PROOF that big buck DJs do use controllers!

Yes Zedd is a long time S4 user.
Other pros using controllers:
DJ Angelo
DJ FongFong
DJ Freshfluke
Paul Oakenfold
Paul van Dyk
Arab Music
Andy Vargas
DJ Fly
T-Pain
Urban Assault
Wasabi
Lady Starlight
Carl Cox
Ean Golden
Hiroshi Watanabe
DJ Krush
Mix Master Mike
DJ Qbert
and many more….
(Note some of them may use DVS systems with turntables and some use CDJ Nexus gear as a controller for the DJ software and addon controllers like Maschine, Nanopads etc.)

nicole moudaber
chris leibing
dubfire
pete tong.
cid inc.
richie hawtin

theres quite a few now a days

Yeah, it’s because there needn’t be much more to a controller than there is now. And even Pioneer’s extremely pricey DDJ-SZ still comes in at under 2000 USD, making it cheaper than a single CDJ-2000 Nexus.

And any controller in the 700-1200 USD range is – generally speaking – of pro quality. Some have the emphasis on build quality, others on amount of features, but there is almost certainly something to fit your workflow and style.

No more grinding for 5 years before being able to get that LPM 7.3 mixer and those SL1210 mk2s.