Thanks for the tour of the PX5! The illuminated knobs are indeed fantastic. The reason we don't see them elsewhere, or as in this case, in limited numbers, is basically to keep the final product more competitively priced & profitable. HOWEVER: If manufacturers get the message that we customers / a critical mass of customers are ready to pay for illuminated knobs - someone will make it available. In the case of bigger clubs & bigger event rental companies, they'll afford the extra cost for sure. From a production point of view, illuminated knobs means a lot of work! Every knob needs an RGB LED (ideally speaking), every RGB-led needs its fair share of code (RGB-leds are the most code intense), RGB-LED drivers&circuitry will be needed, circuit-boards needs to be redesigned/adapted, power-circuitry must be beefed up, power consumtption will increase (USB-only operation compromised?) the knobs need to be redesigned to guide the light, front-plates of existing hardware / new hardware must be re-designed/adapted, etc etc! We'll see who will do it first! My bet is either Denon, Roland or Native Instruments as I think they're the most innovative names in the industry. Roland LOVES to innovate, and Always find their customers seemingly regardless of pricetag. Native Instruments also loves to innovate, but they don't have the resources, size & experience of Roland. And they don't want to be percieved as "Too expensive" So: Once someone else proves the RGB-knobs are in demand, -They WILL follow! Denon are out there to set new standards - they can, and I think they want to go RGB-knobs. It's clear that they're on a mission to beat Pioneer, and oh boy, I tell you - they'd love to be first of all! Pioneer seems to have gone complacent. They should've been first. They can do it, but they seem to be quite busy counting dollar-bills. No matter who will do it first, I can't wait! And it's like you say Jon: this is the future!
If I'll connect this mixer to traktor scratch pro, will it use internal (digital) mixing or signal is going out per channel via Digital-to-Analog converter and then mixer mixes analog outputs? Thank you!
it would work but it would be a waste of money. First, the mixer itself has a audio interface as far as I know, plugin it into another one would just be unneccessairy converting. Second, there are audio Interface with the same amount of inputs for less money out on the market. This is a performance piece of hardware. It's build for a live enviroment. there is better suited hardware for studio use.
i think so, i use synths routed to a Xone DB2 which is great except the drivers are not very mac friendly, both are good for DJing rather than an FX unit given this drawback i know from experience.
The Denon-mixer is going to the kitchen, for "cooking with Jon Sine" episodes, obviously! :PPPPP No xD Having one of each is good. For flexibility, as means of backup, training, personal preference etc :)
Am I crazy or does it seem like this mixer was rejected for some reason? I can't find too many videos on it, there's very few being sold after market, and most shockingly, styleflip doesn't have the model available. And they have skins for everything! Anyway. Mine comes in Monday. Lol.
I have DB4 and this one..DB4 is a monster, this one is The Best price/quality trade off..sounds AMAZING and cost half (or more) than many others..very clean and smart..FXs very blendy and smooth, not aggressive, maybe not all of them are easy to play with..
i own this mixer, besides the fact that it is onlt a 3 part eq and only 1 filter unlike the xone 92 it as good mixer and the first analogue allen & heath mixer that include a built in effect section, i would make the eq knobs with less sustain tough
Richie Hawtin and Loco Dice both switched to Model 1 mixers (Richies own brand). Also the Xone 92 is Analog, I believe this one is Digital so not exactly the same sound.
@Kommissar Soos yes. It adds some little amounts of harmonic distortion which gives the music a more alive and a warmer sound. But maybe i just don't understand your questions ... Maybe write in german?
@@maadmum9409 Damn guys I learned a lot today, you're both right so I sorry for my comment. And yes, the difference between analog and digital is the warm sound when you overdrive it just a little. A few weeks ago I played for the first time on a Xone 92 and damn the difference with a DJM-900. I thought it was a hype but by the first track I played I didn't wanna look back to DJM anymore. To bad my home setup and most clubs here have the djm :P.
I’m getting the Denon Sc6000’s I was debating this mixer or the Denon x1850 mixer please advise
Xone. 100%. A higher quality better sounding analogue mixer with added digital goodness. The px5 is in a different league.
@@willpolr Thank you Xone it is
@@TheDjed19 you will be happy with it.
The 3-band isolator EQ is it the same isolator I will find on a rotary mixer?
5 years later, how do you feel about this mixer? very curious! thank you!
Can u please make a review about the xone 96
how do you consider the channel crossfaders? in each mode it seems to me that the signal drops a lot even when the crossfader is moved slightly
Thanks for the tour of the PX5!
The illuminated knobs are indeed fantastic. The reason we don't see them elsewhere, or as in this case, in limited numbers, is basically to keep the final product more competitively priced & profitable. HOWEVER: If manufacturers get the message that we customers / a critical mass of customers are ready to pay for illuminated knobs - someone will make it available. In the case of bigger clubs & bigger event rental companies, they'll afford the extra cost for sure.
From a production point of view, illuminated knobs means a lot of work!
Every knob needs an RGB LED (ideally speaking), every RGB-led needs its fair share of code (RGB-leds are the most code intense), RGB-LED drivers&circuitry will be needed, circuit-boards needs to be redesigned/adapted, power-circuitry must be beefed up, power consumtption will increase (USB-only operation compromised?) the knobs need to be redesigned to guide the light, front-plates of existing hardware / new hardware must be re-designed/adapted, etc etc!
We'll see who will do it first!
My bet is either Denon, Roland or Native Instruments as I think they're the most innovative names in the industry.
Roland LOVES to innovate, and Always find their customers seemingly regardless of pricetag.
Native Instruments also loves to innovate, but they don't have the resources, size & experience of Roland. And they don't want to be percieved as "Too expensive" So: Once someone else proves the RGB-knobs are in demand, -They WILL follow!
Denon are out there to set new standards - they can, and I think they want to go RGB-knobs. It's clear that they're on a mission to beat Pioneer, and oh boy, I tell you - they'd love to be first of all!
Pioneer seems to have gone complacent. They should've been first. They can do it, but they seem to be quite busy counting dollar-bills.
No matter who will do it first, I can't wait! And it's like you say Jon: this is the future!
Xone DB 4 has illuminated EQ knobs and they change color depending the stae of the EQ:
Isolation mode->blue Normal EQ-> Red filter mode 2 blue 1 red
If I'll connect this mixer to traktor scratch pro, will it use internal (digital) mixing or signal is going out per channel via Digital-to-Analog converter and then mixer mixes analog outputs? Thank you!
Would that mixer be useful on a studio with hardware synths? Connect the hardware synths on and plug it on the sound card input.
it would work but it would be a waste of money.
First, the mixer itself has a audio interface as far as I know, plugin it into another one would just be unneccessairy converting.
Second, there are audio Interface with the same amount of inputs for less money out on the market.
This is a performance piece of hardware. It's build for a live enviroment. there is better suited hardware for studio use.
i think so, i use synths routed to a Xone DB2 which is great except the drivers are not very mac friendly, both are good for DJing rather than an FX unit given this drawback i know from experience.
This has an internal midi clock?
yes, you can start/stop the clock as well as nudge it
@@magnussonsimon i dont think db4 has the start / stop / nudge features.
why did you buy a second mixer? what are you going to do with the Denon mixer?
The Denon-mixer is going to the kitchen, for "cooking with Jon Sine" episodes, obviously! :PPPPP
No xD
Having one of each is good. For flexibility, as means of backup, training, personal preference etc :)
You missed the zone db4 which has mostly illuminated knobs and is more advanced than this
exactly what i was thinking
But its digital.... die px5 got the analog xone Sound 😍
Yeah, and it's 3 X the price too, hehe.
Definitely a contender for an upgrade over my xone23
How does it compare to a Xone DB2?
Would you prefer this over the Denon X1850?
lol
"Competition is better for us DJs" - well it also brings up the price... DJ-Mixers are sooooo expensive compared to desk recording units
Am I crazy or does it seem like this mixer was rejected for some reason? I can't find too many videos on it, there's very few being sold after market, and most shockingly, styleflip doesn't have the model available. And they have skins for everything! Anyway. Mine comes in Monday. Lol.
I have DB4 and this one..DB4 is a monster, this one is The Best price/quality trade off..sounds AMAZING and cost half (or more) than many others..very clean and smart..FXs very blendy and smooth, not aggressive, maybe not all of them are easy to play with..
i own this mixer, besides the fact that it is onlt a 3 part eq and only 1 filter unlike the xone 92 it as good mixer and the first analogue allen & heath mixer that include a built in effect section, i would make the eq knobs with less sustain tough
Richie Hawtin and Loco Dice both switched to Model 1 mixers (Richies own brand). Also the Xone 92 is Analog, I believe this one is Digital so not exactly the same sound.
Model 1 is manufactured by Allen & Heath as part of the arrangement between companies.
the px5 is analog. but the effect engine is digital.
@@maadmum9409 100% right
@Kommissar Soos yes. It adds some little amounts of harmonic distortion which gives the music a more alive and a warmer sound.
But maybe i just don't understand your questions ... Maybe write in german?
@@maadmum9409 Damn guys I learned a lot today, you're both right so I sorry for my comment. And yes, the difference between analog and digital is the warm sound when you overdrive it just a little. A few weeks ago I played for the first time on a Xone 92 and damn the difference with a DJM-900. I thought it was a hype but by the first track I played I didn't wanna look back to DJM anymore. To bad my home setup and most clubs here have the djm :P.
Sinchronices the fx of the xone px5 with the BPM of Denon 5000 well?
Pokemon