This is important to a DJ because the faster the track can be read, the faster it can be loaded and played. This is the rated speed of the card and the maximum speed (MB/s) it can write/read. An important factor on all cards is to consider the class of the card. They both perform in the same ways while the major difference being that SDHC cards hold more storage (4-32GB) than SD cards. SD stands for Secure Digital and SDHC stands for Secure Digital Higher Capacity. SD cards also have their own file systems you have to pay attention to because CDJs and most media players only accept SD and SDHC cards.
#USB 2 VS USB 3 SPEED MEGABYTES PORTABLE#
These are just as portable as USB drives, but don’t protrude from the top. Unlike USB drives which are on most current Pioneer CDJ’s, SD cards are only on the CDJ 2000 and CDJ 2000 Nexus. SD CardsĪnother form of flash media is the SD card. However if you’re a mobile/wedding DJ that needs to have a wide variety of music then you may need 64 GB. If you play genre specific sets then you can probably get by with 16 GB. The size required really depends on the DJ. So a 16 GB flash drive should hold 1600 songs. There is 1024 MB in 1 GB, therefore each GB gives us 100 songs. To keep the math simple we’ll assume all of our songs are 10 MB.
#USB 2 VS USB 3 SPEED MEGABYTES 320KBPS#
How many songs can we fit per GB? The file size of a 320kbps MP3 ( Find out why we recommend 320kbps) ranges from 8 MB – 15MB, sometimes even larger depending on the length of the track. Flash drives come in various sizes ranging from 1 GB all the way up to a whopping 512 GB, but the most common sizes will be in the 16 – 64 GB range. The next thing to carefully consider when selecting a USB flash drive is storage size. Storage – How much space/music do you need? So you’ll need to dig a little deeper for the real transfer rate when you’re shopping for the fastest DJ USB drive. Although both USB 2.0 and 3.0 have a max transfer speed (2.0 = 480Mbps, 3.0 = 4.8Gbps) most drives won’t reach these speeds. As you’ll see later in our USB drive comparison, the transfer speeds vary, even from the advertised speeds. Just because two USB drives are USB 2.0/3.0 doesn’t mean the transfer rates will be the exact same. Not all USB drives are created equal in terms of speed. Flash drives that use USB 3.0 are backwards compatible with USB 2.0 ports but will run at USB 2.0 speeds. To take advantage of USB 3.0 your computer must have USB 3.0 ports. However, you will notice the increased speed with USB 3.0 when transferring music between a computer and the flash drive.
Avoid buying a USB 3.0 flash drive in hopes of faster track analyzing because it will only read it at USB 2.0 speeds. While most laptops on the market today have USB 3.0 capabilities, Pioneer CDJ’s do not. The distinction between 2.0 and 3.0 is how fast a device can transfer data, with 3.0 being the fastest. Secondly, when looking for USB flash drives, you need to pay attention to whether a drive is USB 2.0 or USB 3.0. Most flash drives are FAT systems, but some rare cases such as NTFS, will have compatibility issues. CDJs (and most media players for that matter) only read FAT16, FAT32 or HFS+ file systems from flash drives because they are great for indexing files (such as different tracks) and recalling the information quickly. File Systemsįirst of all, all CDJs use specific file systems when reading your tracks to be played. They come in all shapes and sizes but run in different capacities due to their file systems and USB type. The latest model, the XDJ-1000MK2 (check out DJTT review), solely uses USB flash drives. Flash drives are the natural successors to floppy discs and CDs that allow for storage into the gigabytes (GB) compared to megabytes (MB).Īll of Pioneer’s recent CDJ models such as the CDJ-2000NXS2 and XDJ-1000MK2 have the ability load media from flash drives alongside disk media. There is a lot of computer science that goes into making flash drives work but DJ’s only need to understand a few key concepts when looking for the right one to hold your music for a gig. on the market and which one’s should be considered for Pioneer CDJ’s. Since many DJ’s entire set is carried on modern flash drives, is there a difference between them? Which ones are the best for high quality music storage? In today’s article, we are going to run down the different types of flash drives. Amazingly, in just 15 years, we have gone from toting around a crate of 50 records that weighed 60 pounds to carrying five thousands songs on a small stick of gum that weighs a few ounces.
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