While the 500 was the first CDJ, it certainly wouldn't be the last, nor the last to have lasting effects on how DJs perform.ġ998's vibration-proof CDJ-100S was the first to come with built-in effects. And it's a feature that DJs (and producers, when working within DAWs) simply take for granted today. DJs could mix tracks more seamlessly and expand their remixing creativity in ways that were not previously possible. Master Tempo holds the pitch of the track constant, even when you adjust its tempo, which was revolutionary when the CDJ-500 arrived. This device was the first of many that would create a CD player for DJs, and it had a unique feature that convinced many diehard vinyl enthusiasts to switch over: Master Tempo. In 1994, Pioneer launched the CDJ-500, which did nothing short but change DJing forever. What you may not know is they've been such fixtures for quite some time. If you look around at clubs today, you'll see that Pioneer's CDJs are fixtures of DJ booths around the world. Even if, like Kaytranada, they are known better for using Korg's M1 plugin, rather than the hardware itself. But the M1's sounds became so closely associated with '90s house, that to this day contemporary producers who want to nod to that era will still pull one in.
There were and are many, many other synthesizers used in the creation of house music-the Yamaha DX7 or Roland's Juno-106, MKS-80, and, later, the JP-8000, to name just a few. The secret behind the success? The M1 was packed with an incredible amount of quality sounds, effects, and features built in, all while being much more affordable when compared to the multiple units of equipment you'd have to buy in order to match the M1.įrom its release forward through the '90s, its piano, organ, bass, and percussion sounds were a bedrock of house music, like the piano and organ sounds heard on Robin S.'s "Show Me Love" (which Beyoncé revived in 2022's "Break My Soul"). One of the best-selling synths of all time, the Korg M1 was first released in 1988.
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