Drift DJ Industries has announced its Zero palm-sized, battery-powered audio mixing, performance and recording system, aimed at DJs but also of use to other electronic musicians.
Features
Playback
- 2 Deck DJ-Style Playback System.
- High-Fidelity Tempo-Stretch and Beat-Sync.
- On-Board Music Library – No Laptop Required.
Mix
- Familiar 2-Channel DJ-Mixer Layout.
- Tactile Controls for Precise Mixing.
- Mix External Gear with DJ-Style Playback.
Sync
- Clock and USB MIDI I/O: Send and Receive Tempo and Transport.
- Sync with Grooveboxes, Synths, Drum Machines.
Record
- Configurable Recording Bus to Capture Mixes, Stems and Jams to Internal Storage.
- Edit Recording Metadata, Add Cuepoints and Beatgrids.
- Load and Play Recordings on the DJ Decks.
Flexibility for Modern Music-Makers
- Intuitively connect, mix and sync your entire setup. Effortlessly re-route, add effects and post-process your signal chain. Record your ideas and build them into full performances.
Specifications
Audio I/O
- 2x Stereo TRS Input
- Can be split and routed as 4x mono input channels
- 2x Stereo TRS Output
- Can be split and routed as 4x mono output channels
- Dedicated headphone cue output bus
- 32-bit float 44.1kHz recording bus
- Up to 4 additional aux signal routing busses
- 32-bit 44.1kHz DAC/ADC interface
- +-3V DC-coupled output
USB I/O
- Class-compliant USB-C port
- Audio I/O
- Host-mode for other audio devices
- Device-mode for sending audio to DAWs
- USB Midi
- Host other devices
- Full mapping customization system
- HID
- Host mode for external control surfaces
- USB Serial TTY port
- Connect to host computer for root access to Linux
Audio File Formats
- MP3
- WAV
- AIFF
- FLAC
Storage
- Internal 32GB eMMC drive
- Hosting for USB thumb drives
- Hosting for external hard drives (via USB-C)
Battery
- 3000 mAH LiPo pouch cel
- JST connector to PCB
Display
- 128×64 pixel OLED
- 60 Hz refresh rate
Processor + OS
- Quad-core ARM64 Processor
- 600 MHz ARM Cortex M7 Co-Processor
- 1GB DDR3L RAM
- Mainline Linux kernel
- Open-source SDK available on GitHub
- Developer-friendly software stack
- Root-level TTY shell over USB
- ZModem USB serial upload/download
Dimensions
- 6.2” x 3.2” x 1.43”
- 0.234 kg
- 8.2 oz
- ABS high-impact enclosure, knobs, fader caps
On preorder now, retail price $899.
