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Back Up Gear: Is your back up gear turned on for a smooth transition?

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  • October 19, 2012 at 11:18 pm #1014045
    Anonymous
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    With two or more CDJs there’s a very tiny chance both will break down unless the mixer between dies and than any hooked-in iPod won’t help, either.

    October 21, 2012 at 9:30 am #1014116
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    I have an iPod, my iPhone and a USB stick with me at all times.
    Usually when the Club has CDJs I plug in my USB stick and load a track and then play via the controller.
    In case my controller is it, then I connect the iPod to the mixer.

    October 21, 2012 at 6:19 pm #1014146
    DJ Menno
    Participant

    I’ve got an iphone, USB stick and a pocket with 15 CD’s. It fits easily in the bag, and you’re safe for the whole evening.

    October 22, 2012 at 4:20 pm #1014210
    Coltrane09
    Participant

    Good points. Thanks for the responses.

    October 23, 2012 at 11:53 am #30605
    DeeJay SiBoogie
    Participant

    I use multi format CDJ’s so providing they don’t suddenly blow I’m good to use CD’s, USB drive or a LAN/ Midi connected Laptop

    October 23, 2012 at 12:03 pm #30607
    Robert Quick
    Participant

    I have a spare set of cd decks/mixer plugged directly into my powered speakers, and an mp3 player plugged into my controller as well (Denon MC6000). If my laptop goes down, I can just quickly play an mp3 from the player. If my controller goes down, I can play a CD from the CD decks, as they are not running through the Controller.

    If a speaker goes down, then I just hope to god that I can get through the rest of the night with just 1 speaker! thank god it’s never happened to me!

    October 23, 2012 at 12:35 pm #30611
    backtothefront
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    Coltrane09, post: 30524, member: 2800 wrote: Hey guys. When you first started out doing gigs did you have your back up gear set up on the table? Maybe you were using an iPod as your back up? How about using a smaller CD/MP3 mixer? Did you go ahead and set it up on the table so you can easily switch to it?

    I’m wondering because it appears that 99.9% of the gig logs I’ve viewed on Youtube (including videos uploaded by popular and professional DJs, etc.) do not have their back up gear on the table, turned on and ready to go. I thought maybe they were using an iPod/iPad for that particular gig.

    I define back up gear as having a CD/MP3 player or mixer that can work on its own without a PC, OR using the inputs on a stand alone midi controller and running CDJ’s, an iPod etc.

    What is your practice? I think we can agree that having a second mixer, pc, etc. turned on and ready to go is best way, but does everyone practice that or have you found more efficient ways of having your back up gear ready to go?

    Thanks.

    I always carry a bag of 12″s, thankfully I’ve never known 1210’s/mixer go down.

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