The big news today has been Pioneers announcement of the CDJ2000 Nexus, “the industry’s first multiplayer to be compatible with rekordbox™ DJ software on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, Android smartphones and tablets.”

Essentially an upgraded version of the 2009 spec CDJ2000 that works with more than todays standard media of CDs, laptops (via Serato/Traktor), USBs and HD Cards.

It could be seen that Pioneer are looking to take more control of variable media inputs before anyone else and at the same time creating less opportunities for common DJ software such as Serato and Traktor

Thats not all though, the major feature that has a lot of people huffing and puffing has been its ability to “Beat Sync” that “lets you choose which new songs are automatically beat-matched to the master deck” so “DJs can now focus on taking their performance to new heights through their mastery of loops, cues and new live edit functions, all perfectly in sync.”

Hmmm… it gets stranger still.

“The CDJ-2000nexus makes mixing in-key effortless. Tracks are analysed by rekordbox and the CDJ-2000nexus browser incorporates a simple traffic light system that shows you which songs will mix well with the master deck.”

So wait, a platform that syncs tracks on up to four machines and gives you insight as to the mixability of tracks with whatever is playing on the master? Yep.

We’ll give it the benefit of the doubt at this stage as the real innovation being championed is the ability to sync up set cues, loops and cut tracks which really means… being able to remix tracks live.

But is that what people want?

It seems to us anyway that that level of performance is only suitable for certain DJs while allowing those with the cash to jump the hardwork queue with features that make the skill of DJing a whole lot easier.

That and iPhone requests in clubs via Wi-Fi just aren’t floating our boat.

We’re interested to see this in action though, expect them to land late September.

Laidback Luke giving it a go…