When the industry golaith Pioneer DJ dropped their massive news (a new CDJ-3000 teaser) yesterday, it stood to reason that Denon DJ would want to hint at a new product coming out, too. Meet the new screenless Prime player/controller – teased this morning on Instagram.
Laidback Luke – one of the biggest artist evangelists of Denon DJ’s Prime series – “accidentally” revealed the new player – which appears to be a Prime style player without a screen. I say accidentally in quotes simply because the timing is perfect. If the CDJ-3000 turns out to not have dual layers, this is the perfect time to remind every DJ that the Prime series players do.
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What could the SC1000 (my own best guess at a name) be used for? There’s a few different thoughts:
- as control hardware for dual layers on SC5000/6000s – dual layers is by far one of the most exciting things about the Prime series – it’s two decks in one. But having to toggle back and forth to control both decks is a pain, right? What if there were a cheap-but-quality deck you could add to your setup to control the secondary decks on your two media players? That’s exactly what this could be for.
- as a HID deck / single jogwheel MIDI controller – DJs have been asking for a great jogwheel controller without a lot of other features for years. A sibling InMusic brand to Denon DJ is Numark – and they made the most successful jogwheel controller in recent memory, the Numark V7 (pictured below)
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One other option – this new unit could actually be a budget-minded media player. We speculated about this a few months ago, with contributor DJ Glitch’s mockup of a SC4000 that could fill a sub-$500 price tag in the Prime lineup. See all of the features of that hypothetical player here.
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