from CDPool for September 2019 and I'm going to use the global releases. Very quickly as well, I would like to see you at the BPM show that's happening next month on the 5th and 6th of October. It's going to be a biggie, it's going to be great, I'm going to be there with CDPool playing some tunes for them. Please come along and if you would like to have a little go on the CDPool booth, you can. You play CDPool tunes, I have the ex-DJ RX Tutor, maybe do a little bit of live streaming, say hello to the guys, question and answer, and you can get involved with CDPool. Also, if you're not familiar with CDPool and you're interested in getting some of their downloads, then if you are a DJ, you're in and around Europe and you're going to use CDPool for the first time, there is a code that you can use which is just...

DJ Tutor. So when you subscribe for your first month and you use the code DJTutor, you will get 50% off. So whether you get one load of downloads or 100, you're going to get 50% off, which is a lot or could be a lot. All right. Now, during the summer, I used this little controller. From Pioneer, it's the DDJ-200 and it is small. And I mean, if that was any smaller, that could fit in your back pocket. It's ridiculous. Does not come with an internal sound card. I have the USB plugged in to a... Simple battery pack. I have my mini rig and I have my phone with the app known as WeDJ. Now if you look here, if I pick the phone up... Oh, I've just turned it off, didn't really want to do that. Let's put it back on. OK, right, so there is my app and these are the cables. So no cables are attached to the battery pack or the DDJ-200.

2:33 This is my complete backup system

Because the DDJ-200 is connected to my iPhone 7 via Bluetooth. And I am now going to play You Still Here. You Still Here? OK. Now, I wouldn't recommend if you're a mobile DJ and a professional mobile DJ that you run out and go and buy this and take it to your next gig. On the other hand, I would definitely recommend you have it as backup because... Here we go. This is my complete backup system. Now, of course, you wouldn't be running a mini rig, but from the output, you can go mini jack into RCA or XLR into your QSC Function 1 sound system, 20,000 watts and pump out some relatively good sounding music because you can. That is a mini rig about 15 watts. But all it's doing is giving a signal into the mini rig which is amplifying that signal. Therefore, whatever sound system you've got, it will amplify according to the power of the sound system. Now, you can use the Wego... Sorry, WeDJ. I just saw we there. You can use the DDJ-200 by itself and have a bit of a mix.

But what you will need to do is use the app to find your tracks because you haven't got any track selection on the hardware itself. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to click there onto the tracks. I'm on CDPool Global September 2019. I'm going to press there and load that track on the other side. Okay? I'm not sure if this mixes harmonically, but let's just do some kind of beat mix. That was absolutely terrible. Alright, what you can do as well, we have that small little female plug Put your headphones in there. Okay, so you can mix via headphones as well, which, as you can see there, is very recommended, highly recommended. Now I have played this a few times because I've listened to quite a few of these global releases and this one is full-on disco. So let's skip it forward a bit. What a tune, man. Loving it. Let's turn this up a bit. Basically, a mini disco here.

5:33 Other side, go back to my

That is a complete DJ setup. Check it out. This is modern day tech for 2019 of course. Okay, let's find something else. Gonna go to the other side, go back to my albums. Let's find another track. I'm just randomly selecting now tracks. Okay, now the global releases as well are all about your house, deep house, quite minimal on The euphoric kind of feel, even though this is very disco-y, you know, you don't have lots of piano breaks and big room. The big room and piano is more really for your club and your dance series. Okay, so, speed it up a bit. Okay, this one here, a track entitled Beautiful Summer. Oh, I haven't got hot cues set, that's why. Of course, effects at the moment. Okay, I've got the effects pad set at the moment.

7:46 Technology we've got

On here, so effects pads. If I go to loop, now the pads are set to loops. Listen. Okay, let's go to hot cues. There we go. Let's put this forward a little bit. Got the washing machine going in the background as well. Okay, I'm going to find something on the other side. Freedom In My Bones. That sounds interesting. What a nice euphoric sort of feeling to this tune here. Beautiful summer. Okay, Freedom In My Bones. I'm going to skip it forward a bit. It's just, I don't know, I'm sure lots of us just take what we have for granted now, but if you can open your mind for one second and just look at the technology we've got. We are so lucky, we are so, so lucky. Here I am now with my phone, I've got two albums on here, only two albums, but I can do anything with it. Software! I've got an itch, gotta scratch me itch.

Oh, that feels better. Okay, let's do another one on the other side. Let's go to our global releases once again. Let's check this one out. Okay, Disco Nugget. I'll tell you one style I do absolutely adore beyond, not beyond any other style, but I do love my disco house. I mean, I was born before the disco era. And I, but I grew up in that disco era, that Michael Jackson sort of Sheik the Freak sort of era. Brothers Johnson, Earth Wind and Fire. I mean, those tracks or the artists are just like off the hook from years ago. I highly recommend you go and check out Earth Wind and Fire. Check out a tune by Brothers Johnson entitled Stomp. What a classic track. Love Town, for example, Bookanubri III.

9:59 It's the same as buying an Audi or a BMW or a Porsche

Amazing cuts. Alright, so, disco. It's got that disco vibe to it. Loving it, loving it. Okay, once again, Disco Nugget. Let's play one more, go back to my albums and check out this tune here, In Your Mind. Okay, so that's now loaded up on the other side. Bring the volume down on the right-hand side, press play on the left, and away we go! Okay, so if I want to skip through the track, all I've got to do on the WeDJ app... If you're a mum and dad and you've got a child who is desperately wanting to dip their little toe or big toe into the music stroke DJ industry, for the sake of about 130 quid, say no more. If they don't like it, it hasn't cost you that much. Plus the fact that I'm not getting paid by Pioneer at all. I am not. In fact, most people who watch my videos will agree with me that Pioneer does hold its second-hand value a lot better than other companies because it's that kind of make, it's that name. It's the same as buying an Audi or a BMW or a Porsche. You're more likely to get more money back

Thank you for watching, and I'll see you next time. Do new releases. They have a back catalogue of new releases and also they've got like classic cuts from years gone by. So if you want your party music, they've got it. Also if you want maybe those tracks like the big club classic, the big dance tracks from years gone by, they've got compilations of those as well, alright? I want to see you there. BPM show 2019 5th and 6th of October. Practice and enjoy. Yeah! Let's just skip it forward a bit. I'm going to put another one on quickly, okay? So go back to Albums and Therapy. Nice sort of relaxing tune this. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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