This should start some interesting hopefully friendly & intelligent conversations. I just received the email And I haven’t dug deeper to find out exactly what they’re talking about.
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I had one at my house (Verizon branded) .. works fine, but you need a consistent WiFi signal .. not meant for travel or mobile use.Have any of you guys looked into cellular amplifiers (repeaters)? I'm tempted to pick one up for the rare occasion I can't get cell signal. My brother put one in my parents' house and it's amazing at the difference it makes.
...but you've basically traded a box (a laptop) with storage and a cpu - and utilizing a separate controller, for another box (standalone player) with storage and a cpu - and a combined controller.ive already eliminated the laptop by using a standalone player...so im happy
... IMHO, a laptop is the greatest thing since sliced bread...
...but you've basically traded a box (a laptop) with storage and a cpu - and utilizing a separate controller, for another box (standalone player) with storage and a cpu - and a combined controller.
IMHO, a laptop is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I have never understood the made rush (smartphones, tablets, standalone players, etc.) to get away from it.
I like a mouse, I like keyboard shortcuts, I like playing around with different software on a big 17" screen...and maybe I've just been lucky, but I have also found laptop/DJ software combos to be extremely reliable.
I found a very good review of this unit. I haven’t had a chance to go through the full review of the unit yet. But just the overview of the features, what they put in the unit reveals some very interesting features. Two features are the ability to put into the unit up to a 1 TB HD and the ability to send a separate playlist to another zone.
One thing is for sure that this unit is not going to be cheap and neither are some the streaming services that it’s designed to use with. So this is not going to be a unit for the beginning DJ. From the overview, it Can run totally standalone an internal drive, USB drives or streaming.
For me, I do video and karaoke and DJ off the same laptop with a 17” screen which still isn’t big enough at times for me to see (you younger guys will find out what I’m talking about when you are older) so Obviously, this isn’t the main for machine me. But what is interesting is what they’re trying to do. I haven’t seen the specs on the processing power yet, but it will be interesting to see and what the cost of this unit will be
All-in-ones are nice since they can share functionality and they can be optimized for a specific workflow.
The downsides are that if 1 part breaks, it's generally useless, and you have to LIKE their workflow.
Personally I think you give up too much in flexibility and user preference on the high end units, but I can see an all in one on the smaller side (like a Denon MC6000mk3) for general mobile use. Take a tablet, embed it into a sub 20" wide unit, put in a 1Tb drive, 2 mic channels, etc. and you have a perfect unit for ceremonies, small events or for us non-club mixers ..
Is the Editor in a stand alone powerful and easy to use?
Yes there is plenty of ways to look at this. But depending on how you handle your flow and how you handle when something goes wrong, If I the used unit I’d still have my laptop with me as a backup. Although my laptops have been highly reliable, my last was on crash a Vista laptop, I still have two laptops running for any major event. One thing I’ve learn being in this business for so long, Anything can go down for a variety of reasons, so be prepared.
No WiFi fixes that... with updates to java waiting in the shadows to destroy that special first dance...lol
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