With the development of digital music distribution models and the rise of portable media players and mass storage devices being a source for storing and playing music over the past few years, digital music formats have taken the recording and audio industries by storm. With more and more DJ’s gravitating to MP3 CDs or time-coded vinyl emulation systems, it’s apparent that the digital format is here to stay.

Now, it’s ‘in’ with a revolutionary new era in DJ technology and ‘out’ with laptops and bulky crates of CD’s or vinyl, thanks to Cortex’s USB-compatible digital music controllers. With Cortex’s HDC-1000 and new HDC-3000 digital music controller, simply hook up any USB storage device with your digital music files you’re good to go!

Just Plug In and Play
The HDC-3000 uses USB compatibility enabling DJ’s to cue up, play, pitch, manipulate, and search digital music files via Cortex’s patent pending ‘intelligent music database management’ system, allowing users to access their music collections with a wide array of storage devices (up to 4 with an powered external USB hub) including the iPod®, external USB hard-drives and flash drives, CD-ROM, and even DVD-ROM drives.

Easy To Use
Simply build your own music database of tracks using the ‘intelligent music database management system’ and store it on each USB compatible storage device. Then find any song lightning fast, regardless of the number of tracks on the device, displaying all the song’s essentials on its bright graphical LCD playback screen including artist, track title, time elapsed, time remaining, and even a waveform view for easy mixing.
Cortex’s unique cataloging system gives you a number of browsing options when searching a database, including Search by Artist, Song Title and Genre. With the String Search function, users can even search by a certain word or phrase to find tracks, even if they’re not completely sure of the name.

Full Feature Set
Providing DJ’s with an even higher platform of performance, the HDC-3000 offers and expanded array of features including 4 hot cues, 4 sample banks, and 12 DSP effects per side, a touch sensitive jog wheel, bpm counter, key adjust, and master tempo for adding even more personality to your mixes. In addition, the unit is equipped with ultra-precise pitch resolution (up to +/-24), 1 front and 2 rear USB ports with device selection menu and multifunction navigation keys.

The Final Word
Overall, the HDC-3000 proves itself as a powerful full-featured solution for the professional DJ either looking to make the jump into digital technology while still maintaining the performance aspect of DJ’ing. It’s wide array of features deliver both maximum functionality and creative opportunities in a unit that is perfect for permanent installations and mobile DJ rigs.