Since its introduction in the mid ’90s, Pioneer’s CDJ range has become the industry standard in digital DJ decks, with flagship model the CDJ-3000 along with CDJ-2000s and XDJ-1000s found in clubs, raves and festivals the world over.
CDJs have proved to be a complete DJ game changer, setting the standard other tech companies would have to live up to, defining the nature and functionality of the new DJ technology, and causing a seismic change to the craft of DJing in the process. DJs could now bring way more music with them to gigs than before without carrying heavy record bags. And not only could 1994’s CDJ-500 play CDs but you could also scratch, change tempo with or without changing the pitch, and make loops and drum rolls on the fly.
