Numark DJ2Go

I have one here. It’s undeniably cheap and cheerful, not even got any tone controls, but not got round to reviewing it properly yet – expect that on the blog in the next couple of weeks.

squarecell, post: 5452 wrote: Just wanted to update since I just got my LPD8 in the mail and I’ve taken the last little while setting up a custom mapping to use it alongside the DJ2GO.

So far I think it’s a brilliant set-up. I’ve mapped the EQ to the faders on the AKAI and looping, hot cue and effects controls to the pads.

For a whopping total of about $100CAD, I’ve got a killer ultra-portable DJ system.

What strikes me right away is how similar these two are in build. Their bodies are nearly identical in size and form, they have the exact same fader knobs (small, but good) and the pads have about the same feel. It’s almost as if these two units were made side-by-side in the same factory.

So what I’ve done with the mapping is use the top row of knobs to control the EQs on the left deck in VDJ and the bottom row for the right (this leaves two knobs on each row I’m going to use for controlling effects when I figure out the proper VDJ Script).

The cool thing about the LPD8 is that you can create four different programs for the 8 pads and faders. I’ve got program one set to hot cues (four for left deck, four for right); program two is loops; program three gives me eight hot cues for the left deck; program four does the same for the right.

I still have some work to do on figuring out how to map the effects properly, but when I’m done I’d be happy to send along my mapping file to anyone else interested in duplicating my setup.

Actually, Akai owns Numark (as well as Alesis, Alto Professional, and Ion Audio), so that would explain why the two have the same build quality. 🙂

Ian M, post: 5537 wrote: hey guys, I’m pretty much new in this site and I love reading all these informative stuff in the forum. Bought myself DJ2Go a couple of weeks back and this little thing is just really fun to use — specially with that price… I’m also made some tweaks on the controls and still trying to figure out how to make the jog wheels work since I’m trying to make it worked on a cracked VDJ Pro… pretty much it still a fun product

a lot of us dont tollerate “cracked” software… we are people that have saved up and spent money on products to support the companys that make them so future updates make them better… I dont pay for my software so they develop it so you get it for free!!

buy the software or dont expect help from a lot of us! its simple… if you cant afford to dj, use the trial versions… if you want to do it for a living you should be investing money into your newly found career like most of us did at the start!

i have one bit of advice(I SHOULD SAY LIFE CHANGING WORDS HAHAHAA BUT WELL READ EM!) for the dj2go-people have real problems mapping it! especially the jog wheels-i have come accross an answer this link is for a piece of software i just found-it lets you map dj2g0 easily and ny other bits of it can be mapped alongside onto a nanopad or midikeyboard.Still though the jogwheels dont map BUT this software has an amazing abilty-Take any normal turntable and plug it in thru a mic or line input(it has pre amping built in)and get a serato(or any other listed theres loads) time coded 12″ it will then become your jogwheel full turntable control so you have a dj2go mixer,nano etc cotrol for hot cueing etc and turntable jogs all without any expensive extra hardware nice eh! i hope they print this coz its just changed a poor mans life!! http://www.djmixerstudio.com/en/lp/002/?campaign=13755&tracker=2646&par1=120711

torq n vdj maybe but people are getting stck with traktor etc. da jogs are reversed and all sorts of other strange tales-the thing above is da easiest we’ve found at da shop and also for a £20 outlay on a pair of time codes ya runnin’ turntable control which knocks jog wheels out the picture for most people on a cheap budget! that and da ability to multi map any usb key boards controls over all da rotaries etc or a nanopad(which is da kinda thing most poor people have!) as a total of £70-£20 on da 12″‘s and £50 for a dj2go iots a fast n simple free bit of software that upgrades you to full vinyl or cdj(da timecode cd’s are a free download aswell) control over ya whole mp3 pc mixing system! so if ya dont have a huge income for hardware (and most do not especially if they are buying a dj2go ,if ya had more £ you’d buy better!)n its one solution Squarecell mate!