Numark HDX CD/MP3 Player with Removable HD
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Tabletop HD/CD/MP3 player. Removable 80 GB hard drive.
Overview
The Numark HDX is the world's first and only tabletop HD/CD/MP3 player. With an ultra-high torque motorized 12 in. platter, the HDX utilizes a real vinyl record for the ultimate vinyl feel. Now you can dramatically reduce the weight of the music you transport, and increase the volume and variety of your library.
Styled after Numark's highly successful CDX player, the new HDX is the most advanced DJ media player available. Complete with an onboard hard drive, USB 2.0 ports, and an 8x CD reader, the HDX is the perfect tool for professional and aspiring performing DJs, mobile DJs, producers and club installers.
The HDX includes a removable 80 GB hard drive supporting MP3, WMA, and WAV media formats. The unit's enhanced search capabilities facilitate easy file location by artist, album, genre, track, plus BPM. With high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity, you now have full access to the hard drive for both Mac and PC, making updating of content easier than ever.
Features
Authentic turntable feel
Ultra-high torque (4.7 kgf cm) direct drive motor
Full size 12 in. platter holds a real user-replaceable vinyl record
Extensive DSP functionality
Scratching, looping, smart looping via Numark's proprietary Beatkeeper technology, auto beat matching
Beat-synched effects include sonar, slide, filter, echo, chop
+/-100% pitch control, Key Lock
Slot load CD transport
Fast CD loading
Front-load slot
I/O panel connections
Audio input
Audio output (RCA)
Midi in/out
Digital output
Fader… read more start
USB 2.0
PS/2 keyboard read less
Styled after Numark's highly successful CDX player, the new HDX is the most advanced DJ media player available. Complete with an onboard hard drive, USB 2.0 ports, and an 8x CD reader, the HDX is the perfect tool for professional and aspiring performing DJs, mobile DJs, producers and club installers.
The HDX includes a removable 80 GB hard drive supporting MP3, WMA, and WAV media formats. The unit's enhanced search capabilities facilitate easy file location by artist, album, genre, track, plus BPM. With high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity, you now have full access to the hard drive for both Mac and PC, making updating of content easier than ever.
Features
Authentic turntable feel
Ultra-high torque (4.7 kgf cm) direct drive motor
Full size 12 in. platter holds a real user-replaceable vinyl record
Extensive DSP functionality
Scratching, looping, smart looping via Numark's proprietary Beatkeeper technology, auto beat matching
Beat-synched effects include sonar, slide, filter, echo, chop
+/-100% pitch control, Key Lock
Slot load CD transport
Fast CD loading
Front-load slot
I/O panel connections
Audio input
Audio output (RCA)
Midi in/out
Digital output
Fader… read more start
USB 2.0
PS/2 keyboard read less
Reviews
Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars.
(35 ratings)
Submitted October 20, 2006 by a customer from gmail.com
"Numark HDX - foiled 1st step in digital mixing."
The software updates don't help. Problems remain, and some new ones may even pop up as the software is updated.
Bugs cause paranoia. Paranoia destroys concentration. Concentration is essential to a good mixed set. Bugs destroy a set.
Overall I give it a 4 because the product is claimed to be "professional grade" but I stopped searching for gigs because the bugs kept appearing more and more. Not very professional, in my humble opinion.
Sound
Clear, prominent, loud. But does have delay to it w/the platter rotation, making it unusual for vinyl dj's to switch to HD. DSP effects are a bit overbearing at times, but can be mild if done right.
Features
Some features advertised did not work correctly at all! the record to HD function recorded skips where there were none played, the ripping/encoding took forever, the menu system worked on and off, the FX/start/stop buttons and even the onboard sampler sometimes glitched out.
Ease of Use
pretty easy to use, but with all the bugs, I couldn't have a good time on the products because I was watching my back for more bugs to show up.
Quality
Software controlled HDX w/buggy software. We've cut the head off the snake at this point. The foundation for the turntable in the software is unstable. The bugs are numerous (i've counted and logged over 15, at least 3 of them "critical" to normal use functions) and… read more frequent (1 out of 3 sets on average [2 hours a piece] i see a bug or 3!).
Value
If you're willing to work around the bugs, go for it. I'd say it's worth the same as the CDX because the added HD/record features are a +, but the problems with it balance it out with a -.
Manufacturer Support
The company's tech support didn't know a thing about USB and troubleshooting it when I called in about my problems connecting the HDX to USB. The company's information given about returns of the product for the defective CD drive (in both units, which they had a fix already established), was inaccurate at first, but was cleared up. The company, to no avail, can not reproduce errors that I'm experiencing on a regular basis on more than 1 turntable. The company does not release bug information freely, making the users discover it on their own. Their responses in e-mail have been canned & seemingly falsely considerate. Not to mention few and far between when you get upset.
The Wow Factor
The controls were cramped at times, but they were probably done really well for the space given. the 12" turntable allowed me to scratch audio digitally, and well, finally. The sleek silver design w/silver vinyl emulator is so sick looking, and with cool LED blue accents and a silver text display, it was pretty sweet. The bugs, and design of the software make it really really really unappealling, however, because I can't go to a show & play out my skipping tracks and take it home and listen to my skipping recordings.
Musical Background:
6+ years digital mixing, 7+ years producing
Musical Style:
DnB read less
Sound
Clear, prominent, loud. But does have delay to it w/the platter rotation, making it unusual for vinyl dj's to switch to HD. DSP effects are a bit overbearing at times, but can be mild if done right.
Features
Some features advertised did not work correctly at all! the record to HD function recorded skips where there were none played, the ripping/encoding took forever, the menu system worked on and off, the FX/start/stop buttons and even the onboard sampler sometimes glitched out.
Ease of Use
pretty easy to use, but with all the bugs, I couldn't have a good time on the products because I was watching my back for more bugs to show up.
Quality
Software controlled HDX w/buggy software. We've cut the head off the snake at this point. The foundation for the turntable in the software is unstable. The bugs are numerous (i've counted and logged over 15, at least 3 of them "critical" to normal use functions) and… read more frequent (1 out of 3 sets on average [2 hours a piece] i see a bug or 3!).
Value
If you're willing to work around the bugs, go for it. I'd say it's worth the same as the CDX because the added HD/record features are a +, but the problems with it balance it out with a -.
Manufacturer Support
The company's tech support didn't know a thing about USB and troubleshooting it when I called in about my problems connecting the HDX to USB. The company's information given about returns of the product for the defective CD drive (in both units, which they had a fix already established), was inaccurate at first, but was cleared up. The company, to no avail, can not reproduce errors that I'm experiencing on a regular basis on more than 1 turntable. The company does not release bug information freely, making the users discover it on their own. Their responses in e-mail have been canned & seemingly falsely considerate. Not to mention few and far between when you get upset.
The Wow Factor
The controls were cramped at times, but they were probably done really well for the space given. the 12" turntable allowed me to scratch audio digitally, and well, finally. The sleek silver design w/silver vinyl emulator is so sick looking, and with cool LED blue accents and a silver text display, it was pretty sweet. The bugs, and design of the software make it really really really unappealling, however, because I can't go to a show & play out my skipping tracks and take it home and listen to my skipping recordings.
Musical Background:
6+ years digital mixing, 7+ years producing
Musical Style:
DnB read less
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