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A Year With Pioneer’s DDJ-S1

Written by djsolomon on February 2nd, 2012 33 Comments

The Pioneer DDJ-S1 is just over a year old now, having been announced at NAMM 2010. While a number of other controllers have come on the market since, how well does it hold up? And if we were to compare it to the VCI-300, what makes the S1 superior?

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Filed under: Controllerism, DJ Controllers, and tagged DDJ-S1, dj solomon, pioneer ddj-s1, Pioneer DDJ-s1 review, solomon kahn, turntablist controllers, VCI-300 Articles.

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