
This certification program means that now, Pioneer will specifically verify 3rd party usages of their hardware. With the advent of djay Pro support, the players are cleared through a new “ Pioneer DJ Certification Program, an initiative to evaluate products from other companies and certify them as compatible with our DJ gear so you know you can use them together with confidence.” We’ll be interested to see how the CDJ TOUR1 browsing screens will be used though – can we expect to close our laptop entirely? Another exciting feature is Spotify premium integration, which allows (when a reliable internet connection is available) the players to stream music files from Spotify. Furthermore, the screen utilization is seamless: making the players appear like you are loading Rekordbox-analyzed music off of a USB drive.

In my experience, the integration is very tight, with jog wheels and controllers responding well to control inputs. The CDJ-2000NXS2 and TOUR1 players are being added to the ( very long) list of approved hardware that works plug-and-play with djay Pro. “To my knowledge, djay Pro is the first 3rd party app to support Pioneer DJ’s Pro DJ Link technology which means users connect up to four CDJs with their Pioneer mixer and control djay Pro through a single USB cable (mixer to Mac), resulting in unprecedented simplicity for setup” – Algoriddim’s CEO, Karim Morsy Joining the Ranks “Algoriddim’s djay PRO is now compatible with the USB-HID control feature of our CDJ-2000NXS2 and CDJ-TOUR1 multi players”. Since launching CDJ integration a few years ago with the CDJ-20NXS and CDJ-900 and 900NXS, Algoriddim has established itself as having some of the tightest CDJ integration of any DJ software – including full usage of the CDJ screens. With a new version of djay Pro, Algoriddim adds support for the latest iteration of the Pioneer : the 2000NXS2 and the TOUR1.


Keep reading for the details on how djay Pro supports CDJs in HID mode. Algoriddim, the software company behind the highly successful iOS/Mac DJ applications djay and djay Pro, has just announced plug-and-play support for Pioneer DJ’s newest top-of-line gear.
