If you're feeling patriotic and you're a DJ, what better news is there today than the release of Radius 1000 by American Audio. It's a CD / MP3 player with MIDI capabilities, allowing you to play CDs or control your MP3 software with one unit.

The Radius 1000 doesn't actually have a Radius of 1000. That would be ridiculous -- unless of course it was a thousand of some arbitrarily named tiny unit made to be exactly one one thousandth of the radius of the Radius. The Radius 1000 features a six-inch jog wheel. For a frame of reference, imagine a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut!

It also features nine built-in DSP effects along with a big, shiny display for track titles and artist tags. A red LED marker rotates around the jog wheel as a reference point of where the music is playing.

Further features include a slot load CD drive, quick MP3 and CD disc recognition, advance track search which lets you search for a track while another one is playing, ten seconds of anti-shock memory, seamless loop, a trio of flash start buttons, a digital BPM counter and S/PDIF out.

Faster Features:

• Plays MP3, CD & CD-R discs
• MIDI software compatible via USB
• Control up to 8 MIDI channels at once)
• Display shows track titles and artist from ID tags when played
• Advanced cueing with track searching by frame (not by each second)
• Quick MP3 / CD recognition
• Track and Folder Search
• Advanced Track Search: Search for a new track while one is playing
• “PowerTouch™ advanced digital scratching (with adjustable sensitivity)
• Two Scratching modes: Digital Scratch mode, Beat Juggle mode
• Tempo Lock
• Instant Start
• Nine On-board FX: Scratch, Filter, Echo, Trans, Skid, Phase, Flanger, Pan, Bop
• Six-inch (150mm) Jog Wheel with LED
• Cue marker and adjustable LED effects
• Three mode Jog Wheel: Normal, Scratch, and Auto Cue Scratch (Great for Beat Juggling)
• Time & Ratio adjustment for digital FX
• FX sync adjustment
• Red LED Visual marker display: Reference point to view where the disc is playing
• Digital BPM Counter: keeps digital FX in sync with music
• TAP Button for manual BPM
• Anti Shock (10 sec.)
• Smart loop: Automatically measures your loop
• Fader “Q” Start
• Independently adjustable Pitch Bend (up to 100%)
• Sleep Mode (Adjustable in increments of 5 min - up to 120 minutes)
• Three Flash Start Buttons with (Five second sample each button)
• Recall memory of Q-Start and samples
• Store up to 1500 cue points
• Digital Output (S/PDIF)
• Headphone jack on rear with volume control
• Slot load CD drive
• Flip Flop -- Relay playback between two Radius 1000 CD/MP3 Players
• Dimensions (LxWxH): 10.5” x 14” x 4.25” / 265 x 356 x 106 mm
• Weight: 8 lbs. / 3.6 kgs.