Okay, so there’s been a lot coming out of the Pioneer camp recently. We’ve seen the CDJ-2000 (which will replace the 1000-MK3), the CDJ-900 (replacing the 800MK2), the DJM-2000 (replacing the DJM-1000), and now we have the CDJ-350 (replacing the CDJ-200/400) and the DJM-350 (replacing the DJM-400).  Phew. That’s a lot of new gear.

The CDJ-350 blows the 200 and 400 away. The DJM-350 is pretty awesome, too. Let’s take a look at the new features:

1. MP3, AAC, AIFF, and WAV playback. The CDJ-350 reads CDRs and USB devices (no DVDs, thought).
2. Includes rekordbox software. Not sure what that is? Check the video below.
3. Beat Display Function: You can now visually see what beat you’re on and how far you are into said song. Pioneer says this will help you in just about any DJ situation you can think of.
4. Looping Features: Beat Loop (4 bars), Loop Divide (change the loop ‘rhythm’), Hot Loop (return your loop to the beginning).
5. Auto BPM: Set a session BPM and all your tracks lock to that BPM (Ableton DJing, anyone?). I’m assuming that this is something that you’ll need to do in rekordbox (warping, marking transients).
6. MIDI: Connects to a computer and lets you control Traktor, etc.

The DJM-350 isn’t too bad, either.

1. Record your mixes directly to a USB device.
2. Four FX: Filter, Crush, Jet, Gate.
3. Three-band isolator EQ.
4. Completely digital.

The CDJ/DJM-350s were shown for the first time at Musikmesse yesterday. They’ll be available in June of this year and no US price point has been announced. For all the tech specs, hit up Pioneer’s site: http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/content/press/news/cdj-djm-350.html

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