I was joking re Notting Hill Carnival being a small event, having been several times it is anything but small.
Yes I agree it does seem it is geared around house music, I have nothing against house music I play house music in my sets, but there are other genres that in this case Denon/Engine seem to pay less attention to and it is not clear (to me at least why).
Even the recent posts (this week to the time of writing that I have seen) Denon have put on social media are all house music related.
It is not a deal breaker for those of us already in the eco system I guess but, the marketing to attract new customers seems like it needs looking at in my view.
As Denon has been seen as making so called āprosumerā products Denon could really play into this Digital DJ tips stream last week was discussing the club scene dying, and most bars/clubs use Pioneer as we know so a perfect oppotunity for Denon to be like āDonāt spend Ā£Ā£Ā£ā on āclub standardā gear when you can our products which X, Y and Z etc.
Love my Prime, but I primarily play DnB and Iād say I have to adjust the grid more than 50% of the time. Usually itās just pulling back a beat to the ārealā start, but itās incredibly common for me.
Yeah, I canāt honestly say it felt like it made much difference for me Mind you Iām fairly new so maybe it was much worse before!
Like you say though - itās not too much hassle to shift it back if everything else lines up. Just always in the back of my mind if Iām buying a load of tunes!
I hate prep work on music, I see it as wasted time I could be DJing. So what I do is just edit the grid when Iām actually playing then sync it back to the desktop next time I connect.
Mind you Iām fairly new so maybe it was much worse before!