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An enormous play button is accompanied by menu, next/previous, and enter buttons, plus a large scroll wheel, so you don’t have to fumble for the small controls on the front of the iPod. Backlit in blue, these make it much easier to control your iPods in a darkened DJ booth. The big draw of the iDJ is its large control buttons on the top face of the unit. Both of these features could appeal to users wanting to dock two iPods at home. There’s even an S-video output that lets you “project” the video signal from photo- and video-capable iPods, though it’s connected only to the left slot. USB2 ports on the back of the mixer let it double as a dock for your computer, so you can transfer music to your iPod from your computer while it’s connected. The iPod connections serve other functions, too.
On paper, at least, the iDJ is a decent mixer. There’s even a mic input on the front (though, unfortunately, it’s a 1/4” jack rather than an XLR). The iDJ also has typical DJ-style, 3-band (treble, mid, and bass) equalization (EQ) controls, as well as phono amps and grounds for connecting turntables. Switched to line/phono mode, either input is capable of accepting a line-level output from a turntable, CD player, computer, or non-iPod MP3 player, though the iDJ makes little sense if you’re not using it with iPods. Two inputs can be combined into a single output via a horizontal cross-fader. As a mixer, it’s fairly typical of basic 2-channel DJ models. The iDJ is essentially a combination of a DJ mixer and an iPod dock. Had Numark found a way to solve the iPod’s shortcomings, even if only for casual DJs? Two iPods and a Microphone So Numark received a good deal of attention when it unveiled its specialized iPod DJ mixer, the iDJ, earlier this year.
But even though fans now hold “iPod DJ” parties in clubs worldwide, serious DJs scoff at the iPod’s lack of features essential to cueing songs and matching beats. The portable, high-capacity iPod is the antithesis of the turntablists’ crate of vinyl and heavy players and mixer. From the day the iPod was introduced, aficionados have fantasized about using it for DJing.
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