Marco Solo

A douchebag is an arrogant or obnoxious person. The guy in ljstevens’s story that blamed him for the other deck’s music not coming through for instance.

This isn’t such a bad thing. You came out not only as the moral victor, but you also showed you’re the better dj. The crowd knew as well. And I don’t think these two clowns will be asked for another gig, so you win again.

I talked to a friend of mine about this the other day: you can only control yourself and nobody else. If you did things correctly (and you did, by the way) then there’s nothing to be ashamed/angry/frustrated about. There will always be douchebags and there’s nothing you can do about that.

I disagree as well, the Denon CDJ’s can do more than most Pioneer CDJ’s for half the price for instance.

Make multiple playlists with a pre-selection of music you think the people will like based on genre, time of evening, or anything else you think is a good devider. Select them like vinyl dj’s would select which vinyl they would take to a party.

If you do too little the set is very rigid with little opportunities to change your mind. If you take too much you may get lost in your collection. About two times the amount of tracks you will play seems to be a good baseline. But ofcourse opinions will vary on that. You’ll learn those things with experience.

Also, don’t be afraid to just try some things you’re not sure about. It’s ok to pick a few wrong tunes, just like it’s ok to make some mistakes. Some hotshot dj’s make mistakes intentionally to show that they are really doing the dj-ing and are not playing some pre-recorded set.

The basic course has very, very little beatmatching in it. Literally some minutes. Go to ellaskins on youtube, he’ll teach you much better.

There’s a big difference between the ns7 and the ns7 ii. The ii has performance pads on the bottom, and effects controls. The original had neither. It’s rediculously expensive though and very, very big. I don’t think the OP has the budget for it.

I’ve now had some practise on CDJ’s (a CDJ2000, a CDJ2000nexus and a DJM2000) and I must say I prefer my DDJ-SR at home which costs about 10% of the CDJ setup (the laptop doesn’t count, I need that one for other stuff too). I don’t see the whole point of using CDJ’s being more fun or real and I don’t think their build quality is that good either. Most of the controls felt really cheap. I had no problems switching to the CDJ’s from my SR so there’s no reason for me to own some at home. As far as I’m concerned the CDJ’s are a bunch of overpriced and overhyped dinosaurs.

If you want something that feels good, I’d look into a good quality controller if you don’t already own one. If you’re still interested in CDJ’s, try to have a go at a local store or try to find somebody that owns some and try it out for yourself. I don’t think you’ll be that impressed either. I know I wasn’t.

The X1 is nothing but a midi controller. It’s just a box with buttons. What it does is control the effects in Traktor itself. With Traktor, it’s pretty much plug and play.