I reckon even if this was being considered it will be an option and not forced on users. It’s quite easy for threads to go sideways when a debate starts on why this or that should or shouldn’t be added. Before you know it, it becomes a sync vs no sync issue.
I don’t mind any extra things being added as long as it doesn’t affect stability.
This is simply an aesthetics requests, and I’m unsure if every LED for the buttons are addressable RGB, but if they are, could there be color themes that go with the deck layer/channel/whole setup? Like if there were different waveform themes (3 color is fine lol) similar to how Traktor does it, then the rest of the deck/mixer lights could be themed to follow suit. So the ring wouldn’t be the only thing serving as an indicator, it would be the whole deck. White, green, and blue are cool and all, but orange and warm colors are dope too.
Ahh okay so except the ones that do change color, everything else doesn’t.
This idea was simply to make it a bit more apparent to which layer you’re on, I haven’t used these myself except for mixing two tracks in a guitar center. I’m sold on these at this point!
I’ll keep thinking of things based on what I do know about them.
Display of the layers is really well covered already.
You can choose your preferred User colours for each of the two layers.
eg:
Layer A - Purple
Layer B - Yellow
Those colours are then used by the LED ring which encircles the platter, which changes to the colour of the layer which is currently being controlled.
The round LAYER switch to the left of the display also takes on the colour of the layer which is currently being controlled.
Also, the layer name ( A or B ) of the layer currently being controlled, is shown in the lower left corner of the main touch screen display.
And…the scrolling waveform display shows both layers waveforms on the screen. Switching the currently controlled layer and the other layer from the main part of the screen to the lower section of the screen - always with play position of both tracks and “end of track” warning colour pulsing hints.
Plus, whenever the layer control is switched from A to B or vice versa… the layer which you’ve just switched to is displayed briefly in the centre platter display.
So overall, thats 5 indications of which layer is currently in use - just on the player itself.
Additional indications could also include the mixer that you’ve got the SC5000 plugged into. That will probably show bouncing lights/LEDs on a playing channel also, and headphone cueing will help differentiate channels/layers also.
maybe a different topic but the posting of @addie shows that the SC5000 contains a WIFI module and bluetooth. I was not aware of this, and to my knowledge it is not used now but it could be used in the future…
This is news to me but maybe others were aware of this?
I was aware of this for a while, but the point here in this topic was that @Subtronic wanted to see the inside Not exactly sure if Denon wants this out already, especially since they do not respond.
On the other hand, if you just read the User Guide (page 5) there’s also an indication :
RF Warning: This is a mobile device. Maintain a distance of at least 8 inches / 20 centimeters of separation between the transmitter’s radiating structure(s) and your body or other people nearby.
We have to wait and see what’s coming (or not)… I also can think of numerous possibilities (personally I hope for direct online music access like Spotify and Pulselocker), but that might be something (fun) for another topic. My point here was to answer the question about the inside
In the set up menu there is an option that says “check for firmware updates” and I thought to myself how on earth is that going to happen. You guys might be on to something.
Update could already be done with the ethernet port on the mixer. The mixer has already got an ip-address in my network.
The only new thing is that this could be done wirelessly.
Also imagine putting a playlist live on social media with an app, save setting on your phone etc. etc. etc.
The presence of WiFi and BT modules in the unit was known even before the unit was announced by Denon (somebody found tehnical data on the FCC page) so yeah, kinda late a bit on this Prime train.
Also, previous generation of Denon media players had a ios app that was used wifi to browse and load tracks into decks (that were connected into a wifi router).
I think it’s pretty obvious what the fut…sorry - past brings.
Kudos for finding/posting this. They certainly weren’t joking around when they kept mentioning “future proofing.” The nerd in me smiled seeing the pic of the ARM STM32F, that’s a beefy processor.
Yeah, real easy to keep secrets in this day and age
Not like anyone opened up the iPhone X the minute is was available to show the whole world what was inside.
Yes, that was a pretty decent app in combination with two SC2900s.
i would like to see the beatkeeper countdown bar for the two playing decks, in one player or split waveform for the two playing decks, like you do when you are using serato dj/pro.