on the more modern devices (CDJ 2000 onwards) you could use the touch strip under the screen to adjust the loop size, but it was horrible… i think its now just on the touch screen itself.
Edit: oh and i think there was some way of halving the loop with those little buttons under the in/out.
Increase and decrease yes, but not move the loop to the previous/next measure. And that with an encoder is child’s play
Loop in / out is best for manual looping and adjusting loop start or end point on the fly. Can’t do that with an encoder. Encoder is great for smart loops, but not to adjust start end position (without quantized values).
yeah I guess the ideal is to have both as is currently the case in the Denon range.
Surprising however that they did not put an encoder in + on the AZ, since they had introduced it on the opus quad
I think, that they want to stick to their standard to satisfy their old user base.
Click bait. He’s under NDA obvs
Released tomorrow apparently £2799
Price is a lot lower than i thought. Was expecting well over 3k.
£2799 = $5k Canadian?!
$5,006.01 to be exact on the current exchange rate:)
Nothing revolutionary or really innovative.
An updated XDJ XZ with CDJ3000 jogs and a quad opus interface…
Oh yeah, it’s definitely the end of the Pioneer Dj brand for those who still have doubts.
Just had a read of full specs and some reviews - not impressed…
Can people finally stop logging into this forum to spout off about ‘other brands can do this, that and the other’ now then? as this literally does less than the Prime 4+
@Gaian nice to see them being ‘consistent’ with those pads 
“We want to replicate the 3000 line in an all-in-one so you all get used to it for when you actually get to play on the club stuff.
Oh but we won’t replicate 100% the club standard to mess with your brains”.
By this I get the impression it’s aimed more at Rekordbox users over stand alone. Once purchased and using in standalone, there’s no chance of a continuing sub. Having stems in RB would mean many people will use RB over standalone, increasing the possibility of extra revenue via telemetry or track ID data.
Just finished watching the review, it looks a great unit, the price is quite high but much lower than i was originally expecting it to be.
Effects on the Mic channel is a feature we probably need in Prime units.
I certainly wouldnt be making a rash reactionary purchase as a Prime 4 owner though, it has some cool stuff, but then so does the Prime.
P.S. Kudos to Phil at DDJT for pronouncing the letter Z properly
Looks like a capable unit, nice upgrade from the XZ but a weird cousin to the Opus Quad…
It’s going to sell well because - Pioneer. Will it mean that there is a mess influx of gear to the second hand market - probably. Will values for P4, XZ etc drop as a result - probably!
Will loads of people swish their feather boas dramatically, spin around and say “I’m off now - don’t try and stop me!” - certainly!
If you compare P4+ and AZ they are both super capable and if anything it adds more reason to get a P4+ - what will the InMusic response be. Simple - “lets make the Prime range even better!” In short a great catalyst for some new features, a great opportunity for InMusic to support those loyal and a great opportunity for those drama Llamas to flounce out and spend £3k.
Is the audio chip better or worse than prime 4+? can this pioneer steams?