Hi,
im an IT professional by day who cant resist tinkering with electronics.
I bought your product because i see denon dj as forward thinking and inovative company.
Since the is nearing its end of life im interested in getting as much information about the inner workings of this product as possible.
Can you provide me with the as much infos about hardware specifications, plans and data as you legaly can and are willing?
Would it be possible to make parts of the firmware or the SDK open source (or point to it if its ownd by a different entety)?
Every bit would help me helping you not only giving your product a new lease of life but also giving denon dj the image of comunity orientented, open company that embraces what drives you and your customers: beeing creative with technology.
I have also requested that the firmware be made open source in the end is the old engine version that has nothing to do with prime, I have also requested the schemes but we hope nothing together achieve something
Hi,
i know that making something open source isnt a small task with all the rights and patents that have to be checked.
Even with the “new” software team denon isnt a software company and my opinion is that at least open APIs ans standards could give the company an huge advantage. Just think about the quality and featureset large groups of skilled coders could achive (e.g. the team around “mixxx”) if they adopted the mcx8000 or even the prime series as their “pet”/reference device.
I know that the dj comunity is surprisingly focused on specific solutions.
im involved in organizing large events as a hobby (we are talking 20k+ people) and the djs always request panasonic gear and recordbox & serato.
I would like to help changing that with functions ans stability only open source software can bring. THeres a reason servers mostly run linux.
I’m the sole user (also IT pro!) that convinced the dev team to Beta the new firmwares. I have been wanting all of this info since prior to the release of the Prime4! Now that the 8000 is no longer being actively developed for I’m hoping maybe the firmware will be released so bugfixes/improvements can be made!!!
Like mutant DIY coding ruining performances and the brand name on the outside getting the blame, instead of the coding errors on the inside.
I’m not pointing a bad coding finger at anyone in this post line , just pointing out the possible
My mate had a single midi control deck which he wrote extra midi code for so that every LED state’s on at full bright all the time . A month later none of the LEDs would light either in midi or standard alone mode, he’s over stressed some power driver on the main pcboard
we could make a seperate thread out of that and maybe come up with a solution.
I was thinking of reataching and stiffening the part maybe using something 3d printed.
3d printed sounds a very good idea. Where I work they just bought a 3d printer. For know they are just toying around with it making engine parts as demo ( I work in a auto mechanic school)