LIVE UNBOXING: Denon DJ Prime Go Rechargeable DJ Console  

I have the Prime 4 and I love it. Denon is really coming up.

Ok so I'm sure someone's said this by now, but if they haven't.......this joint can serve quite a few purposes. Pop-Up House parties, I've been to quite a few impromptu house parties and yeah no "DJ" just someone playing off their phone. DJ shows up with this.......connect to a speaker. BAM. Party just leveled up ten fold. Same for a party/get together at the park. You're out, you want to prep/work on a set for an upcoming gig. Boom you can do it now, pull this out the duffel, thumb drive, work. So there's a lot of ways to make this useful, just depends on the DJ really. Thanks Phil for the in-depth unboxing!

Finally some more news on this!!! Can’t wait till I get my own 🤩!

I don't understand what's not to get...it's a backup unit and a unit you can use for small gigs.

As someone with young children and not enough time or space to have a full home setup these days but who wants to be able to have a mix every now and then this product is the perfect answer. It can be put away safe and come out quickly as and when time allows and the portability means it can be used easily with like-minded friends a lot easier than a full setup or controller/laptop arrangement. Will definitely be getting one.

I can see this as a backup unit for the SCs and Prime4. Maybe to prepare sets with the Engine Software.

Great review again. 🎉

I like the idea you could DJ anywhere with this and a portable speaker. It would be also great for preparing tracks. I have a day job and this would be great to pull out at lunch for a little dj session. No laptop or wires to plug into laptop or wall. I would love to have this as back up and SC-5000’s as the main players for my wedding etc...!! So cool great idea.

I do a lot of Sports and Farmers Markets. This is a perfect unit for me as sometimes space is an issue. I can bring a specific playlist for the games.

Hi Phil, It was again a nice explain for this new unit. I still do not know when it will be available in Europe. I certainly want to have one. Very easy as a mobile DJ or just making mixes for Mixcloud. I go with a friend many time in summer on a small Yacht and connecting it to his car radio we can enjoy some life mixing on the water. Looking forward to this already.

BTW for people freaking out about horizontal EQs... they are quite common and easy to adapt to. A lot of mixers are done this way, I used to play on a Rane or an Allen & heath v6 in clubs, I actually prefer horizontal EQs

This gives me serious Stanton SCS 4DJ vibes.

Great unboxing and first pass demo. I can see this working for many budding / amateurs who just want to start out and don't have a laptop or DJ software.... The price point gives you a highly functional controller with built in computer added to an awesome sound card and sound quality I'm sure. If you compare the price to the cost of a functional controller + laptop + software.. You might find that you are about on par... Plus it's battery powered! There are many folks out there who would want a controller and who are not savvy about interfacing with a computer and faffing about with software etc. Just plug in a USB stick and you're ON! Would have really loved to see a separate sampler section though... Maybe software upgrade can activate the bank as a sampler... ? Would also be great if it had bluetooth output... so you can pair with a - let's say bluetooth capable battery powered speaker and you're completely wireless! Back yard or picnic pop up party ? Hell yeah! :)

Would this be a good one to learn on? I like it cause it looks small size for my tiny apartment.

Good day from DC area. Dj Kevin I have a question. I get my prime go homely sooner from Sweetwater, it was back order. But I have a quick question, can you use a Bluetooth head phone with the prime go? Awesome live streams btw, it really help me a lot. Thank you, Dj Gracigrace

Can you save cue points for later use with tracks streamed from Tidal?

@Digital DJ Tips. Hey Phil. Can you link two of these together via the Ethernet port? Use them as XDJ type things? Plug each one into a DJM mixer and have a beast set up that you can unplug and have two charged up Denon Go's for the road...?, Its just that I have had Pioneer XDJ-1000s and these seem more versatile and much cheaper? Haha. Let me know if it's possible anyway! Get whacky with a new setup 🤪

Hi Phil. I noticed that on a Prime4, the analysis of a Rekordbox prepared USB drive cannot be done in the background. It locks the screen. So changing DJs isnt easy. Your USB drive only had mp3’s I guess?

Is it possible to set the curve for the channel faders? And is it possible to turn the crossfader off?

Hi Phil I already asked in the other review of this Denon Prime go. So I like to know if this device has "slip mode" since I can not find it in the manual I downloaded from the Denon site, Greetings Tony

@ at 14:30 EngineOS, which I bet 100 Euros is based on Linux, everything is flashing most likely because the OS is booting. Technically a boot animation will the OS is starting

Hi Phil hope your well? Can you export you Serato crates onto a harddrive & import them into the Go?

I want to know if I can use this to set up my cue points on serato

I just ordered my prime go it should be here in a few days iam excited $1000 ouch it only hurts once

Boss for some one who wants to go dj in Spain ibiza or were ever take this look the biz and maybe bar got no decks so puts ya ahead to get work and live the dream a wish this was around when I was younger

Can you set individual beat markers with that unit with the use of a computer? With the Prime 4 you can’t.

Watching this & still feeling confused. frpom fresh out of the box, did you add the power source block on the Go, or is it prepowered a little bit ?? Did you install the update software via cable or wifi ?? Is an sd or thumbdrive required for setup (update software or music, both ??) if so which is better sd, external sd or thumbdrive & how many gb or 1T ?? I know these are a few questions i have just to get it out of the box (in which mine is still new in box right now) Im new to the digital djing & only used dual cd players & turntables.

Alt scenarios this device would be useful for... Power outage, Djing Beach or other extreme locals for weddings etc, Yaghts, parks,... days of uses.. now if we could get Traktor to run on it...

Did you cover the front panel?

I didn't notice a sync button on this unit...isnt that a standard on every controller?

I think it's asymmetric to make the screen the size what it is while keeping the overall size of the unit what it is.

I don’t have a laptop, can I plug my iPad in the prime go and use my files on my iPad ?

I want one.

I have a bumpboxx very loud .. well with this i can do a 4 hour set with no gas powered generator.... i live in moab utah. I have done party’s everywhere out in the desert. So.., no generator!!!

Love Denon for the innovation. But Would of much preferred standard MPC style pads rather than “click in” buttons used for the hot cues, cue/play.

Do me this for messing about in utility room while going live on sites. Better than having all that clunk have in there.

Is there a way to get rid of the library view in the middle of the screen once you’ve loaded your two tracks? It’s kinda distracting sitting in the middle of the screen all the time

this unit doesn't have bluetooth! I reckon they are saving it for the mk 2 model. Can you plug in a bluetooth speaker into aux ie Bose Revolve etc? cheers

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Phil, this unit does everything I want personally... but do you think it looks to small or too much of a toy to play in a serious club? Or Prime 2 would look a bit more credible?

How long does it take to charge the battery? And can I use it with the power adaptor plugged in? I ask because I might be doing events that last more than 4 hours

Is it possible to record audio out via USB or only audio signal?

Thanks for providing this live review Phil . Interesting product, probably not for me, but will no doubt serve a niche audience and it’s great that Denon are offering these innovations.

Is this live now?

i just recently purchased this and I am having trouble finding a flight case for it. Does anybody know an existing case that I could buy from another product that would fit the prime go?

Is that a wireless camera switcher he’s using? Does anyone know the brand?

will denon dj launch a new prime go version early '23?

Can we contact SSD to Denon Dj prime Go

Does this mean that Denon is ready to ship the Prime Go and Prime 2 units? I gave my down payment in January. I understand why everything is delayed, but wondering for how long.

hi there nice video. I have the prime go too. Ive had it over a year ago and deck 2 individual (line) fader sound drops out aand comes back whenever I move the line fader just a hair up or down. but thwere is no static noise at all. How can I fix this issue?

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I have the prime go, can someone please instruct me on how to change the hot cue mode. When I click a hot cue it starts playing, I don't want it to start playing when I click it, I just want it to jump to the cue.

does it work with beatport link?

Please can you help me? I buy a MIDI Keyboard and a DJ Controller, but i don’t know how to use that at the same time. Please do video How to use MIDI Keyboard with DJ Controller

EUW release date? (Spain)

Is the prime go besides the battery 🔋 Is it better than the DJ 707m

This thing is going to need a DAYTIME MODE update if it wants to succeed. For what they're marketing this for, its a flaw on Denon's part for not including it

Hey Phil! Wassup from SoCal !

What has better features out of this prime go or sc live 4?

Biggest letdown confirmed by Denon is that it doesn’t have any EQ on the mic channels. As a mobile jock it’s one of the most important features for those bad rooms where you may need to roll off the bass etc. I mean, they’ve added the combo Mic inputs, you’d have thought even a software eq within utility would have been implemented. At nearly a £1000 it seems a daft thing to leave off when everything else is there albeit In miniature form. Means it’s a no go from me as a back up to hopefully a P2, but may have been enough as a main unit for what I’d need. Hey ho

What does have to do that RAINBOW with the DJ world?

Mic FX ?

Did he say 999usd???? No offence but who in the right mind spends that on a mini controller?

but can it run Crysis?

You can’t move the beatgrid without the software so what’s the point!!

The prime engine is pretty sweet, the controller, I have mixed feelings about it!

They shud have put the left pitch slider n the outer side. THis is a somewhat notable omission with loads of potential to hit the pitch accidentally

1st rule of DJing kids. Preparation

You just showed the Wi-Fi password to the public.

Just 1 question and if the answer is yes I'll purchase this before bedtime.. I've blitzed my windows at simple o'clock many a night years ago many many moons have passed and many many children came knocking and a wife that works evenings 3 or 4 times a week giving me my few hours peace. Well to keep a long story long I don't want the wife coming home to find the police in our living room because I've been blasting the plaster of the walls and inturn head butted my neighbour for ruining my set as he wS banging on my front door.. The question is, can I split the audio output into my headphones splitting them to each deck and move free back into the main output aligning both sides output giving me the overall mix coming back out of both? Does that make sense? I want to be able to split my headphones so I can mix solely with those and no other output ie, a plaster blaster box.. I want to be able to bang out the finest set of my life but if anyone was actually watching they would think I'm in need of an immediate intervention to case action me for the nearest hospital with padded walls.. Can't this be done? Also if yes can it be done and still record the set?

Why is there a rainbow on the screen?

A live unboxing is so much more interesting. Is it going to be a disaster? Who knows! I still think this thing is a total monstrosity. It's like someone said, "Let's make exactly the opposite of what people want." Tiny jog wheels? Yes! Tiny pitch faders! Yes! And let's take up the whole middle with stuff that doesn't matter. A load knob when everybody's going to use the touchscreen to load tracks. Two sad little 5-light level meters that could fit anywhere else. And then put the EQs horizontally in the corners! Denon you crazy! I mean, if I'm already using something that defies all convention, why not just use a Starlight controller and a laptop? But it's not for me anyway. Seems like the Denon fans are excited about it, so I'll leave them to it. 🙂

They can make all the hardware in the world....the software and database is still clunky/glitchy and poor

Putting it on the wrong hole. Happens all the time.

Yo yo mind you send me one

I can't help being the jerk, but it took 47+ minutes to notice that the Deck 1 was pitched -10? I mean, I know this was just an unboxing, but that was...strange. I nearly slapped my own laptop screen when you were trying to sync. LOL!

A big heads up, Despite all of the things Prime Go can do it can't seperate the VU on the master meter for individual channels. This thing is a piece of crap if you can't even level your music. Buy something else until Denon gets their act together. People have been on the forum bitching about this since April. No fix in sight. Garbage waste of time Prime Go is.

This device so ugly.

What a joke denon.

i finaly got my very own Denon prime go only 25 mins ago iam excited to gaze upon it but iam going to wait until 2morrow thanks Phil for your help and great videos ur da man😎😎