Hee Won Jung

I started off with the Numark Mixtrack Pro and since i did not have any other controller thought it was awesome. Since then i have upped my setup quite a bit. I am a bit of a gearslut BUT need to make sure my gear is road worthy for gigs. With that said. Here are my 2 cents:

Beatmatching with VDJ vs Traktor vs Serato is all the same. Beatmatching is something that should always be done with ear. No matter how good the software is, nothing will beat your ears for perfect matching. The style of music you plan on DJing also is a huge factor in what software you are going to use. VDJ is known as the underdog between Traktor and Serato, but is still a vary usable software. Personally as I spin strickly EDM cuz its what i love, Traktor is the obvious choice for me. Traktor has a plethora of abilities that VDJ and Serato is still trying to catch up to but they are all really good…just designed for different things in mind.

Hardware:
If you are going with Traktor the S4 and the S2 are hands down the best controllers to use. Why? GREAT integration with the traktor software, and both the S2 and the S4 come with full pro versions of Traktor. These are the ONLY controllers that come with a FULL version of Traktor Pro. This has to come into play when considering which controller to buy. I personally love the MC3000 and was planning on picking one up….until i saw the release for the DJTT VCI controller.
Since you are just starting up i would suggest you do not spend a boat load of money on gear and just get the basics, who knows in 2 months u may end up hating it and then hitting yourself for spending a ton of money on stuff you never use anymore. With proper mapping you can make the Mixtrack Pro do anything you want.

Yuki Sorrelwood, post: 12641, member: 1092 wrote: I was pushed out of a set because of some tool from a TV show that I have never heard of came to town was trying to be a DJ. His set was so bad that he cleared the dance floor twice and let the music hit dead air many times!!! “Ohhh wooops I forgot to play another song, la de da here we go i was just playing house now i am playing metal” He was so bad that the opening DJ and I begged him to leave, we offered him $300 to get up and leave. The club owners didn’t care, “Oh well look how many people he brought into the club, its best that he stays”….let the “famous” people sit around and drink dont let them work, if they are drinking they will still bring in people but they will also spend cash like no tomorrow. Let the people who put music first in their life be DJs not some “Famous TV Star” wreck your club…..the idiot also spilled beer all over 2 brand new CDJs never even used, I had hooked them up and everything…….”Oh well opps i spilled my beer i have to get a new one”

This always happens…Pauly D is actually spinning in my town in a few weeks and thats EXACTLY how i feel about him. He cant mix for shit, looks like a ooompa loompa on steroids and totally a waste of space. HOWEVER, he will pack the club no matter where he goes because he is famous. This is what club owners want…club owners dont care how you pack the club, as long as its packed because they make more money. Club owners arnt like us DJs…where we spin music because we love it and want to express ourselves in our mixes. Our mixes are like a story of who we are and the musical journey we share with the people who dance. Club owners are just there for the money…so are we…but to them its money first and then whatever else. For myself its about the music then the money.

I am rather fortunate that the city i live in has so much diversity in music that i can play the music i want to play and crowds come out to Rock out and dance their asses off. In all honesty I would rather be just a straight Bedroom DJ than have to go out and spin music that i dont love.

HDJ2000

Good thing: comfortable, good sound, Durable

Bad thing: Heavy,

House music is already mainstream, With artists like David Guetta, Benny Benassi, Tiesto, Rusko making tracks with pop/rap artists. With that said there is always going to be an “undergound” scene in the EDM world. Most of the places i goto and DJ at is mostly House music…Electro/Breaks/Drum-Dub, and not one of the DJs in there would be caught dead spinning a Guetta track or Benassi. With the majority of us we consider this music as Club “Cheese”, stuff thats great for the masses but not really catering to the EDM people. Music will always progress…90s was the Powerchord bands, early 2000 Hiphop and Pop became the rage…and now its House music.

For using Loops cue point juggling and such…i suggest using Traktor…best Software out there for that type of application. You can download a 30 day trial of Traktor Pro 2 from the Native Instruments website.

Within Traktor there is options to Quantize and snap your tracks so when u set a loop it automatically snaps it to the bpm of the song, and at the beginning of the beat making looping super easy.

is this the 8″ model?

Honestly Any sub will add that low end you are looking for until you can get a better one, and for 75 bucks you really cant go wrong.

IMO if you are going to spend 300 bucks…Pick up to 2 KRK RP5s and add a sub in the future or a single KRK RP8 and add a second RP8 in the future. The difference in sound quality between a computer system and Studio monitors is just so vast that you cannot really compare imo.

I rocked a 50 person house party with 2 RP8s and a 10″ Sub and people were loving it.