BPM 2014: Numark NDX-500

Numark is on a roll at this year's BPM show in the UK with the release of a few new products. The product that seems to be making the most noise is the new NDX-500 Multi-media player and DJ controller. The NDX-500 is like an update to the other NDX models as it can playback music from USB drives, CD's, or even work as a USB MIDI controller with native Serato DJ support.

Author:: DJ Blaze
Publish date:: Sep 15, 2014

Numark is on a roll at this year's BPM show in the UK with the release of a few new products. The product that seems to be making the most noise is the new NDX-500 Multi-media player and DJ controller. The NDX-500 is like an update to the other NDX models as it can playback music from USB drives, CD's, or even work as a USB MIDI controller with native Serato DJ support. The NDX-500 has a nice compact footprint and has a really nice LED light ring around the platter that gives the user playback information. The NDX-500 will be available this season for only $250 each. Let us know if you want to see a review and we'll let you know how it stacks up when they are released... Check out the press release and links to the Numark NDX-500 website below.

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