Denon DN-X1700

The four-channel “industry standard”-size table-top design has spacious layout, with highly tactile controls widely and logically laid out to enable easy operation during performance, according to Denon. This features lrubberized knobs, 60-mm Alps K Series channel faders, 45-mm FLEX cross fader, color LCD display, extended 24-point LED channel and output metering and LED ring metering around the control knobs.

In operation, principal features related to the power and flexibility of the DN-X1700 are its Matrix Input Assignment with digital input and MIDI / USB audio, independent and three-band EQ with Kill on each channel and dual independent EFX processors. The two EFX processors are located together, with the 3.5" TFT color LCD positioned directly above, for ease of operation.

Specific parameters for each of the 11 different effects can be linked to the beats per minute (BPM) of every track passing through the mixer. In addition to the new Beat Breaker effect, each effect’s processor has other effects including delay, echo, transform, flanger, filer, phaser, reverberation, looping, reverse looping and pitch shift. Either one or other or both EFX are selectable per channel, and combined EFX operation is available. External effectors are also supported and can be easily routed through either effects block.

The Denon DJ DN-X1700 will be available July 2009.

For more info and full product specs, check out www.denondj.com.