KVR Audio

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:36 pm

quincy wrote:
vurt wrote:
whyterabbyt wrote:Which one is that vurt?

sorry had to nip out on an errand bizzarrely you know the yamaha djx in your cubboard
this is in fact the yamaha djx box

Ok John so how much is one of those and what can i do with it?

jeez ill wipe your bum for you as well eh?

the specs

mine was 49.99 from toys r us i think they were 75 for a while but at 50 it made noises

jens · Post by **jens** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:42 pm

the biggest flaw of the djxII (especially of the keyboard-version) is that it doesn't send midi-data

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:44 pm

Ah, one of them... right...

jens · Post by **jens** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:44 pm

b.t.w.: the DJX actually has nothing to do with that new Behringer thingamajig - you can't compare the two...

(you know your stuff, John, don't you

)

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:49 pm

jens wrote:b.t.w.: the DJX actually has nothing to do with that new Behringer thingamajig - you can't compare the two...

(you know your stuff, John, don't you )

hadnt actually looked to far at the behringer but...
two big hunks of plastic designed with djs in mind

its called a different and probably more sturdy option

as i can in fact load my own loops into it(and actually the keyboard does send midi

)and then use the cd to actually jumble my own loops into the scratching and such.

and yeah wabbyt it aint great but it does have some useful bits not many i admit but gets kieran involved too(he likes the scratchin)

jens · Post by **jens** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:03 pm

vurt wrote:
jens wrote:b.t.w.: the DJX actually has nothing to do with that new Behringer thingamajig - you can't compare the two...

(you know your stuff, John, don't you )
hadnt actually looked to far at the behringer but...
two big hunks of plastic designed with djs in mind
its called a different and probably more sturdy option
as i can in fact load my own loops into it(and actually the keyboard does send midi )and then use the cd to actually jumble my own loops into the scratching and such.

and yeah wabbyt it aint great but it does have some useful bits not many i admit but gets kieran involved too(he likes the scratchin)

the Behringer is more of a fx-unit...

I've never bought the DJXII but only because I've read in a review (it was SOS I think) that it does not send midi - and now you're telling me it does?

b.t.w.: I own the original DJX and love it to death

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:06 pm

i have the djx keyboard to be honest which as i hope you know does send midi,i didnt notice the II in your post sorry,as for the djx box yep it has fx too

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:08 pm

and sorry jens but according to the specs page the djxII
MIDI]
MIDI IN MIDI Clock In, Remote Control, Tone Generator, Bulk Receive
MIDI OUT MIDI Clock Out, Bulk Send
[Audio]
PHONES
LINE OUT (L, R) RCA Pin
MIC IN
LINE IN RCA Pin

jens · Post by **jens** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:25 pm

vurt wrote:as for the djx box yep it has fx too

yes, but it hasn't

audio in -> fx -> audio out

it also hasn't

audio in -> sample ->fx -> audio out

jens · Post by **jens** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:26 pm

vurt wrote:and sorry jens but according to the specs page the djxII
MIDI]
MIDI IN MIDI Clock In, Remote Control, Tone Generator, Bulk Receive
MIDI OUT MIDI Clock Out, Bulk Send
[Audio]
PHONES
LINE OUT (L, R) RCA Pin
MIC IN
LINE IN RCA Pin

yes, but the midi-out seems to be in fact a midi-trough with the DJXII - according to the review it doesn't send midi-controller data which has been generated by usage of itself...

jens · Post by **jens** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:28 pm

vurt wrote:,i didnt notice the II in your post

only because it was the II in your posts

jens · Post by **jens** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:32 pm

No, ladies and gentlemen, the Yamaha DJX II keyboard, for all its bells and whistles, cannot transmit MIDI note messages. Yes, you read that correctly: you may have spent 300 quid on the thing, but despite having a MIDI Out socket, all it can spit out of it are some rather pointless MIDI data dump commands. If you attach this keyboard to a sound module or any other MIDI device it will happily tell them how fast it is playing (it does at least stretch to sending MIDI Clock messages) but that's about all. So forget any notion you may have had about seriously integrating the DJX II into your MIDI or live setup -- a spot the beloved DJX MkI occupies for so many -- because the MIDI implementation chart at the back of the manual is so peppered with Xs -- ie. No Can Dos -- that MIDI-wise, even my toaster would give it a run for its money.

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec00/a ... d970c841ae

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:42 pm

jens wrote:
vurt wrote:as for the djx box yep it has fx too
yes, but it hasn't

audio in -> fx -> audio out

it also hasn't

audio in -> sample ->fx -> audio out

if i plug a mic into my djxbox thingy i can actually use the fx on it,anyway lets not get all blah blah about it it was just another idea of a toy for quince to sell next week

thats a bit shitty with the djxII if they say it has midi send it should have midi send,its not like yamaha dont know what it means?

and yeah i know my link started the II it but only cos i cant find the originals(both of which mine are not the II versions)but again the important point is its just something for quince to think about if hes goin in this funny direction of his

DJ FX unit - Shit hot!!