Video: Tonium reveals next gen Pacemaker

Video: Tonium reveals next gen Pacemaker

1 April, 2009 | 9.29AM

• Written by: Terry Church
• Filed under: Videos: pacemaker

Sweet! Tonium this morning unveiled the next generation of their portable handheld DJing machine Pacemaker with this superbly colorful video on YouTube.

With a 60GB hard drive and lots of intuitive DJing functionality, the new Pacemaker promises to take DJ culture mainstream, onto the streets (and anywhere else for that matter).

The video is great fun and the new Pacemaker has a mightily impressive list of features that will satisfy even the DJs amongst us who take their craft seriously.

The new Pacemaker has auto-beatmatch, timestretch and looping for plenty of hands-on mixing control. You can also set and save cue points, and there is a headphones crossfader and a stuttering DJ pause.

Audio effects wise, there’s plenty to get dirty with including reverb, echo, delay and roll, as well as hi-pass and lo-pass filters, wah and crush.

Each track also has a three-band EQ, and temporary gain per track (although the Pacemaker also offers normalized sound to avoid sudden changes in volume when mixing between tracks).

The 60GB hard drive will be plenty of storage for DJs, and the new Pacemaker also allows you to save your mixes and then transfer them to the web later using the Pacemaker Editor (which has editing functionalities). You can also publish mixes on Pacemaker’s mix community website mix.pacemaker.net to share them with others.

The new Pacemaker is due to be released in May, check where to get yours at: www.pacemaker.net

The full list of features on the new Pacemaker:

PLAYBACK CONTROL

• Auto-beatmatch
• Timestretch ± 100%
• Alter speed and key ± 100%
• Bend speed
• Set loop, adjust loop, split loop, re-loop
• Reverse playback direction
• Alter key and pitch ± one octave

CUE CONTROL

• Set and save cue point per track
• Auto-cue
• Stuttering DJ pause
• Vinyl mode pause
• Headphones crossfader
 

AUDIO EFFECTS

• Colour FX: Hi-cut/Lo-cut, Wah, Crush
• Beat FX: Reverb, Echo, Delay, Roll
• Mute and re-engage audio effects

EQUALIZER

• Temporary 3-band equalizer per track
• Master 3-band lineout equalizer
• Master 3-band headphones equalizer

VOLUME CONTROL

• Normalize sound
• Temporary gain level adjust per track
• Master lineout volume
• Master headphones volume
• Lineout crossfader

Compatability

All major audio formats supported including MP3, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, M4A, Ogg Vorbis and SND. It’s also Mac and PC compatible.

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