New offerings from busy Pioneer DJ

Pioneer DJ is releasing a new white edition of its DM-40 compact active monitor speakers – the DM-40-W  – as well as a new turntable and new Rekordbox features. 

The DM-40-W active monitor speakers are available from mid September 2016 at an RRP of €169 (per pair), including VAT.

The new speakers are based on the same technology as the original black version, including Groove technology to deliver responsive, clear bass and a front-loaded bass reflex system to deliver a tight bass kick. Soft dome tweeters with DECO convex diffusers produce a 3D stereo sound and a wide sweet spot.

FEATURES

New white body

Front-loaded bass reflex system with grooves for uninterrupted, rich bass

¾-inch soft dome tweeters with convex diffusers for a wide sweet spot

Class AB amps

4-inch fibreglass woofer

Curved front edges reduce resonance

Volume control dial is on the front panel for ease of use

RCA and stereo mini jack inputs

Headphones output

In addition, the firm is also launching a new direct drive turntable for vinyl DJing and home use. The PLX-500 is ready to use straight out of the box thanks to its line output, which lets you plug it into your sound system or powered speakers with no need for an external amplifier.

The high-torque deck can be used for scratching and comes with a cartridge, stylus and slipmat, and its USB out allows for digital recordings of vinyl using the free rekordbox software. Y 

The PLX-500-K and PLX-500-W are available from early September at an SRP of €349 including VAT. 

Lastly. new features have also been added to its free music management software, rekordbox. Version 4.2.1 brings a new way of easily recording analogue sound sources to manage digital and analogue music in one library. Using its audio analysis technology, rekordbox detects the silence between tracks and creates a separate file in the library for each one, so users can just press play and record a whole album to individual tracks without resetting the recording in between songs. 

And thanks to the new normalise function, the volume of recorded tracks is automatically standardised. With the new Matching feature, DJs can audition tracks in rekordbox and mark the ones that mix well together, then when DJing on certain multiplayers (CDJ-TOUR1, CDJ-2000NXS2), choose to browse the tracks matched with the track that’s currently playing.