Manufacturer's Description for Tonium Pacemaker Portable DJ System
A revolutionary, portable DJ system that lets you mix, play and perform anywhere or anytime, the Tonium Pacemaker Portable DJ System features all the functionality of a professional set-up and is the first product in the world that truly brings deejaying to the masses and right into the hands of the next DJ generation.
What was once thought to be exclusively available to DJs and professional producers is now readily available to everyone. Instead of simply listening to your music you can now completely interact with it, and the possibilities are only limited by your own imagination. Pacemaker features all the functionality of a professional DJ set-up, and all mixes are saved to the 60GB hard drive, allowing you to easily upload your mixes to the Internet via Pacemaker Editor.
Pacemaker's two independent audio channels let you play two tracks side by side. Beatmatching is easily done by the click of a button, and with a full set of professional audio effects and a crossfader, you now have unlimited creative influence over your music. The features and the performance of Pacemaker makes it the perfect mixer for any situation, for practicing or preparing your DJing, or for performing live with full control in your headphones.
Pacemaker even lets you save your mixes and spread them across the digitized universe. Any mix can be saved on your Pacemaker. When transferring your mixes to your computer, you can edit and refine your mixes as you like with the free desktop application, Pacemaker Editor. When you're ready, go ahead and upload your mixes to our mix community and let anyone listen anytime.
Pacemaker's multiple award-winning hardware is designed to deliver in every aspect of deejaying. The reliability and ease of use follows the same intuitive workflow as industry-standard machinery but Pacemaker is tailor-made for modern music engagement, taking the prospects of portable deejaying to the next frontier.
Features
Playback Control
You're always in total control of the playback state of any track. Hi-precision functions for altering or adjusting tempo and creating loops make mixing easy. To make things easier still, you can even choose to beatmatch two tracks by a simple click of a button.
# Auto Beatmatch: Instantly sync tempo and phase of two tracks by the click of a button
# Timestretch: Alter and set the tempo of a track +/- 100% without affecting pitch/key
# Pitch Speed: Alter track tempo +/- 100% and pitch/key +/- one octave in parallel
# Bend Speed: Nudge a track into phase
# Beat Graph: Visually monitor relative drifting in tempo and/or sync
# Loop: Create synchronized loops on the fly; set and adjust in-point and/or end-point, split from in-point or end-point, double from in-point or end-point, exit loop and re-loop. One loop per track will be saved until altered
# Reverse: Flip playback direction
# Cue Play: Play track from cue point and revert to cue point when releasing cue button
Cue Control
A series of essential functions for searching, setting, selecting and saving cue points as well as features for monitoring the cue channel separate from line-out makes cueing-up the next track effortless.
# Set Cue Point: Search and define starting point of a track with precise control
# Save Cue Point: One cue point per track will be permanently saved until altered
# Auto Cue: Allow track to automatically cue up at track start or defined cue point when loaded
# DJ Pause: A stuttering micro loop lets you listen, search and set cue point
# Vinyl Pause: Track is halted in a vinyl-like pause letting you scrub, search and define cue point
# Headphones Crossfader: Dynamically adjust what channel blend to listen to in the phones
Effects Control
A full set of professional audio effects let you add and adjust sound properties at will, and the Kill-All button lets you instantly deactivate and relaunch engaged effects. Everything is laid out for you in plain view on the screen.
# Colour FX: Add and adjust single parameter audio effects Hi-cut/Lo-cut, Wah and Crush, to +/- 1.0
# Beat FX: Add and adjust two-parameter audio effects Echo, Delay, Trans and Roll to dry/wet + 0-100% and Time at 1/8-8, and Reverb to dry/wet and size to + 0-100%
# Key: Temporarily adjust the two-parameter function Key; transpose a track key +/- one octave in increments of halftones, and/or tune a track pitch +/- 100% one halftone
# Kill-All: Instantly mute or re-engage activated audio effects
# Effects Crossfader: Optionally incorporate +/- 100% Bass or +/- 1.0 Filter effects into the crossfader
Sound Control
Pacemaker's two outputs, lineout and headphones, are controlled separately. You can adjust volume and EQ for either output at any instance, and set the crossfade blend between the two channels for both outputs at any time.
# Track EQ: Temporarily adjust equalization of loaded track
# Master EQ: Adjust master equalization for lineout output
# Headphones EQ: Adjust equalization for headphones output
# Normalize sound: Globally normalize all tracks' volumes
Recording Control
Any mix you create can be saved on your Pacemaker hard drive. You can easily transfer your mixes to Pacemaker Editor, where you can rework your mixes as you like or upload them right away to our mix community and let anyone listen anytime.
Record
Record your set directly to the hard disk with the integrated recorder, supporting transfer of mixes to the computer software, Pacemaker Editor
Halt: Pause a recording and optionally select to continue, save, lock keys or create new mix
Volume Control
Master Headphones Volume: Adjust volume for headphones output
Headphones Volume Limiter: Set volume limit for headphones output
Lineout Crossfader: Dynamically adjust lineout blend between the two channels
Gain: Temporarily adjust gain level of loaded track
Master Lineout Volume: Adjust volume for lineout output
Lineout Volume Limiter: Set volume limit for lineout output
Track Browsing Control
Track Navigation Filters: Optionally activate and filter on one or more of the categories Genre, Album, Artist, BPM, Mix, Case, Remix, Label, Year, Added, Key, Rating, Type and Bitrate when browsing for tracks
# On-The-Go Cases: Create on-the-go cases and edit any case via the context menu
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Specifications
Display
TFT display
262,000 colors
166 ppi screen resolution
1.7 inch (diameter) active area
Audio
Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
Signal-to-noise ratio: 100 dB at 2 VRMS
Configurable max volume limit
Supported formats: MP3, MP3 VBR, M4A (AAC-LC), AIFF, FLAC, WAV, Ogg Vorbis and SND
Capacity
60GB hard drive
Holds approximately 15,000 tracks in 128 Kbps AAC format
Stores data via USB hard drive
Input and Output
3.5 mm stereo lineout connector
3.5 mm stereo phones connector
Mini USB 2.0 connector, for data transfer and charging
Power connector for charging with external adapter
In The Box
Pacemaker 666
USB 2.0 cable
Pacemaker Editor computer software (featured on device hard drive)
Quick start guide
Hardware warranty
Battery and Power
Built-in rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Play mode time: Up to 15 hours when fully charged
Mix mode time: Up to 5 hours when fully charged
Charging via USB to computer system: Full-charge time about 3 hours
Charging via AC charger (sold separately): Full-charge time about 1.5 hours
Size and Weight
Height: 6.45 inches (164 mm)
Width: 2.71 inches (69.6 mm)
Depth: 0.86 inch (22.8 mm)
Weight: 6.5 ounces (185 g)
System Requirements
PC:
- USB 2.0 port
- Windows XP and Windows Vista
- Pacemaker Editor for Windows
Mac:
- USB 2.0 port
- Mac OS X v10.4.4 or later
- Pacemaker Editor for Mac
