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move from Virtual DJ to Traktor, but now wondering why…….

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  • May 8, 2012 at 7:47 pm #1004147
    synthet1c
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    i’m a vdj user, personally I think the sound quality comes down to the eq curve settings… in vdj when you take out the bass you also take out all of the lower mids, giving a terrible tinny sound that is much worse than traktors… to overcome this I use a vst plugin for the eq which sounds much better than any other dj softwares internal eq and has the ability to set the cutoff frequencies for high and low, and by default the mid.

    The eq problem will be fixed in VDJ8 allowing users to choose their own frequency’s on all three bands to suit their personal taste.

    May 8, 2012 at 8:09 pm #1004148
    Terry_42
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    I cannot give you pro advise on traktor as I have been evaluating which route I will go.
    However I have played several gigs on a borrowed S4 of course using traktor and have been playing around with VDJ on a buddies ddj-ergo (yeah he is a bedroom DJ, but I just wanted to test-drive VDJ not really into the Ergo).

    I have to say after a few weeks: Traktor get’s the job done, the S4 is OK, but IMHO very overpriced and the sound quality especially of the effects is excellent. But you pay with some lacking things, that some “Pro’s” might consider obsolete (you dare to use sync???) and that Traktor to me at least was not very intuitive and customizing it is a royal pain.

    Playing with VDJ I have to say this software is hugely underrated and probably has a bad rep from older version (no idea). It worked well for me and at least through my monitors it sounds excellent and not unlike traktor. However some of the built in effects and the EQ are rather sad. However I found VDJ extremely intuitive and easy to customize, skins, VSTs etc. etc. etc. all really easy.

    Now the software I liked most for sound, precision and effects was Itch, however I really dislike the Twitch I had for testing and I really do not find any Itch controller very appealing. I wish Serato would allow us to buy Itch for a controller of our choosing….

    May 10, 2012 at 5:34 am #1004206
    Steelo
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    To break it down, each piece of software has its own way for processing the audio signal. I think native Instruments have been spot on with this but apart from a few basic EQ tweaks (which may improve your sound a bit the Audio interface you use is really what determines the overall quality of the sound. There’s only a few high end interfaces that will beat NI’s but they are more expensive and not integrated so thats one more thing to carry with you to a gig.

    May 10, 2012 at 6:53 am #1004213
    Terry_42
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    I tend to disagree.
    Where NI did a good job is tweaking its default software settings so that it will sound best out of the box, but Serato is now quite the same. VDJ needs some tuning to sound as good (especially usage of another EQ, but hopefully VDJ 8 will fix this).

    On sound cards: Yes the 90 bucks NI sound card is very good in its price range and excellent bang for the buck.
    However when you go to controllers the VCI 300/400 blow the S2/S4 out of the water. DJTT even admitted that the Reloop Jockey 3 and Terminal Mix have better sound output than the NI controllers and DJTT is very pro-Traktor and NI.
    Now do not get me wrong, NI interfaces are by no means bad (I am currently using an S4), but it is nowhere near as “ultimate” as the fanboys make it.

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