Learn to scratch with us: Scratching for Controller DJs So you get the classic scratch layout: The lower third of the mixer given over to the high quality Magvel Pro crossfader and upfaders, plus just a few other controls tucked out of the way (headphone cue faders/knobs, Smooth Echo – yes, that’s made it across! – and sampler volume). The mixer section has a spacious lower third, to let the fader area shine! Just as the deck sections take their inspiration from turntables set up for scratching, the mixer section takes its inspiration from Pioneer DJ’s iconic two-channel Serato scratch/controller mixers, specifically the current DJM-S7 and its hugely popular predecessor, the DJM-S9. The decks themselves have inconspicuous pitch bend/waveform zoom buttons, display mode buttons, and stop/start time knobs. Cycling through the various platter display modes, which include waveforms, key, current loop mode, time setting, tempo setting and tempo range setting.Īlso at the top of each deck section are a library encoder and buttons, auto loop, slip/censor/key controls, tempo range and tempo reset buttons, and a set of four buttons aligned to a new “Instant Scratch” function, although as we’ll see, they do a lot more than that (more on these later). (Fun fact: Scratch DJs do this to move the tone arm mechanism into a safer position for scratching.)ĭoing so on a real turntable would put the start/stop button on the lower right and the pitch control horizontally at the top, which is exactly where those controls are found on the DDJ-REV7. The other big news here is that Pioneer DJ has gone for “battle” layout – as if you’d turned two turntables 90 degrees, as scratch DJs usually do. Read this next: Platters vs Jogwheels – Which Is Best For DJing? They feel highly convincing, too – a must, of course. It’s a clever design, because it means that – unlike the more traditional-feeling “turntables” on the unit’s biggest competitor, the Rane One – these have no central spindle or locking mechanism, meaning there’s more “hand space”, and of course, room for the built-in screens. Removing the platter to access the “slip sheet” underneath. These are easily replaceable, and I can see custom sheets (and, indeed, vinyl) coming very soon, either from Pioneer DJ or third parties, for the DDJ-REV7. The “vinyl”, complete with window to look through to the built-in screens, lifts off, and underneath are plastic discs (“slip sheets”) that do the job of slipmats, allowing the vinyl top surface to behave like real vinyl would on a record deck. The two identical deck sections are dominated by 7” motorised platters, that look like turntables, with tapered, strobe-dotted edges, and “real vinyl” surfaces. It’s all-black, with a mixture of silver, black, white and grey knobs, buttons, faders and pads. It has metal-plated top surfaces, and plastic sides and bottom, as is the way Pioneer DJ tends to construct its pro gear. It’s quite heavy, due in no small part to the motors built-in to rotate the platters, and feels well built. It’s relatively shallow, with low-profile rubber pads underneath instead of feet. ![]() I’d say it’s the “large end” of medium-sized, but nowhere near as deep, wide or bulky as, say, the XDJ-XZ. The DDJ-REV7 is a fairly large controller, although it is still possible to carry it under one arm, just.
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