Technics SL-DZ1200 DJ CD Player / Digital Direct Drive Turntable

The Technics SL-DZ1200 CD Player features full scratch capabilities via direct drive platter, cue save, on-board sampling and looping, SD cue point save, auto cue load, vinyl simulation and more.

Free SD Memory Card: Get a free 32MB memory card and SD-Jukebox ver.4 software by mail with the purchase of a Technics SL-DZ1200 Direct Drive Digital Turntable. Offer valid for purchase made between May 1, 2004 and Aug. 31, 2004.
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SL-DZ1200 Features:

• Vinyl simulation effects
• Digital out
• Tempo & Range Control
• 8 / 16 / 33 / 50
• Pitch Lock
• Instant reverse/forward
• Brake speed control
• Real time recording - scratch up a storm and use it as a sample
• Panel Save to SD
• Sample Save to SD
• Scratch from SD media
• Play several music formats, including CD-DA, AAC, and MP3
• To add to the DJ's performance, the new unit allows sampled data to be digitally stored on a removable and reusable SD Memory Card

Turntable highlights include:

• Outstanding vibration resistance due to a rugged aluminum die cast upper cabinet with large double spring insulator feet and a tough CD mechanism.
• Seamless, instant cueing with four cue pads and memory for 10 cue points per an individual digital media such as a CD or SD Memory Card.
• A traditional platter-edge strobe with a digital readout (BPM, play position, etc.), variable-range (+8 to +50) and a reset button, "Pitch Lock" (the ability to change the tempo without changing pitch), and "Reverse-Forward" mode.

Additionally, the SL-DZ1200 turntable has a vinyl sound simulator, sample pads, dynamic effects, platter Free Wheel (a feature not available on jog-wheel type CD players), adjustable braking rate and a selectable display angle to permit use of the deck in upright hip-hop style. A Direct Drive motor system — offered first in the market by Technics to replace belt drive systems — has a quartz crystal control to provide accurate turntable speed.

The new digital turntable offers start-up speed options: a quick start-up time to full speed, making it possible to achieve extremely tight cueing, and a standard start-up characteristic of analog turntables. The unit also features a distinctive slip surface on the platter that allows for "scratching."

Video: Technics SL-DZ1200 Demo at the PLASA show SL-DZ1200