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1). Don’t use anything less than a 256 (Itunes purchase) unless you absolutely have to. 320’s are the norm, that’s why DJ’s dislike getting Itunes gift cards on holidays.
2). Bring a cdj and a mp3 player with music on them that you can play off of in case you are not given enough time to set up.
3). Bring your own rca-rca / rca-1/8th inch cables
4). Bring a friend! It’s always more fun to have stories to share with friends afterward.

Wow, I actually don’t really feel the need to switch out my hardware that much at all. However, that is probably because I much prefer a DVS setup to pure controllers. However, I do always feel the need to tweak things – I always have new ideas for midi-maps on my controllers, and add different little nuances pretty regularly. My dicers are pretty beastly right now, haha. They control hot cues, loop rolls, loops, delay/echo out/gater/beat slicer, key lock, auto-doubles, and deck ejection. Mapped the microphone controls on the DJM 850/900 to the key parameter in traktor (boy is that fun), and the “fader start” buttons that never get used to control slip mode.

So I suppose instead of constantly thinking about new gear, I’m always imagining what I can do with MIDI. Always tinkering, wondering what will work best.

I guess below that would be what the OP is trying to do, not overlaying anything, but just putting parts together.

a mash-up is an amalgamation of sounds from other songs, usually overlaid, but not always. What you are doing is definitely a mash-up, albeit a very elementary iteration.

Ess Jay, post: 41154, member: 2540 wrote: Ha whenever I get an email saying “Chuck has replied” I know I am in for some educational reading

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This format of having a bajillion high-quality items at too-low-to-believe prices is the trademark of spammers and people trying to rip you off. Don’t do it.

SL1 – the original Serato box. Does the job. Somewhat “crunchy” sound quality (16-bit, while other Rane SL units are 24-bit). Discontinued. Allows 2-deck djing.
SL2 – replaced the SL1. Allows 2-deck djing.
SL3 – Has an auxiliary in/out, allowing either 3-deck djing or in-software recording of externally-mixed sound.
SL4 – the big momma of Rane’s sound cards. Has 4 channels and an auxiliary line. Has 2 usb in/outs, allowing for 2 djs to use the same sound card (which is helpful when transitioning from dj to dj).

Chuck van Eekelen, post: 40992, member: 2756 wrote: … Are you saying every club has a DVS setup? They are pretty rare and far between here.

…If I am not mistaken, you can’t mix between playing control vinyl and playing actual records, can you? So, you’d have to switch your setup for playing actual vinyl as opposed to playing DVS with timecode vinyl, right?
And how about not having to lug anything to a gig, see point 1? The heaviest bit of kit in an old skool vinyl setup was … you guessed it … the crates of dead vinyl.

Most of the respectable venues here have a mixer plus either TT’s or CDJs, or a mixture of the two, so it works out pretty well. I bring a bag with my X1, dicers, laptop, and soundcard and plug in. You can definitely mix vinyl and control records (at least in Serato) – just put the deck in “THRU” mode before swapping out the control vinyl for the normal record. I generally about six records with me to a gig – 2 control records and 4 LPs that I am almost certain to play.

I am also a bboy, and as most djs should know, breaks djs are notoriously hostile to anything but turntables. Thus, the community in which I started (and from which a lot of my gigs come from) is pretty anti-controller. Have you ever djed a bboy battle? Mixing battle breaks on anything but vinyl just feels and looks wrong. All the best breaks djs (Skeme, Fleg, Alpha Trion, Los Boogie, Kid Cut Up, etc) all use tts.

Also, as a relatively new DJ (3 years of djing) still trying to become established, it is imperative that I be able to mix on any given setup at any place since I move around so much. This is one of the reasons I chose DVS – versatility. Also, as a DJ new to the scene, image is VERY important. Since I mix real records and DVS, older, more established heads are more likely to hire me in the future. I *enjoy* mixing analogue and digital songs, so this works out well for me. Patrons at venues also respect me more. It makes the venues seem more “underground” and hip when the djs use tt’s, so they prefer that we use DVS to using controllers. Finally, my dj role models are people like A-trak, Shiftee, and Kissy-Sell out; they tend to use similar setups to what I now have.

Of course, most of this is secondary to my abilities as a DJ.