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Great reply, thanks for the advice Steve.
I’m learning Cross DJ on a large iMac 24″ I usually play gigs at small venues doing background music as a guitarist who has tracks I’ve pre-mixed onto an iPod. It’s a natural jump for me into DJ’ing as I can then do mixes on the fly without having to hit stop on my iPod.
Also, I’m involved in music education and although most of my teaching is on guitar and how to record in Logic 9, I have the option of going into schools and demoing DJ’ing to kids, which would be fun to do, once I’ve bought my controller and done Phil’s course. (I would heavily promote this site and Phil’s teaching course, when the time comes)

So far I’ve been steered away from the using VJay, iPad and a Vestax Spin2 combo, from comments on here.
I’m looking for a smaller compact controller that can trigger samples from Cross DJ and control 2 decks.
I’ll keep scouring Phil’s controller reviews… (starting to think the Denon MC3000 might do the trick, but any further suggestions would be very appreciated) I plan on buying in the next week or two.
Again many thanks,
James

Thanks Chuck, I checked the price locally and it’s a wee bit more than I wanted to pay. Saw Phil’s review of the Pioneer DDJ WeGo and checked out some youtube vids. Looks like it will work with Cross DJ, and is small and compact enough to take to lounge/bar gigs. Not expensive either!

Seems that way… I’m trying to sell my 24″iMac and get a macbook air. If the deal doesn’t come through, I have a friend who is willing to swap his 20″ imac. Just wondering if that’s too big to use on a live gig, if I disconnect the keyboard?
It will only be 5″ bigger than a 15″ laptop.. heavy to lug around!

Yeah, you’re right… what was I thinking….

it is, but I have a 24″iMac running Logic 9 that I would be swapping it for. Won’t be able to see all those plug-ins quite so easily!

Hi Steve, thanks for the info. Yeah, I checked Phil’s written review on here. It does sound a little basic for what I will want to do down the road.
After watching a Pioneer demo it was obvious the controller is mimicking the lay out of VDJ which I don’t want to use.

Coming from a guitar background, and using loops and wanting to mix tracks at the same time, I”m looking now at the X1 and F1 for controlling Traktor. (Yeah, I know I bought Cross DJ, but the idea of being able to have control over 2 decks via the X1, and the remix/sample decks controlled by the F1 seems very appealing right now)

I also watched a youtube rave review of Phil’s course. The still screen shots showed him demoing techniques on Traktor.
When I take the course, I would prefer to be using the same software for ease of understanding. (I”m finding Cross DJ to have very little in the way of good online tutorials so far)
Thanks to all of you for being patient, while I work my way through this!
Cheers,
James

Back after getting finally getting a Pioneer DDJ WeGo. I’ll be signing up for Phil’s course very soon now. Looking forward to it. Although I have bought Cross DJ, and understand the controller will work with Cross, I was wondering if I should buy Serato DJ or VirtualDJ? Phil suggested it might be less hassle to use the software that comes bundled with the controller.
I don’t mid paying for the full version of either software. I don’t think Serato DJ can match keys yet can it? Any suggestions greatly appreciated!