Pacemaker alternative to iPod DJing
The Pacemaker is fantastic, really the DJs iPod, essentially you’re taking an iPod, throwing in two channels a cross fader and a touch pad, with the additional controls on the Pacemaker, it makes the iPod look a little plain. The Pacemaker is the worlds first portable DJing device.
The Pacemaker is about the size of a PSP2, with a 120 GB hard drive, a full colour screen, head phone and speaker out puts, and a touch sensative cross fader and track pad. Its designed for DJing in mind and a lot of though has clearly been put in to the finish and working mechanics (you get that same iPod feel for the Pacemaker), in addition the Pacemaker comes with free DJing software that can be installed and used for DJing as well.
Whilst the iPod is fantastic and flexible, it does need additional equpment to allow you to Dj with it, whether this is as simple as an iPod micro mixer or as complex as the Cortex D-mix, the very fact that the iPod is an MP3 player and not a Mixer is what sets the Pacemaker apart from the iPod, and considering your looking at a DJ product that costs £500, if you travel a lot or if you’re looking for an MP3 DJ solution where you can use the same tunes you had on your iPod to mix with without having additional gear, then the Pacemaker is a fantastic alternative for iPod DJs, and really proves where things are going to progress in terms of iPod DJing and DJ equipment and technology. Check out the Pacemaker here.
So whats under the hood of the Pacemaker that sets itself apart for an iPod, and why as a DJ would you value this beyond an iPod? Lets have a closer look at the detail, with the Pacemaker, you can mix virtually anywhere, with two outputs, you can cue up a track whilst a live one is playing out, further to this, you can beatmatch, this was one feature that has always been a challenge for DJs DJing with iPods, and adjusting the Pitch of the music is one of the key parts of being able to DJ, the Pacemaker solves this for the iPod, you can also adjust the equalization of the high, mid and low ranges of the music of each channel, and add a variety of effects, additionally you have a cue button and the ability to temporarily store loops. Add to this that, like, the iPod the Pacemaker has its own software, one key difference is that in addition to allowing you to play back your music on the Pacemaker editor, it allows you to mix your own mixes…looks like this could be the one MP3 player that the iPod can’t live up to.