Need Help while choosing between Numark MIxtrack Controllers

The Mixtrack quad is basically the Mixtrack pro 2 with volume faders (Not gain though) and EQ controls for decks 3/4. (Me personally, I didn’t like the 2 or quad due to the shallow jog wheels.) Considering you’re primarily a 2 deck guy, you should be fine. As for Vdj and MIXXX, can’t help you. Although from my understanding, there is really no support in MIXXX for the MTP2. Also, the Mixtrack pro 2 & 3 can’t support 4 deck djing, or to put it in a different way, they’re not designed for it. You would either have to use your keyboard and mouse or maybe an add on thing to control the other two decks unless you want to start getting into mapping everything. Either way, you’d probably be left wanting for a proper 4 deck controller at some point like the Reloop Terminal mix 8, Gemini G4V, American Audio VMS 5 or VMS 4.1 or something along those lines that lets you control gain, volume, and EQs for 3/4, that you can’t really map to the MTP 2 & 3.

Not a lot of help I’m sure, but my advice to you is to save up for a good 4 deck controller (unless you already bought the quad) and the unlimited license for VDJ if you don’t have it so you don’t have to worry about whether or not it works with your version of VDJ and since it’s your main software, you’d be supporting the devs and get all sorts of cool features you don’t get with free software.

Can’t address the hardware points, but if memory serves, the difference between the free version of VDJ and the paid version is that the free version doesn’t let you use a controller at ALL.

However, Mixxx does have community supported mappings for the various Mixtrack Pros (but not the quad). “Community supported” is a very different thing when you’re talking about Open Source Software, since really, the entire program is community supported, but I can’t comment too directly on the quality of the setup – I follow Mixxx because a free open source DJ package is good to know about, but I don’t use it any more.

I’d say get a Pioneer DDj SB2 or American Audio VMS 4.1 instead. Don’t get me wrong, the MTP3 is an awesome controller. (I own the mk1) But since you’re talking about needing 4 decks, the SB2 will give you better bang for your buck and it’s supported in MIXXX as well. The American Audio VMS 4.1 as it’s also supported in MIXXX and I’d say even better than the sb2 in terms of 4 deck mixing and has more PRO features than the sb2. Trust me, it’s better to wait and save up for a good controller than it is to buy something and then realize a year or so later you wish it had more on it.