Denon DN-SC2900

Static-platter digital controller and media player that marks a revolution for professional, club and studio DJs, combining the ultimate in ground-breaking design and the highest in industry-standard quality. It steps-up to the booth with a fresh take on true digital-media versatility – includes playback from USB drives and offers the ability to share one USB stick over (up to) four networked Denon DJ SC2900 or SC3900s. However, traditional CD DJs and producers can still make the most of the front mounted CD slot, and pure software DJs can utilize the Traktor 2 compatibility to mix and produce. ‘ENGINE inside’ ensures compatibility with ENGINE software – a unique combination of software and hardware that empowers today’s DJs with high speed access and control over their extensive digital music libraries. Leaving the ENGINE software to manage the set from a USB connected, or networked, PC or MAC and the hard work down to the player itself – reducing the need for a super-powerful computer to manage the DJs performance. What set’s this controller apart from the conventional “club CDJ” is its leap forward in display technologies with the introduction of the ‘Eclipse’ platter with glowing LED markers that surround the circumference; enabling a very clear and elegant method of accurately displaying ‘Cue Point’ and ‘Playback’ markers. Combined with the ENGINE for iPad App means that a networked iPad becomes the biggest and most versatile media navigation screen in the industry, giving every DJ a powerful way to manage tracks and playlists, ready to perform, all through the iPad touch-screen. The button layout reflects that of the popular Denon SC3900 with a bank of Loops and Cues top left of the platter for throwing down samples and top right are the navigation controls ensuring the fastest access to the DJing essentials. Similarly reflecting the same newly redesigned ‘Hard’ Cue and Play buttons with the only significant layout change to be the ‘SLIP’ button which replaces the Denon SC3900s ‘DUMP’ button: for reverse, loop, and scratch whilst continuing playback at the same rhythm and point that would have been reached prior to pushing ‘slip’ – an essential editing feature in the studio and the booth for dropping out inappropriate lyrics without disturbing the flow of music. Hybrid MIDI mode has been a flexible feature and a great benefit to previous Denon DJ devices and it is no different with this model. Complete with the ability to be MIDI mapped to work with a wide variety of applications, this unit can control DJ software utilizing DVS, without using time code CDs.