http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/ Engadget Comments for Bird Electronics unveils palm-sized DJ5 micro mixer http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/Nov 9th 2007 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/Nov 9th 2007 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/Nov 12th 2007 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/Nov 9th 2007 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/Nov 9th 2007 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/Nov 9th 2007 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/Nov 9th 2007 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/Nov 9th 2007 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/Nov 9th 2007 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/Nov 9th 2007 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/
And no crossfade?

Still, I suppose it would be ok for things like in the pic up there with the ipods...for small parties and stuff.
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What is this? 2 op-amps, 2 slide pots to control volume? And they want $130 for that?!! Eww!]]>Nov 9th 2007 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/bird-electronics-unveils-palm-sized-dj5-micro-mixer/
A really small-footprint DJ still has to learn to go off a laptop (I have a few friends doing that), or get an all-in-one like the Numark CDMIX3 with some MP3 mix CDs. I don't think it is ever going to be possible to pitch shift an iPod; it might be possible to buffer up the track, but that would be so unwieldy and financially unfeasible that it's never going to happen.

So this might be the best you can get if you're an iPod DJ and absolutely must fit everything in your pockets. But the Numark iDJ is of negligible size and has way more functionality, so this is really only interesting if you're stuck with other brands of MP3 player. I just can't see this shifting many units.
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It runs off batteries... i could imagine djing at a club and having the batteries die on you...

Any real dj that wants to mix all the songs on his laptop/itunes uses TCV systems like Serato Scratch live, Virtual DJ, Traktor... this allows you to do anything you could do with vinyl/cds plus more and use your itunes library...

As far as mixing and pitch shifting with an Ipod... yes it can be done, there are many options, but this one (iDJ2 by numark) only uses ONE ipod and you can play two tracks and pitch shift, crossfade, and effects... http://www.numark.com/idj2

Something a bit more realistic for the "casual pocket bedroom/small party dj" would be the pacemaker.. http://www.pacemaker.net/

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