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Peter Rietveld

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  • December 7, 2016 at 9:36 pm in reply to: My first steps into the digital world – DJM-450 and Scratch Pro? #2478811
    Peter Rietveld
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    Thanks again for the info, guys, and your time.

    It’s not that I don’t want a dj controller at all. They have their benefits over seperate hardware. The disadvantage for me is that a setup with a controller is to different from what I’m used to. As I see it now, I want to be free (as possible) in what hardware I will use and what not. But feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

    For the DJM-450, it’s just on the market and Pioneer claims it’s the little brother of the NSX2. The NSX2 is on the compatible list so I assumed the DJM-450 will be in the near future. So I e-mailed Pioneer and Native Instruments but both are pointing out at the compatibility list. But when it’s not on that list it doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. I asked them if they did test it, but they didn’t.

    Maybe someone here can tell me if other software then RB DJ will work with DVS? From practice?

    Oh, what do I hate vendor lock-in and eco-systems. Let DVS be a protocol, and don’t make it hard for us to be compatible at all. Now we have no winners, only users. But maybe this sounds to hippie-ish 😛

    For now I am inclined to go with this new setup, but I still like Traktor Scratch. It’s just to be save:

    2 x Technics 1210MKII
    Pioneer DJM-450 (replacing my current mixer)
    Pioneer DDJ-SP1 midi controller
    Laptop with Pioneer Rekordbox DJ/DVS

    But please keep shooting at it if you think oterwise 🙂

    December 7, 2016 at 10:26 am in reply to: My first steps into the digital world – DJM-450 and Scratch Pro? #2478551
    Peter Rietveld
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    Thanks for the info guys.

    As said, I’m new to this so that I compare Traktor Scratch with Rekordbox DJ/DVS seems obvious to me. Aren’t they both software to use timecode? That I didn’t mention Serato is that I thought that Rekordbox DJ/DVS is a replacement for Serato, as for Pioneer DJ. The DJM-450 comes with RB DJ/DVS and supports DVS. So I can use it with Traktor Scratch or Rekordbox DJ/DVS or Serato DVS? Please tell me where I’m wrong.

    At first I looked at controllers, but for a turntablist that seems to be overhead. The two decks I don’t think I will use, and the turntables will be further away from my mixer. That’s why I came up with the DJM-450. No big changes to my current setup, but with usb/dvs so I can use my laptop/tablet. For now I guess I want to be able to use a sampler and remix deck, and to be able to play a mp3 once in a while using timecode. But the main focus will be vinyl. Maybe later a XDJ-700 to have a deck. To have pads to play around with samples/remix deck I looked at a DDJ-SP1.

    Maybe I should strip it down to some questions.

    What are the differences between the software mentioned?
    Is the DJM-450 support all DVS software/timecode vinyl like Scratch, Serato and Rekordbox?
    Why is a SX2 better then a DJM-450?
    Can the mixer of a SX2 being used as an standalone mixer for my turntables?
    What would you say about a Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol S4 MK2 and it’s compatibility?

    Thanks in advance

    December 5, 2016 at 9:31 pm in reply to: Best Budget Mixer with built in Sound Card For Digital Vinyl Use? #2478031
    Peter Rietveld
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    And the DJM-450? It’s about 700 but with software and most of the NSX2 features/filters..

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