Many DJs will wonder if this new Pioneer technology will be the end of exclusive tracks and secret set lists – not so. WHAT’S DIFFERENT FOR THE DJ DJs can add custom crowd-facing metadata to tracks. How the NXS-GW is installed in a typical setup. Internet LAN cable available around the DJ booth.The requirements for venues from a technical perspective are pretty much what you’d expect – utilizing Pioneer’s PRO DJ Link ethernet cable between Pioneer’s DJ gear and the NXS-GW. Venues apply for the service here, and then create an account profile that will collect all of the DJs, sets, and tracks played at their venue. The unit isn’t designed to be a piece of gear that a DJ owns – but instead it gets installed in a venues – clubs, bars, festivals – DJ booths that get a wide array of performers and audience members. There’s a whole application process that’s required to get the KUVO box, dubbed the NXS-GW ( shown above). Starting to sound a bit like Ean’s predication of the future of DJing yet? THE TECHNOLOGY: INSTALLING KUVO Pioneer’s NXS-GW: Not much to look at, but the backbone of the system. Whip out a smartphone app, location detect the venue, and instantly know who’s playing, and what track is coming out of the speakers. You might have seen Pioneer briefly post a video announcing the service on their YouTube page, which has since been taken down in anticipation of a larger upcoming launch.Īt it’s core, KUVO takes on the issue of being an audience member who can’t peek into the booth to see what the playing track name is – or even the identity of the DJ behind the decks. Pioneer aims to bring metadata to massives, allowing performing DJs to share their track information via KUVO to their audience and fans. The soft launch of KUVO seemed to start in Amsterdam at ADE in mid-October, with the launch of a companion website ( ) that shares a few details on the future of the system. KUVO pushes DJ and track information from the booth onto the internet, making checking in on what the DJ is playing right now as easy as opening an app – read on to learn more. Pioneer is soft launching a new product – dubbed KUVO – a new web service that takes the behavior of Richie Hawtin’s Twitter DJ and incorporates it into an actual club setup with the addition of one small box.
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