Why do people…

Maybe the problem I have with all of this is an age and experience thing… Nobody *ever* asks me what equipment I use when I’m being booked – they ask me what I need from them. I *am* a professional (although I will never admit that publicly!) and therefore when people book me they know I’m not going to show up with a pile of crap for equipment.

Again, as I said back on page 1 – your audience doesn’t look in the dj booth when you are working – at most they may look directly at you, but do you really think Sally-Six-Drinks-In gives a rat’s ass what equipment you use? No, she cares that there is music, and that it is awesome. The only people looking at your equipment are other dj’s. Just be confident with whatever you choose to play with, and if someone says anything about it, laugh at them and make them feel just as little as they are trying to make you feel, as you are the one who actually has a show.

And to compare a Mixtrack and a CDJ2000, well that’s just dumb. Of course my Porsche is way better than your tricycle – that’s why NOBODY would ever compare the two. A pro grade controller will hold its own just fine against any set of CDJ’s. Hell, they probably have almost the same workflow.

Anyway, none of this is meant to sound hostile, it’s just that dj’ing is a business of confidence. So have some! If someone doesn’t like your equipment, kick them in the nuts and tell them you don’t like their “equipment”. Now that’s confidence!

PS. I don’t actually own a Porsche. It just made a better example than my Kia, which is only marginally better than a tricycle…

“PS. I don’t actually own a Porsche. It just made a better example than my Kia, which is only marginally better than a tricycle… “

I go clubbing alot and I’ve never wondered about a DJ’s equipment until I got my own decks. Now that I own a NS6 the first thing I look for at a club is what the DJ uses. To the crowd it does not matter what you use, as long as your pumping out music that is kick ass then its all good. Looking professional comes from the person not the equipment. And the topic on the cake is the DJ interacting with the crowd in my oppinion.

An interpretation is based on the interpreter’s view 😉 and I did not intend to miscredit your post, in fact, should you feel annoyed by my, from your point, misleading quotation, I offer apologies. Do not stop posting in forums again 😀

No I didn’t overlook your mentioned sentence.
But I think that the money-issue I extracted from your post is a serious one and especially important to beginners.
Frustration is high when you start DJing, and, as you will surely agree, will even grow more when you realize that you have spent a large pile of money into gear which is state of the art or let’s say seen as being “ultimately” professional,
but doesn’t suit your style at all. Which is why controllers are better for learners. In my opinion.
And the financial argument is one which you, as you might agree, hear very often in creative areas, and often misused for … penis comparison. The focus is, which I mentioned before, that gear might help you, but a douchebag stays a douchebag, even if he’s rollin’ with a Rolls. Aight? 😉

But, I what I wrote is my opinion. I stand by it…

So do I, everybody should, and, again, no intention to offend you.
Thanks for posting!

Xhris Vile, post: 18476, member: 1855 wrote: This is comming from a total newbie mind you. But why would having more “hobbyists” be a problem? I would guess that a lot of really good musicians started learning their instruments as a hobby, formed bands as a hobby and used whatever equipment they could get their hands on. Often so-called hobbyists are doing something for fun, which may lead then to be more open to expieriment and discover new, creative and innovative areas for their hobby. Cutting them out is a negative both for amature talent, and pro DJs looking for new ways to push their craft onto new territory.

I’m a hobbyist, too.

Thanks for the feedback!

The whole CDJ vs Controller vs Tables is soooooo over that its not funny….

The REAL question you should be asking is who is better me or you?

And the answer is ME!

At the end of the day even coming from a perspective of a DJ…mind you i am a lot more open minded than most is…

I dont care if u are using 2 cassette players…2 8tracks…or a washboard and a wooden spoon…If you are rocking the crowd thats all that matters…Screw the Haters and appreciate the people who appreciate you.

with that said

/Thread close

Can we talk about something thats productive now?

Clayton Weimers, post: 18565, member: 578 wrote: This may be a dumb question, but I’ve never used a CDJ. If you want to use a usb memory drive, do you need one for each unit or are they somehow linked?

They linked together

No such thing as a dumb question. It depends on the system – higher-end CDJs are often networked, but cheapos aren’t.

I’m currently on the fence about this myself.

Right now I use Traktor on an old macbook with a S4 controller. My laptop has been acting funny lately and making me really nervous that it’s going to crap the bed during a gig (I’m going to have a lot of gigs in the next few months at lounges/bars in NYC).

So before I go and drop $2K on a new macbook pro that I’ll use for nothing but djing, I thought I would consider CDJs. I already have an ok mixer that I use for my 1200s (don’t want to go the vinyl timecode route because they are too heavy to be dragging to gigs).

My other issue with my current setup is the tiny jog wheels and pitch fader on the S4. I think I’d be much better off with the large jog wheels and long throw pitch fader on CDJs. I would think that if you are serious about djing then this would be a huge plus right?

Another question I have is, how do those of you using CDJs feel about losing the key lock feature that Traktor has?