Are you a serious music lover? A clubber perhaps? Did you ever want to make people dance to your mix of tunes? Well, the time is now! Introducing the Pacemaker. A new revolutionary twist to being dj'ing. Slightly bigger than an Ipod, and for good reason, it is the ultimate dream come true for clubbers and djs alike. Long gone are the days of carrying flight cases of vinyls or bags of cds. This baby packs all your tunes in it's 120gb hard drive. No need to bring the players and mixer as well as it is a complete dj system in itself. It has a dual player and a crossfader for when you want to mix..... anytime, anywhere.... literally! It's time to be the dj!Features:
Mixing functionality
- Dynamic beat detection – 0.1 BPM precision
- Cue – auto-cue at track start, and set cue point.
- Change Pitch – alter speed and key of track ± 100%
- Bend pitch – momentarily alter speed of track.
- Crossfade – set the line out and/or phones blend
of the two channels. - Loop – set loop, split loop from end-point, split loop from
in-point, exit loop, re-enter loop - Audio effects – single parameter: hi-cut/lo-cut, two-parameter: roll, echo, reverb
- Kill All – reset and relaunch audio effects.
- EQ – 3-band equalizer; treble, mid and bass frequencies
-26 to +6 dB - Normalized sound – globally normalize all tracks’ volumes
- Gain – pre-amplification volume -26 to +6 dB
- Reverse play
P-switch
- Press upwards to access features like pitch, looping, filters, effects and reversed play, through the alternate function of all input areas.
- Press downwards for headphones control, as the crossfader switches to control the channel blend in the headphones, and the headphones volume is adjustable on the touchpad.
Display
- TFT display
- 262.000 colours
- 166 ppi screen resolution
Rewind and forward
- When pressing the P-switch, the rewind button sets the in-point of a loop, and the forward button the end-point.
- To adjust loop in and end-points, press the P-switch upwards and either of the directional buttons, then adjust the desired point on the touchpad.
Channel 1 and Channel 2
- Press left button to control channel 1, press right button to control channel 2. Full mixing functionality is available for both channels independently.
- Pressing the P-switch upwards allows for toggling between time played and time left indication in the display.
Crossfader
- Set at maximum left, channel 1 is alone in line out, set at maximum right, only channel 2 is in line out, and set in the middle, both channels are at the same line out level. Any variations hereof are of course possible blend options.
- Press the P-switch downwards and the crossfader switches to control the channel blend in the headphones.
Play/pause
- The play button behaves like on any other audio player, but when in Mix Mode, the pause is ‘stuttering’, allowing you to search and find the appropriate place to set the cue point.
- When pressing the P-switch upwards, the play button reverses the play direction.
Cue
- The Cue button sets the starting point for the track and can also be used to create effects. When pressing the P-switch upwards, the Cue button enables exiting and re-entering a loop.
Touchpad
- The touchpad allows you to bend a track, change EQ values and gain levels.
- When pressing the P-switch upwards, the touchpad allows for controlling and setting pitch values, filter parameters and audio effect levels.
- When pressing the P-switch downwards, the touchpad allows for controlling the headphones volume.
- The touchpad is also used to navigate the track library and the device settings.
Settings
- The Settings button lets you turn on and turn off the device.
- When turned on, the Settings button gives you access to the settings menu.
Kill All
- The Kill All button resets all effect values to zero, and lets you relaunch effects to latest values per track and channel.
Input and output
- Line out connector, 3.5 mm stereo
- Phones connector, 3.5 mm stereo
- USB 2.0 connector, for data transfer
Power and charging
- Power connector, for optimal charging. Pacemaker charges from empty to full in about 120 minutes; for up to 18 hours of playback time or up to 5 hours of mixing.
- USB, for alternative charging.
Hard drive
- 120 GB
Audio formats supported
- MP3, M4A (AAC-LC), AIFF,
FLAC, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, SND
Mac system requirements
- Mac OS X v10.4.4 (Intel) or later
- USB 2.0 port
- Pacemaker Editor for Mac
Download the Pacemaker Editor for Mac
PC system requirements
- Windows XP and Windows Vista
- USB 2.0 port
- Pacemaker Editor
Download the Pacemaker Editor for PC
Ways of setting the Pacemaker up:
The Interface:
The Interface is quite simple and easy to use. An hour would be sufficient enough for you to at least understand the basics. Here is an outline of the Pacemakers interface.
www.pacemaker.net/device
The Manual:
If you get lost, there's always the handy-dandy manual.
www.pacemaker.net/device/manual
Tutorials:
We all need this once in a while.
www.pacemaker.net/device/tutorials
Pacemaker Editor:
www.pacemaker.net/download
Store:
If you've decided that you really must absolutely have it, then what are you waiting for? Come on over to the store and kiss your moolah goodbye!
www.pacemaker.net/store
I hope I've helped you enough. Hopefully, I can party to your mixes one of these days. Cheers!
