Trends in Advanced Tabletop Digital DJ Media Players from 2000–2023

This paper evaluates the features of DSP-based tabletop digital disc jockey (DJ) media player separates that have at least some turntable simulation and were available from 2000 to 2023 in the USA. Trends across time were analyzed, with special attention to innovation and automation versus the ability to manually DJ. In particular, it was hypothesized that automation that no longer requires manual beat matching would correspond with an unfortunate relaxation in the requirement for fine resolution of pitch faders, the primary speed control on the players. This paper thus contributes to the literature with a broad understanding of consumer electronics and further presents an open dataset for analysis.