Pioneer Announces DDJ-RX DDJ-RZ & Rekordbox 4.0!

Early this morning Pioneer DJ hit the industry with some serious news. First, the new Rekordbox 4.0 software was revealed as a fully-fledged DJ software that will work with all Pioneer current DJ controllers and players and will soon include upgrade paths for Video plug-ins and DVS plug-ins for vinyl and CD timecode users. Next, the Pioneer team announced two brand new controllers that will work with the new Rekordbox 4.0 software called the Pioneer DDJ-RZ and DDJ-RX.

Author:: DJ Blaze
Updated:: Feb 12, 2018
Original:: Sep 10, 2015

Early this morning Pioneer DJ hit the industry with some serious news. First, the new Rekordbox 4.0 software was revealed as a fully-fledged DJ software that will work with all Pioneer current DJ controllers and players and will soon include upgrade paths for Video plug-ins and DVS plug-ins for vinyl and CD timecode users. Next, the Pioneer team announced two brand new controllers that will work with the new Rekordbox 4.0 software called the Pioneer DDJ-RZ and DDJ-RX. Both the new software and new hardware looks eerily similar to the Serato offerings. The DDJ-RZ and DDJ-RX seem to be almost mirror images of the DDJ-SZ and DDJ-SX controllers that only work with Serato. They will undoubtedly have the same or very similar features and workflows but this time everything will be in-house Pioneer. Check out the full press releases and videos below for more information on these new developments.

Rekordbox 4.0 Software Intro

Pioneer DDJ-RZ & DDJ-RX Intro

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