Status, October 2026: discontinued. Pioneer DJ has archived its product page and has not named a direct replacement.
What it is
The DDJ-RZX is a four-channel DJ controller for rekordbox from Pioneer DJ, announced on 1 July 2016 alongside the rekordbox video Plus Pack (Pioneer DJ product page). Pioneer DJ built it for audio and video sets, with large jog wheels from the CDJ-2000NXS2 and Sound Color FX from the DJM-900NXS2.
It needs a computer and cannot play from USB on its own. The box held licence keys for rekordbox dj, rekordbox dvs and rekordbox video. rekordbox says it is not compatible with rekordbox ver. 7 and points owners to ver. 6 in its archive. VirtualDJ also publishes a manual for it. Two USB Type-B ports with their own sound cards let two computers connect at once, with an A/B switch on top for changeovers.
Three 7-inch touch screens show track titles, BPM and key, enlarged waveforms with hot cues and loops, and video and image previews, and Touch FX sets effect parameters by tracing on the screen. The FX section adds Beat FX, Release FX, Sampler Repeat and an oscillator sampler. The mic section has two XLR/1/4" combo inputs with a three-band EQ and Echo, Reverb, Pitch and V-Tune effects.
The audio runs up to 96 kHz, with a 32-bit Asahi Kasei D/A converter on the master. Inputs are four CD/line and two phono pairs on RCA. Outputs are Master 1 on XLR, Master 2 on RCA, a 1/4" TRS booth output and 1/4" and 3.5 mm headphone jacks. Pioneer DJ rates the crossfader for over 10 million movements.
It runs on mains power, measures 945 x 547 x 119.7 mm and weighs 15.9 kg. The box holds a power cord, one USB cable, the quick start guide and the licence key cards.