Denon DND4500, Denon have overhauled their popular, high-value DND4000 professional dual CD/MP3 rack-mount player. Known as the Denon DN-D4500 and supercedes the older Denon 4000, this new playback device features vastly-extended MP3 functionality – including hot starts - which will come as great news for the mobile and club DJ requiring a simple workhorse with high reliability.

How to improve an already award-winning product was the challenge facing the Denon design team, who turned instinctively to the MP3 section of the player. As a result, Key Adjust, Auto BPM Counter, MP3 Seamless Looping with B-Trim edit, MP3 Hot Starts, MP3 File Search System, MP3 Frame Search, CUE Stutter and wider ±24/50/100% pitch ranges for audio CD’s are just some of the enhancements that have been introduced.

The full expanded feature set is as follows: 

• Key Adjust/Master Tempo: (CD or MP3) 
• Auto BPM Counter (CD or MP3) 
• Cue Stutter (CD or MP3) 
• MP3 Playback support 
• MP3 Seamless Looping with B-Point Trim
• MP3 Hot Starts
• MP3 Frame Search
• Supports C.B.R & V.B.R. decoding up to 320 kbps
• ID3 Tags, displays: (Title, Artist, Album)
• MP3 File Search System (quickly and easily locate files by name or Folder CD Memo function
• Cue point, Playback Pitch & Range, Pitch On/Off, Key Adjust On/Off and Seamless Loop A and B data can be stored for later recall. Up to 1,000 points can be saved or recalled from either drive. Brake Effect
• Brake effect is now user time-adjustable 24-bit DA converter
• Upgraded from 16-bit Other facilities (which were also included in the DN-D4000), include: Two Seamless Loops; Two Hot Starts; Loop End Point B-Trim; CD Text Support; Power-On Play; Relay Play (allowing unattended playback); 50mm Jog/Shuttle Ring (with Pitch Bend and Scan/Frame search); Variable Pitch Control (CD and MP3); 2-Way Pitch Bend; EOM; Shock-Proof Memory; Large Fluorescent Tube Display (with Dot Matrix text support); Quick Jump (making searching fast and easy); Instant Start (0.02sec); CD-R/RW Disc Compatible; Fader Start Control Terminal (compatible with all Denon DJ mixers); Constant Digital Output and Software Upgradeable (by CD-ROM disk). 

As a DJ, your desire to be creative and rock a crowd with your music doesn't stop when you're using different disc formats. The innovative features on the Denon DN-D4500, the successor to the award winning DN-D4000 don't stop either. Whether you're playing MP3s up to a high quality 320kbps or standard audio CDs, the DN-D4500 offers you two Seamless loops with live B-Trim editing for mixing perfection, two Hot starts for instantly starting from your predetermined point on a track, Cue stutter, Selectable pitch ranges from 4% to 100%, an adjustable Brake effect, and a superb Key Adjust feature, which keeps vocals and music sounding true even when you adjust the speed of the track. Highlights Memo Points MP3 File Search System Cueing Accuracy and BPM Counter Presets and Jump Times Relay with Adjustable Overlap Two Piece Rack Mont Design User-upgradeable/Reliability

Special Features:

• Memo Points: With 1000 memo points on-board, the DN-D4500 can store all your settings on any track and recall them automatically when that track is cued in either CD drive.
• MP3 File Search System: MP3 File Search System allows you to locate in seconds hundreds of MP3 tracks on a CD-R/RW by artist name, song title or folder. In addition, ID3 tags and CD Text are supported on a large, easy-to-read dot matrix fluorescent tube display.
• Cueing Accuracy and BPM Counter: Precision cueing to frame accuracy (1/75 of a sec.) can be set quickly and easily using the 50mm jog wheel with the outer shuttle ring for user-adjustable quick jumps while searching. The inner jog wheel controls pitch bend, which is essential for synchronising tracks for beat mixing- a DJ skill aided by the built-in automatic BPM counters.
• Presets and Jump Times: The DN-D4500 provides customisable presets that are stored in the unit A´s non-volatile memory. For example, you can set Quick Search Jump Time to 30 seconds each way instead of 10 seconds; have the Key Adjust feature automatically on at power up; and have" remaining time" shown for each track instead of " elapsed".
• Relay Play with Adjustable Overlap: Background music no longer has to have silence between tracks. The unit can go straight into Play mode when it is powered up. Music can also be played alternately from two discs using Relay play, which will start the next track several seconds before the previous track finishes.
• Two Piece Rack Mount Design: The separate control panel and player unit are both rack mountable with a 10-foot connecting cable. This is ideal for safe transportation, quick set-ups for the mobile DJ and installation in compact DJ booths. With up to 100 seconds of anti-shock memory for MP3 and 20 seconds for audio CDA´s, your groove will not be interrupted by either sound or motion vibrations.
• User-upgradeable/Reliability: The DN-D4500 provides user-upgradeable software enhancements that are simple to add, reliable and easy-to operate.

• Key Adjust(=Master Tempo): (CD or MP3)
• Auto BPM Counter (CD or MP3)
• Cue Stutter (CD or MP3)
• MP3 Playback support:
• MP3 Seamless Looping w/B Point Trim
• MP3 Hot Starts
• MP3 Frame Search
• Supports C.B.R & V.B.R. decoding up to 320 kbps
• ID3 Tags, displays: (Title, Artist, Album)
• MP3 File Search System (locate files by name or Folder)
• CD Memo function: Cue point, Playback Pitch and Range, Pitch ON/OFF, Key Adj ON/OFF, and Seamless Loop A and B data can be stored for later recall. Up to 1,000 points can be saved or recalled from either drive.
• Brake Effect is now time adjustable via the preset mode
• Two Seamless Loops are available (CD or MP3)
• Two Hot Starts (A1 and A2) can be made on-the-fly and used as a stutter point as well. (CD or MP3)
• Loop End point B Trim The B point for the seamless loop can be easily adjusted on-the-fly (CD or MP3)
• CD TEXT support (with scrolling display for long names)
• Power On Play Unattended playback is possible upon power up. Each drive can be used independently for a two zone application
• Relay Play Unattended playback is possible between both drives with user-adjustable crossfade time.
• 50mm Jog/Shuttle Ring with Pitch Bend and Scan and Frame Search
• Pitch Control: CD: 4%, 10%, 16% (0.1% step), 24%, 50%, 100% (1.0% step), MP3: 4%, 10%,16% (0.1% step)
• 2-way Pitch Bend (Jog or buttons) 32% (when variable pitch range is 4, 10, 16 or 24%)99% (when variable pitch range is 50,100%)
• EOM: Flashes status time bar when the track is about to end.
• Shock-Proof Memory: 20 sec. (CD), 100sec. (MP3)
• Large Fluorescent Tube Display with dot matrix text support
• Quick Jump*: Jump around within a track with precise user-adjustable increment time steps.
• Instant Start (0.02sec)
• CD-R/RW Disc Compatible
• Fader Start Control terminal (compatible with all Denon DJ mixers)
• Digital Outputs: Constant Digital Output at 44.1 kHz is present when using all functions.
• Software Upgradeable by CD-ROM disc
• V.B.R. is not supported.
• Design and specifications are subject to change without notice

Size

• Player unit:482 (W) x 88 (H) x 262 (D) mm Weight  6.2 kg 
• Remote control unit:482 (W) x 88 (H) x 62 (D) mm Weight 1.9Kg

 
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