Denon DJ Prime Go with Engine 2.1.1 update
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Violinist, DJ, MC Shayshahn "PhearNone" MacPherson unboxes the Denon DJ Prime Go and takes it to his performance for a local residency. Will this deck be both portable and powerful enough to meet his performance demands? Should mobile DJ's purchase this deck?
Denon DJ Prime Go - amzn.to/3qOHPje
Songs played in video
Intro song 7FN - music.apple.co...
1st song in mix at end of video
/ 7th-house-single
2nd song
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My violin & Rap music:
Apple Music
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Just Violin
Apple Music
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All gear used :
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You're truly a humble person my brother. I too have the prime go as well and love it! Hopefully 2022 will bring good luck and fortune to us all, we surely need it 😊
I will continue to follow you, peace ✌
I appreciate the follow!
yooooooooo, first off this review was dope. there's something nice about seeing a very raw but still well made video. the other DJ sites did good reviews but this definitely was useful in different ways and overlapped ways. subbed.
Thanks for watching and the feedback that helps a lot!
@@PhearNoneGearGadgets seeing your process as an actual user (and not just reviewer showing off "tricks") was helpful. from your workflow before you went out to the vid of your performing & what you need with you, etc. very very helpful
Keep up the work bro and subbed because your info was real, genuine, helpful for many and I can sense that you're a humble bro. Bless up and look forward to more of your content.
Appreciate the Sub and feedback!
Totally agree with most of your “cons”. One major con for me is that when playing a playlist on auto play mode, you can not use any fx on that chanel; not even the filter can be used which can impede easy mixing out of a playlist. I truly admire your versatility and talent. Keep doing what u do and have a great “22”
Thank you for the extra con I didn’t know you couldn’t add efx to auto playlist
Blessing to you in 22 as well!
I'm thinking about getting one of these for gigs where I'm expected to bring my own gear. I'm tired of lugging my huge Pioneer controller around lol. The fact it has pro-level outputs is what's sealing the deal for me
The prime output made my QSC’s jump out more than usual.
Great video👌🏻 I have the huge Prime 4. I like everything about it except the size & weight. I’ve been seriously thinking about getting the Go even if I loose some features.
If you used to the software I would definitely get, the sound card is pro.
Hello there buddy, well I did a gig at a bbq at a friends place with the prime go, worked super for me from beginning to end. although couldn't see the screen since i had the screen settings to max and not only being able to see the screen my seat was too low. I tried sitting at the edge of my seat and still couldn't see the screen clearly. I also found a mac apple laptop stand laying around in my house and it's a great use for someone djing with the prime go and not have to worry about neck issues. I tried using it at the gig but was too high for my seating level.
other than that, all else went great. the aux channel is pretty awesome for me because in the event someone wants to request a song i dont have i can then plug in my iphone and play off of youtube and works beautiful. only thing I wish the prime go had or rather say the engine would have had was the sampler layout like serato dj pro where you can store samples and play them throughout the gig. whats your take on thet?
Glad it worked out for the most part for you. A lot of people like to tilt the prime go because of neck issues. Make sure the screen brightness is on max with battery as well if you need it that way. It will kill the battery faster however. Serato has a patient on the way they display so it hard for other companies to copy the user interface. If the screen could tilt and the mics had effects, I think the next version of the Go would be hard to beat.
@@PhearNone7 i agree
Nice review man, I got myself one of these the other day, also what's that banger tune at the very end of the vid?
Hey man I hope you enjoy the prime go! Thank you for the feedback. The last song in the mix on this video was:
music.apple.com/us/album/no-slaves-feat-shayshahn-macpherson-violin/1456563985?i=1456564145
The first one I played on the deck in the end was
music.apple.com/us/album/7th-house-single/891342702
Great video my man! I'm new to djing and just picked up the Prime Go. As far as SD cards go, it was recommended to use a fast card so transfer speeds would be quicker. Did you find that too be true? Also, how large of a card did you end up using?
Yes, I would get a fast SD card or a Samsung T7 drive. 1 Terabyte no lesss than 500 on an SD. Thanks for the feedback and stopping by.
Hey I found a couple of ideas for playing samples through the prime go but requires anpther hardware. Yeah since the prime go has an aux line on the back of the unit either plug an iphone to it and play samples or dj drops from within the iphones apple music player or plug an actual sampler that can trigger all samples at once or trigger them separately. I have the circuit rhythm sampler this can really do the job right.
The sounds interesting.
You can use this portable laptop stand. Amazon have them. Give it a nice tilt also get a decksaver
Def need the deck saver. I like doing basic scratching on the Prime I wonder if the stand will make that difficult. Thanks for the feedback!
Great job. I put a usb drive in the back but how do you search for music? I tried but it doesn’t show up. Also, how do you load a bunch of songs from one list at the same time?
Thanks for watching! Make sure the usb drive is plugged into the USBA media port. (I suggest using fast drive like a Samsung T-5 or T-7 drive.) Then turn on the Prime Go and hit "source" You should see your drive in the options. Let me know if this helps!
@@PhearNoneGearGadgets thanks for your reply.
I have a sandisk.16gb. It shows up. But I have to push folder and then I can see the 2 dj collections. But when I hit search only one song comes up on the play list on the right.
@@TheEastCoastSensation Did you run the music through the “Engine” software similar to what I did in this video to stop the red files. You have to prepare an engine folder on your external drive using your laptop or desk top.
@@PhearNone7 thanks for your info. I downloaded engine but still confused how to put the music through the program to the usb.
I think if you did a fast tutorial on how to do this it would be great. Plus how to update new music in collection and how to link your computer to the unit. Then I can see what you did. Thanks so much
@@TheEastCoastSensation I explain how to run your music through Denon's "Sync manager" here at czcams.com/video/G-F-1gyoxVs/video.html around 2:16 in that video. Those are the buttons you hit in the software. It is similar to analyzing your music in Serato.
Thank you PhearNone's, Has the mic's situations changed? I mostly need to be able to EQ my mics. I have a store with a open box demo for $800 but if I can't control my mics it's no good to me I already have 2 Rolands 707 that I love and Denon 8000 for my DJ company. Also one year later for you with this unit is it worth it?
Thank you
Even with a new hardware update (2.2) coming out I haven't notice any change with the mic situation. You only can control volume. The unit is worth it for me because of its portability and quality craftsmanship , and sound card in the deck. I am able to put the Prime Go in my carry on luggage with clothes and also the battery power aspect comes in handy when I need to setup quickly. If you are not doing many mobile DJ gigs it might not be worth it for you. But the quick set up and breakdown is for me right now. I still am getting use to navigating on the smaller touch screen vs serato but I am glad I purchased the deck overall. If they make a prime Go 2 they should fix a couple of small things. hope this helps.
@@PhearNoneGearGadgets Thank you, Yeah I've been in the DJ game for over 30 years and do about 140 gigs a year so portability is important to me too but so is full mic control.
@@masterpdj2623 understandable.
Hi there, nice video of the denon prime go. I myself is thinking of purchasing this soon but at same also looking at other denon models in the prime series such as the prime 4 and sc6000 media player and as well as the x1850 mixer. My question to you is what format does the drive have to be to use with engine software and being able to play the files on the denon prime go.
Because I currently use a laptop macbook pro with serato dj pro and the format i have it in is mac formatt. I also currently own a denon mcx8000 dj controller for use with serato and it still works great but it is a big bulky controller. so Im looking to purchase the denon prime go. I heard that the drive would to be formatted in fat 32 but that was some time ago and wonder if now it can be in any format.
As i was viewing the video i noticed the black table you had the prime go sitting on and would like to know what store did you get that black table from or what is the actual brand & name of that table so i can search and purchase it too.
please let me know. thanks in advance.
Hey thanks for stopping buy! When you put the engine software on your laptop run your external drive that you use for serato through the engine software kind of the same you we do with serato. It will make a prime folder that will store the songs calibrated for engine. Make sure you run all you songs through the software so you don’t get a missing file while DJ’ing. As far as the table I use it’s a quiklok 233 table. I did a review on it a while back.
czcams.com/video/OzgqJbd5zgI/video.html
@@PhearNone7 thanks for the info. Now does the external drive that i use with serato have to be formatted only in fat32 format? also is the software called engine dj or is it engine prime? cause the version i have on my macbook pro is engine prime 1.3.3 and when i launched it open it then said there is a newer update and clicked on the link the would direct me to the download page but it downloads the software engine dj software. I wonder if they had changed the name of the software from engine prime to engine dj.
@@PhearNone7 ive got all my music into the engine dj software. Now with engine dj software open on my laptop I clicked on the serato icon on the left and clicked on update and the little update icon is just spinning and been spinning now for almost 30 minutes. seems like it doesn't want to see my serato playlist. Maybe alot of songs in each playlist that it must be taking so long.
@@PhearNone7 ok finally it finished updating the serato panel. but I've noticed the amount of tracks I have in serato versus the amount I have imported into the engine dj software. on the engine library panel shows 9,754 tracks when in the serato panel it shows 33,349 tracks. something is wrong here.
Stick with the SSD drive. Microsd drive is cool if you have a small library, but it you don't, it takes longer to search for songs.
Oh wow thanks for that advice!
@@PhearNoneGearGadgets had it for a few months now and really enjoy it but purely as a backup. No eq on mic and no sample mode prevents it from being used more. I also wish there was a way to turn off the beatgrid too on songs that have multiple bpm changes. But if you're just doing basic sets, blending one song into another, it's the perfect mobile controller. The sound is amazing for something this tiny.
@@DJjayenvy agreed the sound surprised me. I definitely need Eq and Efx on the mics, navigating songs and preparing songs I have to get more used to as well. Serato has me used to a certain flow.
@@DJjayenvy it has dynamic bpm. You have tp edit those songs in Prime software on your computer.
@@vannhollandiii3711 Oh i know, i still wish there was an option to turn off the grid on certain songs or if I'm using a transition track, it will never match up. Not a big deal. just wish it was an option.
There are quick and easy fixes for most of your "cons". I don't even care about the built in battery.. I travel with a portable battery anyway.