Roland DJ-808 DJ Controller

Description

Roland has always operated at both the heart and head of creative DJ and dance music culture. From American disco in the 1970s to the house and techno music that bubbled up out of England in the 1980s, through rap and hip-hop and into the music of todays top performing DJs, Roland equipment has always shared the stage and studio with the most exciting artists, and with the hardest working professionals. The DJ-808 is a state-of-the-art DJ controller with a 4-channel mixer, built-in drum sequencing, vocal processing, and the deepest Serato DJ integration available. It is the ultimate contemporary tool for the professional mobile DJ playing the swankiest private events, the club DJ doing innovative mixing and production, or the touring artist who fills soccer stadiums.The DJ-808 is perhaps better thought of as an instrument than it is a piece of hardware. Roland is uniquely positioned to provide the included TR-S drum machine in this mixer design, having been the developer of some of the most iconic percussion sounds in the history of electronic music making. The DJ-808 can even control the Serato Sampler within Serato DJ. Additionally, the VT Voice Transformer can pitch your voice to match the key of your Serato DJ tracks, and two AIRA Link ports let you connect compatible devices to produce a live remix with a simple USB cable.World-Class Software and HardwareThe DJ-808 combines the power of Serato DJ software with the precise engineering of Roland hardware. This incredible tool is a reflection of combined expertise that gives todays producers and DJs a state-of-the-art tool with innovative features that opens up a new world of creative options on stage and in the studio.TR Sounds and SequencingFrom the toothy chomp of the TR-909 s unmistakable hi-hats to the long-tail boom of the TR-808, Roland TR drum machines are the very spine of entire genres of dance music. With the DJ-808, you can