CDJ1000

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The CDJ-1000 is a digital turntable that plays back CDs and can store cue points on removable SD Media. Created by Pioneer Electronics in 2001, it is generally accepted as the first CD player that can accurately emulate a vinyl turntable, including the ability to scratch. And has since become the industry standard for CD players used by DJ's.

Pioneer CDJ-1000s in use.

It implements a large touch-sensitive platter with a digital display in the middle that can relay information about the position in the music. Although this platter is not driven like a turntable, the display in the center shows positioning information for accurate cueing and beatmatching.

The CDJ-1000 has become a standard tool for dance clubs and DJs, and is currently the most widely used DJ-style CD deck. It supports playback from CDs, CD-R and CD-RW.

It implements many standard features for DJ CD players such as looping and pitch changing in addition to less common features such as reverse play-back and turntable break-stop and start. It includes the master tempo introduced on the earlier 500 & 500s models, whereby the music changes speed without changing pitch, although such algorithms had been possible in realtime on software.

Pioneer CDJ-1000MK3.

The latest version of the CDJ-1000 (the CDJ-1000MK3) features some new features such as A-trim, allowing the start point of a configured loop to be moved, in addition to the B-trim which moves the end point.

The CDJ-1000MK3 also supports playback of MP3s from CD-R and CD-RW.

Pioneer has recently introduced the CDJ800 and the CDJ200, which are stripped down versions of the CDJ1000 line.