Pioneer DJ - CDJ-3000 + DJC-3000 Bag pack

The evolution of a legend
Since the launch of the CDJ-500 in 1994 - the world's first flat CD DJ player - each new CDJ model has become the reference player for many of the world's most respected DJs and clubs. The revolutionary CDJ-1000 enabled DJs to use new techniques, such as scratching, which had previously only been possible on analogue vinyl decks. Then the CDJ-2000 opened the door to rekordbox and Pro DJ Link. For the first time, DJs could manage their music before exporting it to USB sticks for use on multi-format players. Later features such as Wave Display and Beat Sync made mixing more intuitive. In 2016, the CDJ-2000NXS2 became the player of choice for clubs, festivals and DJs around the world who play from digital music files, thanks to its enhanced features and exceptional sound quality.

The CDJ has come a long way since the 1990s. And while the CDJ-3000 may not have much in common with the original devices, it shares the same ambition and purpose that have always driven the CDJ range: to provide you with an intuitive and enjoyable interface that gives you the power to manipulate music in any way you want (including ways you probably wouldn't have imagined).

Read Pioneer DJ France's press release:
The most advanced player we've ever created
When you're mixing in public, you need to know that the turntables will help you realise your creative vision, and that they can handle anything you throw at them. We've designed the CDJ-3000 to give you all that and more. The unit's new MPU is the first we've ever installed in a CDJ. It's the heart of the unit, delivering stable performance and enabling new advanced features, and it works with the other parts of the player to create a smoother DJ experience. For example, you'll notice that songs and hot cues load faster than ever thanks to the MPU's capabilities and Gigabit Ethernet connection. The CDJ-3000 is also a Hardware Unlock device, which means that if you want to use rekordbox's Performance mode, all you need to do is update the software to the latest version, even if you're on a Free subscription.

You put your heart and soul into your DJ sets, and all that effort and creativity deserves to be heard. Your audience will be able to hear every nuance of your set, and the richness of every detail of your mix, thanks to the CDJ-3000's all-new audio design.

You won't just hear all the improvements the CDJ-3000 offers - you'll see them too. You can choose the information you want to see, and display it with pinpoint accuracy on the 9-inch touchscreen, which is larger and higher resolution than the one on the CDJ-2000NXS2. We've kept the intuitive interface to make you feel at home, but we've added some handy new controls, such as shortcuts to make it easier for you to move between categories in your song library. New features like Touch Preview make selecting songs quick and effortless, and with a range of other new features like Touch Cue, and Stacked and 3Band waveforms, you'll always find the perfect moment to chain your songs together.

Want to show off your skills and create live remixes? With an improved control layout, play the CDJ-3000 like a musical instrument. Eight Hot Cue buttons - twice as many as on the CDJ-2000NXS2 - are arranged from left to right below the waveform display for more intuitive triggering. Use Beat Jump with the new dedicated buttons, and press Key Sync to make harmonic transitions. You can also create a wider range of loops with the new 8-Beat Loop button, in addition to the classic 4-Beat control.

Touch is so important when you're mixing - whether it's to slightly adjust the pitch of a track or to achieve the most complex of scratching techniques. We've redesigned the CDJ-3000's jog to deliver the smoothest action of any multi-format player we've ever created. Touch latency is also better than it's ever been, and you can use the LCD screen in the centre of the jog to keep an eye on the position of the playback head, while seeing the album art to help you find your way around. All this, and more, is detailed below.

The CDJ-3000 is available now at a suggested retail price of €2399 inc VAT. Watch the video presentation or find out more about the new multi-format player.

To use the CDJ-3000 with rekordbox, download the latest software update. To play tracks from your iPhone, update to the latest version of rekordbox for iOS.


All-new advanced MPU delivers improved performance and perfect stability: trust your decks
In addition to extended creative options, the CDJ-3000 brings even greater stability and reliability to your set-up.

- Advanced MPU
With the new MPU, we've not only revolutionised the way the CDJ is driven, we've also made it run smoother and more stably than any of its predecessors. The processing power of the MPU has allowed us to incorporate some exciting new features that would not have worked on previous models, and it also gives us more scope to introduce even more via future updates.

- Pro DJ Link with Gigabit Ethernet
With Gigabit Ethernet for Pro DJ Link, you can share and play audio files from USB devices and SD cards on up to six CDJ-3000 units when combined with a 6-channel mixer such as the DJM-V10.

- Better screen visibility
Maximum screen brightness has been improved by over 150% compared to the CDJ-2000NXS2, so you can increase it to suit the environment you're playing in to improve visibility.

- More robust components
The high-quality aluminium top plate and new Play, Cue and Hot Cue buttons are stronger than ever, and the lockable V-Lock power cable*1 protects you from accidental disconnections that could interrupt your set. The unit also comes with a high-quality digital cable, which is easy to handle and perfect for use in clubs and professional installations.


Enriched audio design: So your audience hears the real sound of your music and every nuance of your performance.
We've drawn on over 25 years of experience to create the ultimate DJ sound, faithfully reproducing the audio of each track as intended by the producer, while highlighting the finer details of your performance.

The CDJ-3000 unifies internal audio processing at 96 kHz/32-bit floating in all playable audio formats. This allows the unit to capture the subtleties of the original sound source, including its depth and atmosphere, and even slight changes in bass timbre. Advanced audio processing technology, including variable speed playback, master tempo and the new Key Shift function all contribute to delivering a more realistic representation of spatial sound, and more musical bass, than on any other Pioneer DJ multi-format player.

In order to get the best possible performance from the DAC (digital-to-analogue converter), we carefully evaluated every part of the circuitry that outputs the analogue audio signal, and made a number of improvements. We also tuned the digital audio signal to achieve optimum sound quality from the player as a whole, testing many different components until we found the best possible combination of key parts. As a result, we've dramatically reduced digital noise, resulting in a natural sound that audiences will enjoy over long sets - even at high volumes.


High-resolution 9-inch touchscreen with all-new features: Find all the information you need at a glance
With a larger, clearer touchscreen than the CDJ-2000NXS2, we've been able to add extra information, shortcuts and buttons for frequently used categories and functions, such as playlists and search, so you can access them straight away. The GUI will look familiar if you've used the CDJ-2000NXS2 before, and you can customise the information you want to see and set preferences for things like text size. You can now navigate by swiping the screen, and use the sort function to rearrange the track list simply by touching the screen. All of these improvements make operations easier and help you browse your tracks in a more instinctive way. There are also a number of new features to help you choose the perfect track, and the ideal moment to play it in your mix:

- Touch Preview
Listen to any part of a track you want to prepare, simply by touching its waveform at the appropriate point in the navigation section. If you have several CDJ-3000 players connected to a DJM-V10 or DJM-900NXS2 mixer via Pro DJ Link, you can even listen to tracks on another player using Link Cue.

- Touch Cue
While you're playing a track, you can listen to another part of the same track by touching the waveform, and the audience won't hear what you're doing. This can come in very handy when you need to familiarise yourself with the progression of a track, for example to identify the best moment to start a transition, such as when handing over between two DJs, or during duo sets. Link Cue (see above) even lets you listen to different parts of the track that another DJ is playing on another player.

- Stacked Waveform
Keep an eye on the expanded waveform of the track playing on the main player and the track you plan to play next, all on the same screen. Identify the best moments for transitions and other actions, and check at a glance that the beatgrids are perfectly aligned.

- Compatible with 3Band Waveform
Understand how a track sounds without even listening to it. The 3Band Waveform uses different colours to indicate the volume of each frequency band in files analysed by rekordbox, so you can see the composition of the music just by looking at the waveform. The 3Band waveform is in addition to the previous RGB and Blue options.


Key Sync and Key Shift: Mix in perfect harmony
Press the Key Sync button and the CDJ-3000 will automatically adjust the key of the incoming track to match the key of the current track on the main player, helping you create smooth, seamless transitions. And with Key Shift available on the touchscreen, you can manually adjust the key of a song up or down.


Our smoothest jog: Feel the difference
Scratch with ease, and pitch songs with fluidity. We've redesigned the mechanism inside the jog to make it smoother than any device we've ever created. In the centre of the jog, the LCD screen indicates the playback position and displays the cover art for easier visual reference, since it only takes a glance to see which song is loaded on each track.


Redesigned performance interface for a richer experience: stress-free creative expression
Familiarise yourself with the CDJ-3000's redesigned controls and new features - all arranged in a way that lets you use the CDJ as if it were a musical instrument.

- Eight Hot Cue buttons
Intuitively launch Hot Cues via the eight buttons arranged from left to right below the waveform display. Thanks to this linear positioning, you can select cue points more naturally according to their position in the song.

- Dedicated Beat Jump buttons
Jump directly forwards or backwards from the playback position of a song by pressing the dedicated Beat Jump buttons. You can set the quantized number of beats to a value of 1/2, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64 beats.

- Advanced Auto Beat Loop section
In addition to the popular 4-Beat Loop control of the CDJ-2000NXS2, the CDJ-3000 features an 8-Beat Loop button for even more creative possibilities. And if you want to make polyrhythmic loops, you can use the extended options to create odd-beat loops and remix sounds on the fly.


Flexible performance options: mix as you like
Play rekordbox-analysed music from USB sticks via Export mode, or plug in your laptop via USB-HID control to use Link Export or Performance mode. And because the CDJ-3000 is a Hardware Unlock device, you can use Performance mode for free - no need for a paid subscription - and play all the tracks in your rekordbox library, including those from Beatport/Beatsource LINK and SoundCloud Go+ (subscriptions required for streaming services).

You can even connect your iPhone to the CDJ-3000 via a USB cable*2 and mix music directly from the latest iOS version of rekordbox, which supports lossless file types such as WAV, FLAC, ALAC and AIFF, as well as MP3 and AAC files.

A forthcoming release of Serato DJ Pro will make the software compatible with the CDJ-3000. Stay tuned and we'll let you know as soon as possible!


Pro DJ Link with enhanced lighting compatibility: take your sets to new heights
Synchronise your sounds with lighting effects thanks to the player's compatibility with Pro DJ Link's new Lighting function. The CDJ-3000 sends phrase analysis information to rekordbox (PC/Mac) so you can control the lighting effects via the RB-DMX1 (available separately) and take your sets into new realms.