am i to old to learn to dj ?

Hey Connor, welcome to the forums.

Never too late to learn something new, actually a great way to keep you young. As long as your realise that getting good at it will take quite a bit of practice. If you are enthusiastic, have a love for music and are willing to put the time and effort into it, you’ll be embarking on a nice trip.

Shortcuts to enjoying things a little quicker are courses like the How To Digital DJ Fast course over at the blog. A couple of weeks gets you a kick start to your new “career”.

Let us know if there is anything particular you are struggling with.

you are never too old. I’m 51 & still rocking.

I am not sure I’d go for the NV. I’d go for one of the more basic starter controllers. And I just answered that question in this thread: http://www.digitaldjtips.com/topic/advise-me-my-first-dj-controller-price-to-300/

Depending on your progress and besides taking courses, that will depend mainly on the amount of time you can invest in practicing. Most of the mentioned controllers will help you through the first 6-24 months before you really start to miss some of the more advanced features. You are not playing out yet, so some of the features and/or being roadready isn’t too important.

I would definitely spend the money on the MacBook (although 13″ is too small for me, but that too is a highly personal choice. I am 51, wear glasses for both reading and distance and I like plenty of information on my screen).

There are some new controllers coming out as you can read in the other thread as well.

You can still sell a used controller for some money after a year or two if you want to upgrade. We already see new implementations of controllers with built-in screen and even a “laptop-less” controller from Pioneer. Lots of stuff happening.

My personal opinion is that the NV is the kind of controller you’d buy because you have a workflow, know what you want exactly in a controller and can make it a very conscious decision that this controller ticks all your boxes based on your level.

Getting to that point can, imho, be done better on a slightly more basic (but still qualitywise good) controller.

Hope that helps some.