The Browse and load knobs work as expected, along with the headphone cue, volume, and Master output knobs. Again, that’s to be expected in this DJ gear bracket. The volume faders are plasticky but weighted, and while the crossfader is looser, it isn’t buttery smooth. The onboard mixer has knobs for gain, high, and low – you won’t find any filter knobs here. It’s disconcerting to say the least, because as DJs we’re used to having the track “stop” when we’ve got our hands on the jog.
Even if you “push” the jog forward, this doesn’t help shorten the playback gap.Įven stranger: track playback will resume automatically after you’re done moving the jogwheel forwards or backwards, even though you haven’t let go of the jogwheel yet. There is an annoying niggle – whenever you let go of the jogwheel, it takes almost one second before Virtual DJ resumes playback. The jogs on the Numark Party Mix are tiny and far from the best-feeling ones out there, though you can’t expect much in the sub-US$100 price range. The Numark Party Mix ships with Virtual DJ LE, which is the “intro” version of Virtual DJ 8. I amm not a fan of the built-in cable: if it breaks, you won’t be able to replace it yourself. In the back of the unit is a pair of RCA Master outputs, a button for choosing from among the four LED light modes (more on them later on), the three LED RGB lights, and a USB cable that’s attached to the unit. It also has a Browse button for going through your Virtual DJ library, track load buttons, a Master output knob, headphone mix and volume knobs, and a crossfader. It’s a two-channel controller, and each channel has a tiny jogwheel, a volume fader, two-band EQs (highs and lows) and a gain knob, four performance pad buttons with a pad mode selector (letting you switch among cue, loop, sampler, and effect modes), sync and transport controls, headphone cue button, a short throw pitch fader, and a Scratch on/off button (similar to the “Vinyl” button on CDJs).
The Numark Party Mix is small and light – a 12.9″ iPad Pro feels big and hefty in comparison. Video Review First Impressions / Setting up
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