CDJs

Why CDJs? Seems like a step backwards from digital.

A pair CDJ 2000s and a DJM 2000 is over $6000, and if you want 4 CDJs it’s close to $10,000. You could put together an enviable digital setup for that price.
Maybe Traktor scratch pro 2 with a pair of high end stanton turntables, with an S4 as a mixer, then maybe a novation twitch on a stand for extra fun. And include the price of a nice laptop. That’s the kind of set up you could buy.

MBPRPG, post: 9024 wrote: Most djs I’ve spoken to in the area have recommended going down the cd route as quite a lot of the clubs where I hope to get work use cdjs

If you can’t use your digital setup in a club at all, wouldn’t a basic setup be good enough to practice on?
Or would you need to bring your own setup to the club?

Wouldn’t your basic need be a setup you could use to practice on?
Imho, you could still do that on a digital setup, but you’d need to keep a library of CDs for when you play in the club.
And someone better correct me if I’m wrong!

So, again:
What would CDJ2Ks and the DJM2K allow you to do that you can’t do with your current setup? 🙂

Just my 2 cents 😉

I guess this isn’t really the place to go for advice about which CDJ’s & DJM to buy as most of us here are digital/controller advocates.

Also I think that many of us here can’t justify the cost of the set up you suggested as we feel that digital is not only a more cost effective solution but also offers more creativity in your mixing and sets.

However all that aside if you are going to go down the CDJ / DJM road then get a set up that is easy adaptable to digital so you can have the best of both worlds. So I would recommend the DJM 900 Nexus over the DJM 2000.

Also Arbite is 100% correct. Plugging into a club mixer needn’t be a huge ordeal. Here’s a good how to :

http://www.digitaldjtips.com/2011/08/over-to-you-how-to-plug-into-a-club-mixer/

if you want the cdjs to practise on, buy secondhand cdj1000s or 800s, save a fortune so you can also get the macbook and s4, all for under the new price of the cdj2000, when it comes to gear more IS better!! lol!!

Firs of all you can do a lot of things on CDJ/DJM that you can not do on digital setups.

There is a really good handle of the efx unit and you have a very good control over the music on bigger joggs.
You can run the CDJs from CD, USB direct, USB with recordbox, or MIDI with for examle Traktor.

There is not very much that can compete with that set for digital setups.

There is one other set that can compete and that is the Denon S3700 x1600/1700 setup.

CD, USB, MIDI with spinning platter for half the price of CDJ’s and X1600/1700 are Traktor certified
(DJM 2000/900 are also Traktor certified)

Try this on a Mixtrak Pro _
http://www.youtube.com/user/denondjtv#p/u/4/cEmqKSsAkVU

DJ Hessler, post: 9107 wrote: Firs of all you can do a lot of things on CDJ/DJM that you can not do on digital setups.

There is a really good handle of the efx unit and you have a very good control over the music on bigger joggs.
You can run the CDJs from CD, USB direct, USB with recordbox, or MIDI with for examle Traktor.

There is not very much that can compete with that set for digital setups.

There is one other set that can compete and that is the Denon S3700 x1600/1700 setup.

CD, USB, MIDI with spinning platter for half the price of CDJ’s and X1600/1700 are Traktor certified
(DJM 2000/900 are also Traktor certified)

Try this on a Mixtrak Pro _
http://www.youtube.com/user/denondjtv#p/u/4/cEmqKSsAkVU

firstly im pretty sure the dj in that video would be capable of a somewhat representation of that on a mixtrack…… secondly not many dj’s could replicate that (there is a reason he is on that video…..) its a selling point so im pretty sure many that buy that product shit them selves when they find out they cant do that :(.
then you gotta take into consideration the price of cdj’s, mixer, fx-unit (if built into mixer costs a lot more) then the media we choose to use… usb sticks still cost money.

then you can add transportation. if your playing a gig that you need to bring your own gear and just plug into a speaker there is no hoping on a train or walking a few miles with 2 cdj’s a mixer and a few usb sticks and cables (at minimum). but a bag with a laptop and controller is possible.

I can see this turning into a cdj v laptop dj thread but on a “Digital dj” site most will stick up for their own medium and offer the plus sides. Im not bashing cdj’s as ive used them for years and still do the odd time. Just think its not a good idea to splash out a good few thousand on 2000’s as a starter setup (even restarting). they are way too expensive.

mr stifffy, post: 9055 wrote: tractor s4

mr stifffy, post: 9055 wrote: play anywhere

Lol whut?