Denon Announces New Plug-Ins for DJ Products
January 22, 2004
Denon has announced the next round of product-enhancing Plug-Ins for its line of DJ products. This installment of Plug-Ins, available free-of-charge to Denon users via download or mail, provides enhancements to Denon's DN-S5000 active platter CD/MP3 turntable and
DN-D9000/DN-D4000 professional dual drive CD/MP3 players.
New features available via the Plug-In for the Denon DN-S5000 include full MP3 functionality, with 2-way scratch control for MP3 files, turntable platter effects such as Drag-S, Brake, Dump, Reverse, and real-time "active platter" scratching which can be applied for MP3. A Seamless Loop function with user-defined A-B points for MP3 is also added, as well as MP3 Search Cueing and Cue Stutter. Another new Plug-In features Denon's proprietary MP3 File Search System, which allows the user to instantly access any MP3 file on data disc (with or without file folders). For data discs without folders, files can be searched by track number or alphabetically by file name. For data discs with folders, the user can search four different ways: File/Folder allows user to search by folder names categorized by genre; File allows search for files as they appear on the data disc (track number); Artist Name searches alphabetically by artist name; and Title Name searches alphabetically by title/song. In addition, another world's first from Denon, Next Track Reserve was added, making it easy to pick your next MP3 file using the advanced File Search System during live playback. Within 5 seconds of finding your next track, you also have to the option to abort the playing file to seamlessly "SLAM Mix" into your next file. Pitch improvement is also a new part of the Plug-In package, adding 50% pitch range option and increments of .02% for the 4% range, and a new "Drive" Plug-In enables playback of "open session," unfinalized discs.
For Denon's DN-D9000 professional DJ dual CD/MP3 player, a new Plug-In is available allowing for "open session" unfinalized discs to be used, increasing versatility of adding MP3 files in moderation on one disc.
Denon's DN-D4000 dual CD/MP3 player also benefits from this latest round of Plug-Ins, with newly available software that enables a user-selectable Play Lock feature, which prevents accidental track change during playback when in "Single Mode." A new Title Display Mode is also added, allowing excellent management of MP3 files, with or without ID3 tag information. This new display feature allows for three display options:
- 1 - T.Disp All: File -> Folder -> Title -> Artist -> Album -> File
- 2 - F.Name OFF: Folder -> Title -> Artist -> Album -> Folder
- 3 - ID3Tag OFF: File -> Folder -> File
The playback limit of 150 MP3 files per disc has been increased to 999 MP3 files per disc.
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