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Average rating:
4.1 out of 5
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It's great for the money, but to the guy that says the DJX can "Do waldorf shit", Nay... Not even close. If I were going to buy a 'budget' synth (one with speakers and the like) it would be this one, BUT since I'm not, I'm not going to bother with it. It's too much of a 'toy' to those that have had a taste of "real synthesis", but like I said, it's a great synth for the money.
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I have a removed a bunch of posts from this thread as it had degraded into a flaming session.
This is where reviews are supoosed to be posted. If you wish to discuss the pros and cons of the idea of something like the DJX, can use www.the-gas-station.com
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I scoffed at this thing initially as well, then sat down with it and stared at the price tag in disbelief. This the most bang for the buck that one can find anywhere. Very usable stuff, and the arpeggiator and ribbon controller are decent.
And all you pretenders saying it sucks just because it has built-in speakers and the name 'portasound' can take your trash somewhere else. Remember the price point we're talking about here. It has external outputs. How could speakers, no matter how horrible sounding (and they're not bad at all), be anything but a bonus!?
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It's me again, I said I'd let you know if I found something else cool, and well, I did!!! My God, this thing can do Waldorf shit!!! It's soooo gorgeous the sounds coming out of it. I've got some presets I found...hit Voice, and set to #005, "Adrenaline". Set the assign knob to release[should be called decay, IMHO, but anyway], set the DSP options to: Function #35: ON Function #36: 31 (D Hard), and Function #06:127 then set the arp' (F38) to something neat(oh yeah make sure it's on, just hit the button, above the power switch). Make sure the Part Control is set to Main Voice, then turn Reso all the way up, Cutoff to about 9:00, and the assign somewhere between 12:00 and all the way down. Hit something...my goodness...a guitarist friend now wants me to help him do "White Zombie shit" after hearing this.
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WOW! This thread is like totally nasty as Hell...You'd think it was about the Groove approved gear or something... Anyway, i bought one of these DJX 'boards & whats the big deal-- why do so many people ahte it? For 300 clams it is the sh**... Damn, I WISH I had started on this thing 10 or more years ago but of course technology was way behind my own crazy goals back then. This board is an excellent value no matter how much slaggin' you want to do. 16 channel multi-timbral midi supprot with 32 voices of polyphony with a kickin' arppegiater & some decent voices plus some nice onboard FX!!! If its a toy then I'm gonna go raid the toys ofr tots box at x-mas...Throw in a lo-fi sampler & a 6 track scratch sequencer to boot. A filter & ribbon controller are nice features as well. Decent full sized keys & a solid construction, too. Man, this board is unbeatable (new) for the price. I prdeict that there will be plenty of budding cyber-prodigies who get there start with one of these either as a stand alone workstation or hooked to their PCs... Sure, the sequencer isnt the best & the sampling memory is tiny, but for some kid who doesnt have a ton of money this is one serious option that cannot be overlooked... Id definitely choose this over the MC-303, as well, having played with before( my friends...) And, hey-- Im not some synth newbie-- I OWN 7 synths plus my PChas a ton of softsynths... I just dont like to see a quality piece of gear that is very fairly priced be all criticized like this... You wanna call me names-- I dont even F****** care buddy... Sure, there are alot of better boards (& real 'bona-fide' synths) out there with some fancy sticker prices too, Imight add. But for 300 bucks, this gives a kid (or a baby boomer/old codger/inmate/looney/freakazoid...etc...) a chance to lay down some frakin' tarx instead of just bummin' about how to afford a new Pentium 3 based set-up or a K2500 or whatever. Its not what you have its how you use it & this thing has plenty of quality features that make it a good buy for a beginner or an experienceduser. Why all the hostilty about it? Its nota synth anyway,so why judge it against more powerful 'boards that cost 2 or 3 or 4 times as much? That is not fair & I know all of you are way more intelligent than that. So, this board is a 300 'starter workstation' & it is just fine as that IMHO. Plus, I'm sure Yamaha is gonna revamp it soon anyway & maybe the smaple memory will be increased/etc... so, lets all put our claws away & go back to our $10,000+ studios in peace now. And some wiseacre can post a really nasty follow-up tothis message& we can all have a good laugh, huh? I'vespent over $15,000 on my Private Home Studio (over the years--not in one mad spree at Musician's Friend, mind you!), but I still say this DJX board is a quality 'budget'keyboard that is unlike any other piece o' spit PRS or Casiotone board so why put it down so much? Go ahead, attack me if you like but the fact remains that This board has some nice sounds (styles & patterns even are pretty good...) & features that elavate it way beyond the cheesey crapola 'drugstore/circuitcity' type portables we have all encountered over the years... So kill me if you disagree. Sure, I'd take a new XP-80 or maxed out Trinity/etc if I had my choice. But other than buying a used Atari or 4-track deck--I cant think of a better entry machine than this unit to get started when money is a concern & you still want some quality sounds... OK, I said my piece--go ahead & blast me now, About how I suck & everything. Dont care what you think, I am a total iconoclast & I will not stand by & let you slag a nice piece of (reasonably priced) gear like this even it means I getted slagged in the process. Synths & other gear are sacred in my opinion, so sue me--I've got friggin' wires for veins...(actually Ilike a good joke so you can slag away--better you should put me down than a cool piece of Hi-Tech gear, although I am pretty darn Hi-Tech in my own way too...) Later Hostile Ones... Gotta get back to my spooky studio now...
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