Numark iDJ2 to have no nudge??

stevecooley | July 21, 2006 in tools | Comments

I’ve been staring at the iDJ2, and noticed there’s no nudge controls… you know, the thing that lets you simulate a spindle-twist or a finger on the platter to momentarily speed up or slow down a track that you’re beatmatching to another track… these are absolutely critical tools to beat matching… in fact, this is a deal-killer for me. So shocked was I to discover this painfully obvious omission, I emailed numark… here’s the reply I got:

Hi Steve,
I do not believe there will be a nudge feature on these though these are still in the early stages of development. I can put this in as a feature request to the engineers to see if this can be implemented.

Sincerely,
Someone at Numark

Oof. To come within 99% of solving all of the criticisms of the original iDJ, and then fall on your face for the last 1%… that’s a shame. I hope someone there has enough political clout to push for one more version of this deck… without nudge, you can have scratch and pitch control, it’s pointless… ok, maybe not completely pointless, but it’s just not going to be taken seriously by people who do know how to beatmatch, and the extra features will probably go unused by people who don’t know how to beatmatch.

For me it comes down to this: No nudge? No sale.
Nonudge

update 2006-09-21

Rob V says:

As one of the designers of IDJ2 I’d like to point out, as others have mentioned, that the nudge (momentary pitch shift) feature is implemented on the jog wheels. This is the same as many Numark (and other) CD decks and, for my money, is more useful than a button implementation. The wheels can also be switched into search (fast seek through track) and scratch modes (four variants).

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  • Payam
    The iDJ2 is a worthless product, DO NOT waste your money on this. The features are great, but the unit is completely unstable, it shut down on me in the middle of a gig, and left me with nothing. It has all kinds of bugs and glitches, and when you contact Numark they say that there is nothing wrong with it, even though it kept freezing, shutting down, etc. Save youself the headache, time, and money, DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!
  • Joe Mama
    IDJ is the stupidest thing ever. Anyone who would use it in an actual gig deserves to be shot, or to die in a fire
  • bbking
    what are you talking about, i have 3000 records and i just about smp when i saw this thing and went right out to buy it.

    This is it..this is exactly what anyone who has travelled overseas with 100 pounds of overweight records has ever dreamt of.
  • kuest1one
    ok ive been thinking about buying the new idj2 ,
    ive browsed around looking for reviews on it, ive even
    seen videos of it on youtube and it looks great,
    but from the reviews i saw some negative feedback.
    people saying that the interface was slow and that it
    freezes up on them.. theres one response that ive
    seen almost in every forum and review..
    some guy saying that it turned off on him
    while he was doing a gig..
    judging by the fact that ive seen this posted everywhere
    either this guy is really mad or its just a lie..
    what i want to know is , is this a good product
    and are the reviews and rumors about it true
    and is it really worth spending $600 on this..
  • Usually people who emotionally de-credit something so much usually means they probably have no skill and cant match a beat digitally to save there life.
    Maybe those wanna be djs should shoot themselves in there own hea,
    If you can spin wiht this thing without the use of a computer you have skill.
    If you emotionally cry, you are an idiot.
    I have had this for 6 months and it has only shut off 2.That is because i over driven the unit

    Keep your levels down your good,crank to red lined, it will fallow.
  • r8drmn
    SO BOTTOM LINE I SHOULD LOOK FOR ANOTHER iPOD DJ MIXER?
  • Numark iDJ2 Mobile DJ Workstation with Universal Dock for iPod review by www.musicthingz.co.nz :

    If you are looking for a product to get into DJing and Mixing this product is perfect. I have had the iDj2 since it came out in early september and i have been very impressed. I am an intermediate level DJ and I do a lot of parties and weddings and the iDJ2 is perfect. This product is perfect for mixing and bumpin the tunes. The External input on the back allows me to hook up my turntable to one side and my CDJ to the other. The mixer on the IDJ2 is very well built and the product is very solid. The jog wheels work perfectly whether you are searching for a part in the song, using the scratch function, or fine tuning pitch. This is the best way to get two decks and mixer all in one, while allowing yourself to be free from hauling cds, computers, and records. All you need is an ipod or a harddrive. I'd say that this is the best product in its class on the market. If you have any questions let me know.
  • djfameinthemix
    this is the best mixer ever,for those that know how to use it .i love it
  • Dj Sammy
    I too have the IDJ2. I have had it now for almost a year. I recently have been having issues with it shutting off during gigs! And you all know how embarrassing this can be. Has anybody else had this issue? Can someone suggest anything to fix it....
  • Danny
    i have the IDJ2 and i shuts down in the middle of every gig i do.

    it is equally heartbreaking everytime.

    i love it, but it does suck.
  • dj badcompany
    i run a digi driverack with 2 qsc amps, 882 maximizer. i turn my idj2 master vol on half an an make the major vol adj from my amp rack. never had it shut down on me the the bitch sure is slow.
  • dj badcompany
    as a dj you should always have a back up plan weather it be a laptop or a cd mixer this product def not perfected yet but u must admit they have come along way an we are def traveling lighter.
  • don
    My IDJ2 lost everything in the i=pod accept a playlist. Now reloading my pod. Keyboard works with problems.
  • Love the advice. Thank you.
  • WHAT CAUSES THE CONSTANT FREEZING AND SHUTTING DOWN OF IDJ2? IT IS FRUSTRATING.
  • Pierre Abela
    This is a disgrace ......I have used the IDJ2 for the past 2 months and keeps shutting down . I have been booooed twice in the middle of a gig . I will make sure a let everyone know how NUMARK products suck
  • DJ Sam
    I Have had my IDJ2 for over a year too, and the damn thing keeps shutting down during gigs! This really sucks! Has anyone found a remedy to this yet? I already updated the firmware too!
  • This is awesome !!! Good work
  • charles chase
    to kuest1one: the horror stories you've read are TRUE! in fact i was using one at a gig last night and it froze on me 8 times. each time i had to shut the power off, turn it back on, wait for the damn thing to come back,then set up a song. that's a lot of dead air. it doesn't do it all the time. but, it will do it at the worst possible time. you'll be cruising along, everybody's dancing,got the crowd whipped into a nice frenzy, and then....nothing! it sucks!trust me, mine is going back, somebody is buying this piece of crap back. i'll get a lap top.
  • I have just updated my idj2 with the latest firmware vr. 1.13(7332) and am alarmed by how slow the songs are loading (over 1 minute in many cases.) The same thing happens when I am searching through the BPM mode.

    With about 22,000 songs on a 150 gig Ipod and over 31,000 on a lacie hard drive it does not matter which I select from, it takes a very long time for the Idj2 to find the selection.

    Regarless whether I'm reading the track or file info there is a minimum of 10 seconds and as much as a full minute before the anything is displayed. Is there something that can be done to speed up the interface response time or am I just stuck with this problem? I really like the features, however, this is very unnerving and just too slow for real time mixing unless everything is first placed into the crate.
  • DJ BigMixxx
    Well..there are the goods and bad. Good..As soon as I got it, I upgraded the firmware, just as you would do with any computer. Everything works great. Just have to prepare a bit for it, If you have a playlist that you normally use for sets, et. al. it's wonderful...I have a playlist that I use for sets, no faults thus far and it's been about 8months since I have had mine.

    only thing...I wish the librarian software was a bit better. multiselect, etc, etc. that would make the product set much more cooler. Otherwise I love it.
  • multimegamixer
    I have it since 2 o 3 months, and it´s worked perfectly (in home, no partys), the first thing was to upgrade with the lastest firmware, but since a couple of weeks, maybe one month, it started to freeze, coinciding with the coming of summer. I live in a very warm zone of the planet, and I guessed it was because of the heat, buy I read in some forum, that happends when you connect a hard driver with power suply, a 3,5 hard disk. Then, I tryed with pendrives and it seems to work.

    I hope they have helped.

    Megamix it´s million mixes!!
  • chriff1983
    i have keyboard problems that keep freezing! i have to unplug an replug the usb to keep it typing! can anyone help??
  • Guest
    I'm having problems with the pitch for some reason it keeps jumping about from 135bpm to say 104bpms and I have no idea why,any body else getting this problem? Upto now this is the only problem I've had with it.
  • pelanas
    Hi , I am having some problems updateing my ipod in the idj2 : The idj2 mixer reads and keep the new songs, but also keeps the names of songs and files that I have already delete from my ipod, and when I am mixing is a mess. does anybody knows how to avoid this?
    How to delete all the info in the idj2, maybe?

    pelanas
  • karenkeeble
    I am having this problem as well. Have you worked it out as yet. I want to be able to wipe the libraries and start again. My IDJ2 is not installing everything on my IPOD. I have checked my ipod and everything is on there however the IDJ2 is not showing up all my songs. Every playlist is missing songs and they are not showing up at all under any other search. It is like it has just not synced properly with my ipod. Please help
  • kc
    Ya i am having the same problem, If you update your ipod and reload the tracks to the idj2 it keeps the old names ( which dont work) and loads the new ones. I have like 5 copies of every track now and its a pain in the butt load. Does any one have this solution on how to delete or wipe it all clean???
  • pelanas
    My friend :


    You only have to delete de librarían file from your ipod, from your pc.

    Then, next time the idj2 makes a new "Upload " it will create a new librarian file with the new information.


    pelanas

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    kc (unregistered) wrote, in response to pelanas:

    Ya i am having the same problem, If you update your ipod and reload the tracks to the idj2 it keeps the old names ( which dont work) and loads the new ones. I have like 5 copies of every track now and its a pain in the butt load. Does any one have this solution on how to delete or wipe it all clean???

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  • Dee
    When I load my song into the create from my Ipod most of the song names only show numbers instead of the song name.
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