Pioneer DJ OPUS-QUAD Review: 4 Channels in a Classy Suit

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Pioneer DJ OPUS-QUAD Review: 4 Channels in a Classy Suit

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Күн бұрын

⭐️⭐️ GET YOUR OPUS-QUAD: passionatedj.c...
The Pioneer DJ OPUS-QUAD is a professional all-in-one DJ system which gives access to 4-deck playback from a USB device or the cloud, provides inputs for turntables or CDJs, includes Bluetooth (which is great for taking the odd request), and will act as a fully-featured DJ controller using Rekordbox or Serato software.
00:00 | Introduction
04:06 | Who It's For
06:23 | Features & Layout
12:10 | Using FX
14:07 | Wish List
15:29 | Wrapping Up
The unit includes full-size jog wheels with a new grippy design, outlined with RGB illumination which is assignable per-deck. By default, it's lit in a sort of amber color which matches the aesthetics of the controller. I must say it's one of Pioneer DJ's most handsome looking pieces of gear to date.
It includes a class-leading main screen with an electrostatic touch module, and it supports all the main Rekordbox things you'd expect, such as RGB or tri-color waveforms (in addition to the classic blue). The bottom part of the screen is the mixer information display, and it's where you configure your mics, channel settings, and assign BEAT FX. The screen also includes an X-Y pad for controlling FX parameters with the slide of a finger.
Important knobs are trimmed in a shiny copper color, such as the large multifunction browse knob (which Pioneer DJ calls the Smart Rotary Selector). It's kinda like a knob and a joystick in one. And, here's a new Smart Cue feature which lets you overwrite the current cue position with a recalled hot cue.
Mobile and bar DJs will appreciate the zone output, which lets you send a completely separate signal to a different room. In case you need some fancy dinner music in one place, and a pumpin' dance floor in another.
The OPUS-QUAD continues Pioneer DJ's recent focus on sound quality, with a high-quality 32-bit digital analog converter from ESS Technology, which everyone in the room agreed sounded really nice.
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@notBradYourself Күн бұрын

Feels like the best bet it some one's considering buying 3+ cdjs and a mixer or needs to save space. This would also be a great option for playing in less accessible locations

@CorporateEventsLabs1 7 ай бұрын

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@PassionateDJ 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@michaellynch8612 2 ай бұрын

You ain't learn shit.

@softlydriftingwithmeemee 5 ай бұрын

I use a DDJ-200 as a controller. It's so little but it's fun. The one you're reviewing is a beast. I don't have a library though. I use Tidal.

@darrinbridgman3002 7 ай бұрын

Stand alone I use my iPad to Bluetooth to channel 3 or 4 and play tidal that way through those channels.

@nicholasmehlert 27 күн бұрын

Great video, thank you. Question for you: I use the FX beat pad on the XZ to drop 1/4 / 1/2 echo delays to develop my own build up. Is that available in the FX touch screen? Literally the only caveat for me to pull the trigger on an Opus. Thank you 🙏

@WROB3L Ай бұрын

i would love to have a full row of beat jump buttons like with pads.

@SydneyBinnen 3 ай бұрын

Do you recommend two cdj 2000 nxs 2 with a mixer or the opus quad?

@Nogi-aka-DJNugz Ай бұрын

Opus quad all day - it’s new tech, the 2000s are over 10 years old

@beyond9109 7 ай бұрын

What about those of us with more money than sense who just want to Dj in the bedroom?

@PassionateDJ 7 ай бұрын

100% valid… Godspeed!

@fred0c 6 ай бұрын

Loved ur video arcade joke!

@OnStrings42 7 ай бұрын

Great video!

@PassionateDJ 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, for everything! :)

@upstarter 3 ай бұрын

There’s a loud vocal minority that absolutely hate this unit and I can’t blame them. There are a few different ways. You can look at it. From a value perspective compared to Denon. It has less streaming features, but it also sounds better, some would say operates better, it’s fx are largely considered better, and with that 32 bit sound card in there sound as good as it does platters the way they work. It has its pluses just like the den and does. I bought the original prime when it came out and it took a few years for it to get streaming services also. These things just take time. Why I chose to get this thing was I have been DJing a long time, fellas. I was looking for something almost custom. I’ve always purchased the full fat pro rig whether I needed it or not, and most of life I had needed it more than I didn’t, but now with a kid and a wife married working and finance tech I can’t see spending 10 grand just to have a good time on a few streams so this looking great in an adult living room almost like hi-fi 70 stereo equipment as well as doing the work of a full on for deck DJ 900 CD DJ 2000 set up. I couldn’t be happier because you know streamings coming you know everything’s coming this thing is only a year old.

@Mr.Facebox 7 ай бұрын

The "Library Plus" export requirement in rekordbox is a hassle. It should read the normal RB library like ALL other pioneerDJ gear. And the off symmetry looks terrible

@MadelnMachines 3 ай бұрын

Is the top plate all plastic?

@disguy3400 7 ай бұрын

Is dude wearing a Certified shirt? Nice

@upstarter 4 ай бұрын

Does Serato stems completely take over hot cues?

@upstarter 3 ай бұрын

So far I can’t see any mapping for the opus hot cues when stems are engaged using serato.

@official.StereoGroove 21 күн бұрын

Yes, you can use stems mapping 3 hot cues and running Rekordbox or Serato in a laptop, you need it.

@jaimeyork6886 5 ай бұрын

Can I use stems on it ?????

@official.StereoGroove 21 күн бұрын

Yes

@lmilianl 7 ай бұрын

What i don't get is the huge price difference to the prime 4+. With the opus the "club standard" thing does not even apply. It looks and feels way different than a CDJ, regardless of 2000 or 3000. As it seems it is also using a different export mode, so you can't even use your normal rekordbox sticks? Go save some money and get a better piece of hardware with the prime 4+. Opus is still a cool product, but it will certainly look old in a couple of years with the form factor and the wood.

@michaellynch8612 6 ай бұрын

Use it before you knock it the opus quad is for real DJs who understand the art of mixing. Stop sounding like a social reject.

@VictorKibalchich 6 ай бұрын

you're both tedious fan boy bell ends. Grow up.@@michaellynch8612

@stereogroove.official 6 ай бұрын

Don't be wrong with the Opus. It's a great equipment. I agree with you it feels different than CDJ 2000 nxs2 and CDJ 3000 but not worse! IMO it looks awesome! I tested Opus in June'23 and I can tell you it's not made for everyone. It's for clients who take care of his/her/its own image, cool and elegant people, ofc rooftops and high-end restaurants and beach clubs. It's not for a club although it can be used. We normally see CDJ 2000 nxs2 / 3000 in a club. You can use your normal usb with your tracks in CDJ's but for the Opus you need to click Device Library Plus. That's all. You will have 2 folders: one for the Opus, one for the rest. And it's not the double storage. They are just different routes. In a couple of years Opus won't be old dude. It will be sold out. Enjoy your Denon's.

@tylergarza8695 2 ай бұрын

@@michaellynch8612any “real DJ” knows that the “art of mixing” has absolutely nothing to do with what tools you use to accomplish it.

@michaellynch8612 2 ай бұрын

@tylergarza8695 so why are yall trashing something dedicated to that. Just stfu at this point cause majority of yall suck as a dj and cry every time new gear comes out. And since you social rejects can't afford it you trash talk it.

@bgstemcd 7 ай бұрын

Hard to see a single reason to buy this over a prime 4 plus. Pioneer have really dropped the ball

@michaellynch8612 6 ай бұрын

You bugging, the opus quad is dedicated for the art of mixing. You are clearly not a real DJ

@bgstemcd 6 ай бұрын

@@michaellynch8612 Im djing 15years so i think i might be a "real dj". Are you going to back up what say with facts. Explain to me what features it has that make it better?

@michaellynch8612 6 ай бұрын

Everything is worth it you lack the understanding that it's dedicated to the art of mixing and dude in the video didn't upgrade the software for the new features@@bgstemcd

@michaellynch8612 6 ай бұрын

The opus quad is the only standalone sofar that does not feel like a toy. I'm buying it cause I have 40 grand to fuck up with no regrets and it's a must buy for me .@@bgstemcd

@luxlikuidmc 3 ай бұрын

@Bertiemang • 2w ago If you buy Denon, make sure to get the best warranty your shop offers. In one year we've had to return one SC5000, three SC6000M's, and an x1800. Very unreliable and their firmware is unstable. They also keep cramming features into the firmware in which the units can't handle.

@tenjisaga 5 ай бұрын

Wow, half as good and twice the price of a Prime 4... Try again, Pioneer haha

@Wah-Fer 7 ай бұрын

So, there are really DJ using streaming services ??? I've never met anyone using streaming... We live in différents worlds... Also, no Performance pad is a huge NO for me.

@lmilianl 7 ай бұрын

if you do it purely for a hobby its a cool way to get your music without buying them. Never would do it for a real live performance, but to test out songs, very nice

@michaellynch8612 6 ай бұрын

So you can't dj, you sound fraudulent. So if you in front of cdj 3000 and mixer and you gonna say the same shit? Also there was no performance pads while we started on vinyl

@stereogroove.official 6 ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@michaellynch8612CDJ's from Pioneer have Hot Cues, not performance Pads. So I ofc can DJ without Pads. I really don't need them. I started in 1991, using vinyls in 2 Technics and an Ecler mixer. Enjoy your Denon's!

@stanislavam1598 2 ай бұрын

Well, the performance pads were simplified and moved a top of the jog wheels... not that they are missing, they are just not that shiny and big like with other setups, but they are there. And yes, I do use the streaming services while playing live radio sets... :)

@Wah-Fer 2 ай бұрын

@@stanislavam1598 The buttons on top are not performance pads, just hotcues

@itxofficial8281 5 ай бұрын

Wait a minute.... It took me almost a year to realize that this thing has absolutely ZERO performance pads!? Good lord, they really jumped the shark with this one.....

@tylergarza8695 2 ай бұрын

Are you poor sighted or just ignoring the 8 pads above each jog wheel?

@itxofficial8281 2 ай бұрын

@@tylergarza8695 Joke's on you brother. Those are literally just Hot Cue Buttons and can't be used for ANY other mode (Loop, Sampler, Beat Jump, Pad FX, Key shift, Stems,... none of that). With regards to the price Pioneer asks for the Opus-Quad, this is unacceptable.

@nicholasmehlert 27 күн бұрын

@@itxofficial8281 loop is now that jog wheel thing to the top left, but yeah I agree with you for the most part.

@official.StereoGroove 21 күн бұрын

@@itxofficial8281are you sure? Can you explain then how is possible to use stems using 3 hot cues running Rekordbox or Serato in a laptop?