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As a mobile DJ this unit is perfect. Not too big and well equipped for pubs, weddings and birthdays

Just bought this unit in 2022 and it's just what I need. I don't like all the newer models which come with wifi/streaming and other gimmicks, this device is great just to mix without hassle.

Don't really know what pioneer are trying to so with this unit. The RX1 is only a little bit more expensive at the moment and is a way better option if you're looking for a standalone unit in the around £1000 price range. I do agree that the DDj 1000 is the best at this price range and even though it's not standalone you can still take it to parties and just use it with your laptop. If your club has CDJs you can just put your music on a usb anyway because you're already using recordbox with the 1000. In fact in my opinion, the 1000 is the best value for money controller on the market at the minute.

Got mine a few days ago, it's such a great tool! Thanks for the tutorial :)

Just stumbled on this as I'm looking for a Pioneer controller at the moment. I've been DJIng since 1990 - and the key now, as it was then, is to have something that's as near to what you'll be greeted with in a club (then it was Technics SL1200s). And that means something that's similar to the CDJ 2000. No matter what bells and whistles your controller has - nine out of 10 times you'll be using Pioneer CDJs. I like the RX, too but - and here's my second reason for liking the RR - it's far heavier. And for the little bar gigs (where they don't have equipment) you want something that's easy to carry around. Yes, it doesn't have a "booth" output, but in a little bar you won't need it.

Great review and sharing your thoughts. Your honesty is much appreciated.

Thank you! Your review was very helpful for me! I wouldn't have ever thought that it has no booth out...?!?

@jorgevasconcelosmadetomove

3 жыл бұрын

no big deal !, connecto another small mixer to your pioneer output , and then you hve dj booth independent oputputs ;)

So many better options out there. Even the mcx8000 which came out 2 years ago woud be a better buy. Cheaper, standalone and it has 4 channel support with serato(and booth input of course). The RR has the price of a pro controller with the features of a basic.

Thanks for that great review! I believe that what Pioneer is doing is it's just filling the gaps in between its product range that suit every budget. The XDJ-RR is a fantastic standalone controller that obviously inherits some of the XDJ-RX options. I believe that many mobile DJs have been waiting for such a convienent product that has (the screen option, USB ready, and AUX input for requests, which the XDJ-RX1 doesn't have and it's totally annoying to deactivate a chanel just to connect an auxilary for requests during the gigs) I am personally buying this one for my wife because of these options in addition to its light weight, the RX are too big for her. However IT IS a downside not to have a monitor out, but it's still manageable by just connecting a monitor to the "master out 2" and controlling the volume from the active monitor itself ;) But for the price, it is overpriced and I guess it shouldn't be priced more than the DDJ-1000. Only if the DDJ-1000 was usb ready, I think it would have been the perfect controller in the market. I moved from CDJs to XDJ-RX & RX2 and i'm happy with them so far.

@hatdownlowofficial

2 жыл бұрын

It’s an awesome piece of equipment however for me the slip loop features Doesn’t work it triggers vinyl stops and other effects

Beautiful review ! I tried this controller with Virtualdj 2018 and it works very well

Ordered one of these as a good practice controller in between cdj2000 gigs. It’s pretty much only good for that, can’t wait to get it soon.

@djmanchini

4 жыл бұрын

hi, how you found that unit? no regrets? im in the same boat, for home fun in between the gigs. thanks

I agree with you. if you want to DJ without a laptop the rx1 (even used) is a great option but the ddj1000 is next level. and worth ever penny

About the the cover that is plastic and the rx2 is metal, i find going out to play on boat parties, the steel get rusted very fast from the air and humidity. So i prefer this plastic cover. One just have to look after it carefully.

Great review, Jamie. I love the new studio! btw!

CrossFader you are always on point, hitting the nails on the head. Nice review again! Well there are better sets below/same price rage to this Pioneer DDJ-RR, Like the Numark NVs, Denon DJ MCX8000, Pioneer DDJ 1000. Pioneer is always extremely too loud on prices to their DJ Gears. If they were Denon DJ, the Denon 5000 prime "M" series could have sold for about 2000- 2200 Euros. Therefore this new Pioneer entry ought to be at list below 399 Euros.

@jorgevasconcelosmadetomove

3 жыл бұрын

denon sucks

Great piece of kit for a beginner. I love it.

very nice review bro. I was hoping to see the precision of the tempo adjuster (numbers on screen). All in all, great insight on you review.

Use the headphones as your 'booth out'. Can easily manage that through the headphone cue's

@marshallodham7181

5 жыл бұрын

Good point, use a y splitter out.

i would like to have seen how you crossfade/beatmatch on it, new to these units, only ever had vinyl

I have one I love it!

The ONLY reason this is so expensive is because of that screen, if you take that screen away you have a pretty average beginner unit..

@STRIKEORSUBMIT

2 жыл бұрын

And the USB port for your thumb drive

@slinkeebeenees8161

2 жыл бұрын

I dig the screen Personally not into djs staring at a computer while they play

@stavrossyk7942

Жыл бұрын

Its not only the screen..it has usb port too..also some fx are on the controller and you dont need to check ur laptop..its just really nice controller..i have ddj-400 and i would really like to upgrade to this

@Salkinmusic

Жыл бұрын

Wich aquires a pc, called ddj’s 😉

@RECKLiN2TiMES

Жыл бұрын

the screen .. makes it stand-alone!

I can see this unit being £800 in a couple of months, for me it sits below the RX1 and way below the RX2. Its almost like Pioneer had a load of spare parts for the RX1 and thought, what can we build with this? Everybody keeps going on about the Denon MCX8000 but it was due the prime update years ago and although it is slowly getting it, the 8000 is still old technology. I can see Denon releasing a MCX9000 prime controller that takes a lot of the SC-5000 features and puts it in to a standalone controller, this will probably retail at £2500-£3000 and they may (should) just release a new range like Prime controller 1 or something. If Denon managed to do a 4 channel standalone unit with 2 SC5000 style decks then even at £3000 it would take the high end controller market. This isn't too far away considering the SC5000/X1800 set up has come down to about £4000. We shall see.

@GoTrainspotting

5 жыл бұрын

djoliashman is it smaller than rx1 and rx2?

@djoliashman3638

5 жыл бұрын

Slightly smaller but not by much, it is nearly 4kg lighter though so that might persuade some mobile djs. Personally I prefer a bit of weight to my players.

It's basically a slimmed down rx1. The only thing I prefer on this model is the dedicated aux input and most likely better stability when connected to rekordbox performance mode (the rx1 isn't great).

Ace Jamie thanks very much, really useful!

I’m about to buy this controller I’m traktor user .Does anyone knows if it’s compatible with traktor ? Thanks in advance

@PaoloMTB

Жыл бұрын

i don’t think so, but have you considered the traktor mk2?

Great review guys!!!!!!!

Could you do a more in dept video when in use with a laptop and Rekord Box software.

Playback at 1.25x or 1.5x. Thank me later..

@phil5575

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you m8

great review!

Thanks Dude thinking to buy it

I’m really confused when I press slip loop it does not do what it is doing for you for me one of them does a vinyl stop and the other to put a flanger effect on So I click slip loop press the end tab and it just does a vinyl stop

This controller was good at first, i have it on finance and cant wait to get rid and get the RX2, not enough on it

@mattstone12

3 жыл бұрын

I am going to upgrade to the xz around Xmas time. But this unit is hard to beat for beginners or clearing the cobwebs.

Excellent review....👌😉

The DDJ 400 has has 8 rubber pads and this has 4 plastic lol. Only thing I like is the screen. When I can afford to upgrade, I definitely want the RX or RX 2

I would buy this but I really want the 16 pads not 8

I understand the freedom of not having a laptop but for a 1,000 USD you can get the DDJ-SX3, that seems like such an upgrade performance wise to me

I'm looking to be sure if this model XDJ-RR does support to show the Alphanumeric format of the key of the tracks on the led. It seems that I found many comments stating that it only supports classic format at all. Can you confirm?

Looks very nice! 😀👍🏻👍🏻, im thinking to buy one, i have never used one in my life, is this good to amatuer people who are new to DJ ??

Should I buy this over Gemini SDJ 4000? The cost is almost the same though

Can you use a external hard drive for you music with the xdj rx2 ? Just you can store more music on a hard drive then you can a usb stick

I like how this dude isn’t yelling.

Very good.thx a lot .😊

so helpful thank you!

Does the xdj-rr still have the waveform stretching when playing tracks of different tempos? This was the biggest short coming in my mind on the xdj-rx1. I'm wondering whether it's the same on the rx2?

This is great for American mobile DJs who need something simple and effective.

Even now (late 2021) I wanted to buy this unit (as I needed a standalone unit). Although I decided not to because of the lack of the Master Cue button, which even my DDJ-400 has!

@bozoozy

2 жыл бұрын

master cue button?

@BALNIX

2 жыл бұрын

@@bozoozy to listen the master on your headphones (for example when you fade in with a new track)

Still worthy in 2022? I really want the DDJ-1000 but it's impossible to find. Backordered until the end of the year. Ugh.

I own the DDJ-400 as a back controller. One thing that I do not like about the DDJ-400 is the cheap pitch control. It’s very soft and not very accurate. The pitch control on the XDJ-RR looks to be the same pitch control as the DDJ-400. Am I correct?

How could a change the wave form and color from the deck ?

i got a question, when you press shift+ search u can move faster on the track , like skipping parts of it with the jog wheel, how do i bring my jogwheel back to normal so i can nudge with it to beat match...?

Anybody know what track is playing in the demo?

In my eyes this is just a DDJ-RB with a screen and USB stand alone mode.

@roykay2224

6 жыл бұрын

rb is still better

@prox7917

3 жыл бұрын

That is a bigggg difference though tbf

Hello, can i use a HOT CUE BANK LIST on the XDJ RR? I'm using this consolle since 4 years, i never tried this option like the CDJ3000, do you have a video about that? thanks

Hello, I buy one like this and it doesn’t appear on the screen the equalizer parallel, I mean the wave of sound , somebody knows why ? How should I make it appear ? Thank you in advance ✌🏼

can i use it with serato (i’m aware it works with recordbox)

Thank you sir. Good info

Quick question: would this be a better choice than the ddj800? Home set up in mind, not caring about the booth out

Does anyone know how to get the Audio Preview via Headphones working whilst connected through Midi with the Laptop? I cannot seem to be able to preview the next song...

I don’t know what Pioneer had in mind with this entry level controller. I mean “entry” level in about $1000.

@busywl69

5 жыл бұрын

they are the apple of the DJ biz. Folks pay what they want. Makes no sense to me but what can you do?

@reddbeats4932

4 жыл бұрын

The only reason I could possibly see the price point being reasonable is beacuse you dont require a laptop, compared to the ddj 400. But you still need a device to put music on the usb sticks.

@retrogameroom9019

4 жыл бұрын

Pssl.com tell em its for a church and get 200 bucks off. Nightclubs are definitely a sacred place

@aarxn_dnb

4 жыл бұрын

@@reddbeats4932 still need a laptop, how are youn meant to get tunes?

@reddbeats4932

4 жыл бұрын

@@KapitalKashh dont buy it then

Can both at the same time use USB to play song and not to record?

Iv never used pioneer always numark but due to me doin gig last weekend Iv noticed pioneer have lot of extras Does this unit need internet like lot of pioneer units

I don't understand the rekorder box part do the track get analyzed by the controller or need to be exported from pc using rekorder box if i have tracks on usb or have a guest dj with just mp3,wav will the usb be read by the controller ?

Can you switch from USB to Midi without stopping playback?

How is the pitch control? On line with the nexus 2000 and 1200's? nice review!

What’s the closest in quality and price to this rr that has rca input so I could use it as a controller but also use my turntables? I still have all my old DnB vinyl from the technics days, but know play techno / house with digital media. Wanting to get a controller similar in quality to this, but would really like to have the ability to still mix my records (and potentially DVS) Cheers for the quality review / demo mate! Hopefully someone can gimme some ideas on what I mentioned as there is just too many options between this and the DDJ 800 or 1000, or something completely different. If money wasn’t a problem I’d buy a pair of XDJ 700s and a xone 92, (or the play differently Model1!!! Look it up if not familiar!) but that’s not realistic at the mo.

Thanks a lot!!

Can you increase the values of the beat jump pads? Like to 16 and 32 beats?

hi mate one question Im new in the DJ world im a beginner i would like to buy one of these , what do you recommend for a beginner the DDJ 800 OR XDJ RR thank you I know both equipment are different and what is the best for my experience thank you . and great video

Will you make a review on new NI Traktor controllers? S2mk3 and S4mk3?

Hola buenas, parece una gran controladora la DDJ-RR. Yo estoy dudando en comprarme esta o la Traktor S4 MK2. Cual creéis que es la mejor opción?

Can you do a B2b with the usbs since there are 2 slots

Ultramazing tube

What would be an upgrade from this unit ?

Bit underwhelmed with this! Could've been so much better!

@CharlesGokey

6 жыл бұрын

Kizawa DJ I could not agree with your statement any more than I do now.

@busywl69

5 жыл бұрын

@@CharlesGokey the price of pioneer gear is legal crime. if they added another button the price would go up by $500. Still the cheapest way to get into recordbox and ease of jumping on cdj2000s when you have too.

Anyone know how can I get access to other Effect like the delay one ? Can’t set it up

Can you use it with the Free version of Rekordbox on your laptop and not the paid performance mode?

Can this units plays continues music..or auto mix..??..like set up one hour of music for a cocktail hour..!!@@

Can't you just plug the booth into the AUX? Edit: Thanks for the review, definitely getting this for mobile gigs (bars, restaurants, popups) Clubs will have a minimum of XDJ 1000 anyways, so wouldn't really need anything more than this, and the size is what sold me!

@SweetAssasination

5 жыл бұрын

You want to connect an output to an input? Good luck with that..

@joseespeland5402

5 жыл бұрын

Thats a good point, i withdraw that question.

@joseespeland5402

5 жыл бұрын

So.... XLR splitter i guess?

Hi bro i'm sri lankan people pleas can you explein me how price in xdj rr now in sale price......awsome vedio ❤️⭐

@camranh_royal

2 жыл бұрын

dont be lazy just google it

Hey.. I am new who have Pioneer XDJ -RR controller. Please expalain how can i add microfone to controller and use it while i record something?

Is it functional in standalone mode? I mean without Notebook

does anyone know how to turn the Master Cue off? i like to hear one track at a time lol.

can you use this with the pc speakers? and use rekordbox on the pc?

Can you use a external cdj with this device plugged into the AUX?

Can you pre-listen the aux via the headphones??

Hey Jamie bit off topic here but have you still got the link to your 80’s mix with turntables you and your Dj mate done while back ?Wana have a listen again . Cant find it.Cheers Rob

i was wondering is the machine support serato dj...

How do you get the coloured waveforms on the RR mine are just blue :)

Does this model have a hi and low pass filter ?

Good review...but could you next time show the connections on the back instead of just telling us?

So you feel is too plastic. worth the price? Do you recommend me for a small club?

Traktor S4 Mk3 is a better option!

@12tribes61

6 жыл бұрын

Nyana11 this still will need a laptop at some point

@ishotrambo2511

5 жыл бұрын

100% people just dont understand how to use traktor and the native instrument tools so they choose the easier option and pay more hahaha

@ishotrambo2511

5 жыл бұрын

then also this unit they are showing doesnt even have booth out options...........

@busywl69

5 жыл бұрын

cdjs/recordbox is everywhere though. if you play out you have to use em unless you want to cart your setup around with you on flights.

@ishotrambo2511

5 жыл бұрын

@@busywl69 i agree

How do you set it up as a stand alone mixer?

Brilliant walk through - thank you

@adriangriffiths4051

4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know if you can switch from USB to Midi without cutting the sound or stopping the playback?

I use virtual dj. Does anyone know how it works with that software?

This or mixstream as my first unit ?

Is there any upgrade to this unit from Pioneer?

would you say this all in ones decks are closer to a xdj700 or xdj1000? in size

€1000...its a ddj 400 with a screen. I think the xdj 700 with a djm 450 (or 250) is the best option. Because its the same feeling as a club Standard set.

@marshallodham7181

5 жыл бұрын

400 isn't stand alone.