When The DJ Is Asleep

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The DJ Console is also a sound card, and so can be used for the usual purposes for this sort of equipment. In 5.1 mode, you can use the classic programs and play DVDs in multichannel mode - provided you have the right sort of decoding software, as the DJ Console has no functions for this. We played DVDs in Dolby Digital with Power DVD with no problem and with very good results.

Obviously, the possibilities depend on the software you use, as the DJ Console acts practically as a basic sound card. Thus, the tone and volume commands are completely inactive since there is a hardware interface for software functions that only "DJ" software can control. You won't have the usually input level settings, either. The Windows mixing console and the DJ Console control panel remain disconcertingly empty, so you can see there are limits compared to a more classic sound card. The DJ Console is first and foremost a console for DJs, even though it does have some of the functions of a classic sound card.

Test Configuration And Audio Analysis

Hardware
Processor Pentium 4 to 2.4GHz
Memory 1GB of DDR
Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce Ti 4200
Hard drive 80GB at 7200 rpm
Optical drive DVD LG16/48X
OS Windows XP Home SP1
Version DirectX 9.0
Playback System
Speakers Creative MegaWorks 510D and Logitech Z2200
Analysis
Right Audio MarkAnalyzer 5.1
Right Audio Mark 3Dsound 1.0
DAAS audio analysis system
Neutrik 3337 audio analysis system

Our fears were unfounded: The DJ Console was perfectly prepared to work with the test program Right Mark Audio Analyzer. On the whole, the results were very good. While it doesn't achieve the performance of the most powerful sound cards, the DJ Console is definitely better than the ordinary models and potential users should not find any fault with this side of it.


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