Meet the DJM-500, Pioneer DJ’s first-ever mixer

It’s difficult to imagine now, but when Pioneer DJ released its first club mixer, the DJM-500, back in 1995, this design was just one of the many different forms mixers took. As photos from legendary DJs booths like the Paradise Garage and Ministry Of Sound show, mixers at leading clubs tended to be wide, not narrow, and were rack-mounted below turntables—but there was lots of variation between the layouts that different brands used. 

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