Its the time of year when all Geeky DJ's / Producers and general Tech Heads, Convoy up to Birmingham NEC, to pay homage to the industry of delightful DJ'ing.

The BPM Show has been leading the way in this market, managing to bring together all the best bits of the vast spectrum that is 'the industry' and cherry pick the best brands, organisations, DJ's, promoters and product showcases and demo's to make this show, an ESSENTIAL date in your busy calendar.

DJ Richie Don was showcasing the Citronic MPCD-X3 CD Player, combined with a nice little SMFX-200 Mixer and had a 45 minute set to show off the functionality of these tools.

Now having always used Serato Scratch Live with a Denon HC 1000's Controller Richie couldn't use JUST CD's for this, as his cue points and functionality of Serato were too valuable to lose in the demo. (He commented) But never the less we believe Citronic were happy with the outcome.

Richie commented: 'I LOVE the ability of these CD Players, and managed to scratch quite well. The mixing part was great, with the + and - buttons really speeding up and slowing the down the tracks, to beatmatch with ease and extremely fast!

If honest not having an adjustable resistance on the jog wheel made things a bit tricky, as my sausage fingers kept catching the wheel and throwing my mixes out, BUT the space was very confined so imaging this is easy to fix. (get a bigger desk lol)

The Mixer was EPIC!, Cross fader nice and crisp, great to scratch with, all adjustable aspects worked perfectly (volume / cross fader curve etc) and effects were nice and simple to use. One thing that is apparent straight out the box is the quality of sound this mixer produces. Absolutely STUNNING! At high volumes there is zero distortion, and even at low volumes you really get a feel for the deep bass, sharp mids and crisp top end frequency's. 9/10

All in all I would DEFINITELY recommend these products to any up and coming DJ looking to upgrade his equipment, and for a traveling DJ, or someone who tours with their equipment would say this is an ideal solution. 8.5/10

(Note: This demonstration set will be available as a download on Podcast 61 for those interested.)

The Highlight if the show was DEFINITELY a Set from the Pioneering Man himself.... The Reason why we all DJ today! - Grand Master Flash was in the house and He SMASHED IT!

Showing why experience will always have the upper hand, you imaging trying to play a set to 400/500 talented DJ's, and connecting with every one of them.

He showed why he still and always will 'have it' playing a varied set from Hip Hop, Pop, Dubstep, Drum and Bass. He discussed the music rather than just playing it, which went down very well.

All the Big Brands were there, Pioneer, Citronic, Denon, Serato, Ableton, DMC etc etc, as well as the traders and product innovators trying out BPM for the first time. Its the best hands on show there is, and we look forward to more major involvement for 2012!

We will let you know what stands were at, and what times real soon.

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