The Cortex Dmix-300 has been designed & engineered to provide digi-
tal music playback and manipulation features demanded by professional
users. The Dmix-300 is designed to liberate DJs from the issues associat-
ed with PC-based solutions, by eliminating the need for a computer dur-
ing performance. The Dmix-300 also offers superior portability and
flexibility over that of a typical PC.
The Jog Wheels on the Dmix-300 provide highly precise control for a
variety of functions. With the Jog Wheel, the User can search, pitch
bend or even scratch just as if it were a vinyl turntable! As well, this
can provide an extremely powerful navigation tool for searching
menus, changing parameters and selecting music on your hard drive.
High precision 60mm slide potentiometer for accurate adjustment of
speed.
• 0.05% pitch precision
In order to provide more precise pitch adjustment, the unit is able to
advance in increments of 0.05%. This aids in beat-matching between
two musical programs, with much finer pitch resolution than can be found
on most conventional professional CD players.
• Multiple pitch ranges
With pitch ranges of 4, 8, 12, and 24%, the pitch control’s minimum and
maximum values can be altered to augment or reduce the amount of
pitch adjustment to a musical program.
• Pitch ON/OFF
By pressing the PITCH + and PITCH - buttons simultaneously, this toggles
whether or not the unit will respond to changes via the PITCH CONTROL
slide. The Pitch ON/OFF feature also functions as a pitch reset, when it
is used to turn the pitch OFF.
The backlit 20 Character LCD screen shows a variety of information,
including track titles, times, pitch, setup options, waveforms, hot starts,
loops and search parameters. This display allows more extensive visuali-
zation of parameters than a conventional CD player.
The high-quality integrated mixer on the Dmix-300 is designed to pro-
vide a professional interface for the working DJ who may not want to
carry a sperate mixer with them but at the same time don’t want to
make any compromises as far as quality. With Bright Blue Fluid VU
meters, strong 3 band EQ, sperate Master, Booth and Record outputs
and a high quality Dual Rail crossfader, you can be confident that you
have a no compromise mixer with you at all times.
The Dmix-300 offers an unparalleled level of connectivity with all driver-
less USB devices. The Cortex line of products are the first to offer the
ability to manipulate music stored on USB devices such as hard drives,
flash memory, optical drives, and personal music players, regardless of
platform. Through this innovation, DJs are able to consolidate the
amount of equipment and music needed during a performance. Even
more USB devices can be connected with the use of a compatible USB
hub.
Despite the fact that a vast majority of people have access to USB stor-
age devices or portable music players, the Cortex Dmix-300 supports
the playback of CD Audio discs through a compatible USB external CD-
ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, or DVD-RW drive. This is particularly useful
for DJs making a gradual migration, or for playing CDs provided by
clients. Note that both sides can share one optical drive, but only one
track can be played at a time. For dual-deck CD functionality, simply
connect two USB optical drives.
The entire line of Cortex Digital Music Players allows for the manage-
ment of music collections via a database-driven system. Using this
method, the database can be queried based on a number of different
criteria. This allows DJs to search by artist, title, genre, album, or search
string. Using this method allows the DJ to find a specific music selection
within seconds. The database is saved to the storage device the music is
being drawn from, so that it can be used with any Cortex unit, whether
it’s in your personal rig or at a club!Cue Points that have been memo-
rized using the Dmix-300 are also stored along with the database infor-
mation on the active storage device. Once a Cue Point has been stored,
DJs have the ability to recall it each time that track is loaded.
The Dmix-300 supports both iPod and User created Playlists, which can
be created using Apple iTunes® (in the case of an Ipod) or our own DB
SE software. When there are iPod Playlists available to be loaded, a
menu option will appear in the main Search Options menu. Otherwise,
user created playlists are accessible from the Playlist menu.
Located at the top of the Dmix-300 is an Ipod dock. When used in con-
junction with the USB port on the back, the Dmix-300 can be used as an
Ipod computer dock to transfer files to your Ipod without having to
remove it from your Dmix! The unit comes with supports for both stan-
dard (3g and above) Ipods, as well as Ipod Mini’s and Nano’s.
Features
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Jog Wheels
Pitch Control
Backlit LCD Display
High Quality Integrated Mixer
CD Audio support
Database-Driven Music Management
Playlist Support
Cross-Platform USB Connectivity
Ipod Dock
Dmix 300 Manual
