It shifts too much responsibility to the venue to be practical in a club context, and a lot of the club scene lacks reliable Internet connections anyway, for any of the foreseeable future. My prediction as far as how veteran club DJs will like this new feature is totally not at all in any way – for now. The newest Pioneer mixers also support what Pioneer dubs Touch Preview, which basically lets you play tracks without loading them – no more accidentally loading a track onto an active deck when you’re trying to preview it. It seems that does require all new decks, though you can’t just add one 3000 via PRO DJ LINK and play tracks on the CDJ-2000nxs2. You only need one CDJ to be connected to the Internet up to four CDJ-3000s can play tracks from the same PRO DJ LINK network. Traktor Pro, Serato DJ, and Rekordbox software also already supported Beatport Streaming. This is of course a first for Pioneer but not Pioneer being first – the Denon DJ hardware already supported the Beatport Streaming feature, though good luck finding it in clubs. Note some quality restrictions based on subscription tier: Professional is 256k AAC Advanced is only 128k AAC (still decent with that codec as it’s not MP3, but 256 is definitely preferable) (The way to avoid keying in passwords on a device with no keyboard is typically some kind of QR code scanning scheme, but I’m unsure how the 3000 works with this firmware update.) I’ve asked Pioneer about how the decks handle logins, as I haven’t yet tested that. You can combine the two, even mixing between the two – provided you have both the Beatport and Rekordbox subscriptions. Here’s where things get a little confusing: the CDJ-3000 also already has something called CloudDirectPlay, which connects to your Rekordbox library online, and requires a Creative or Professional Rekordbox subscription.
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