Pioneer DDJ-S1 Serato ITCH DJ Controller Review

[@djkoopz]

I love my DDJ S1. I love all controllers though, I can use pretty much all of them. I have this one though and I am okay with it.

[@TwitcherDelic]

Why is everyone complaining about size... Yes it's big. but what he didn't show you is that the legs on the bottom come off to make it a slimmer mixer, and the back of it also has a laptop dock where you can put it right under. Seriously, if you are going to be serious about DJing, and you don't wanna lug around gear, you should be good enough to hire lackys, or just give up. Cause it takes 2-3 people to get our current basic gear from point A to point B.

[@digitaldjtips]

On the courses tab on our main website, the How To Digital DJ Fast course will teach you that on your controller.

[@benjaminr5027]

that slip feature is perfect

[@digitaldjtips]

Stick with the iDJ3, the Pioneer may be Pioneer by name, but it's still a controller and won't teach you how to use the 2000s any more than the IDJ3. Learning to manual beatmatch (on anything) is more important for stepping up to CDJs, although the 2000s have sync buttons too :)

[@TheGentyboy]

i love the slip setting...ill pay the extra money for that

[@TheGentyboy]

but the booth speaker...on digital controllers you don't have beat matching so surely the the time it takes for the sound to bounce off the walls won't matter...

[@poolcha]

Thanks for the review I know exactly what you mean at 1min. I'm pretty sure my SCS.3 system + soundcard and some clever mapping can do more than this unit in about a 3rd of the space. However it's so unconventional I feel i'd be laughed at if I turned up to anything more than a small event with it :/ back to the S1, I love the slip function. Would love to know if there's a way to do this in traktor, apart from the beatmasher.

[@DjBuRRo]

What are you using right now for djing? What is the controller on the right?

[@hardpulse]

They're big, they're clunky, they're noisy... They're Pioneer. Quote of the month.

[@jonathancohen1793]

Hi Digital DJ Tips, Could you tell me if you can plug an aux cable into to aux plugs and plug your phone into it, and so it can play music off a phone or ipod. Such as when someone requests a song that you dont have, but they have it on their phone, you can plug it in and play the song. Thanks

[@pouremilee]

Hi, could you do a video on how to beat-match using serato itch with the S1? Pls

[@123alvindog]

I have the very boring numark idj3 but I learned how to play around with it so it sounds like I have a vestax. I may start DJing at the Disneyland Resort in California where they use the CDJ- 2000 Nexus and DJM- 2000 Nexus. Is this the right controller for me?

[@djmusic305]

hi i read the review about this dj controller and i saw that it does not contain anything to control samplers and i was wondering if i buy AKAI LPD8 would i be able to map the sampler section to the AKAI LPD8 please let me know!!!! thank you

[@bitsanbobs101]

there big, there clunky, there noisy...there pioneer. I think that may just be my favorite new motto :-) Thanks Phil, massive fan of the site, please keep the superb articles coming

[@onelikewendalls]

Hey there - does the ergo have the slip control option as well? Thx!

[@djmusic305]

can you recommend me a controller containing an fx, sampler and looping section. that work with serato and is at a reasonable price. thank you

[@ssotela]

hi i was wondering which one is better the traktor kontrol s2 or the pioneer ddj s1?? thanks

[@Hitsugaya760]

Is it for beginers or pro ??

[@kerryknight6119]

how do i get mic to play through software ?

[@djallinlucky]

works also with trakor pro 2?

[@isaacsalazar3903]

Hello, what bottons ud hit to change the jog colors? Thanks

[@digitaldjtips]

Hey Isaac! Should be Shift + Vinyl

[@isaacsalazar3903]

Itns working at all. :/

[@GKPMusic]

Far too big! It's like taking a limo to tesco just to get a carton of ribena. I could have done the same job on a bmx and not had trouble parking. I do wonder that Pioneer will release next for the DDJ customer

[@410djdoublel]

I bought this controller but sadly enough the Itch Program has flaws , number one flaw , Itch does not support AMD processors in which my Laptop is equipped with, shame on serrato for not knowing about this flaw , now I own a controller I can't use until I change the AMD mother board and processor , or buy another laptop SMH !!!

[@BigMike48]

How much is this

[@kerryknight6119]

i'm trying to broadcast using vdj8 but cant get mic to process through software, is it the controller or the software giving me the fault?

[@isaacsalazar3903]

Good cuestión, i have the same problem any time i use Virtual

[@mitcho8666]

who still uses one? i do

[@digitaldjtips]

Nice! Glad to hear it's still holding up :)

[@germanoborba5889]

me too!!

[@InitialDL84]

I kinda wanna get one still! I was planning on getting it to replace my Numark Mixtrack Pro but ended up opting for the ddj-sx2 😅

[@djkontol]

4:34 "you look like your playing your music" lol