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Dad: Well put, son. By when do you want it?

Thanks DJ Vintage. Another thing, my friend has some old pad controllers (An AKAI LPD8 and a Korg Nanopad) which he is willing to lend me. How would I use these along with my controller?

@King Of Snake- I have already looked into the twitch but my main reason to buy a controller is to get jogwheels. Otherwise I would prefer buying a MIDI Keyboard.

“Beg?” haha, not really, I just want to know how to ask him. How to explain what a Controller does?

I was thinking of that too rizki, but I can’t afford it now. That is one thing that will take me some time to do. But even if I do save up that much, I would still choose a Windows machine since I’m used to it now and I, for one, have absolutely no complaints against it. My Laptop has never failed me even once till date. So…XD

Ah yes, the sound quality, it will a minimum 256 kbps MP3 (most of my tracks are 320 kbps) No WAVs though. So my DJ setup is now:
1) A Laptop
2) A $1 Soundcard
3) A Numark Mixtrack
4) A Pair of Philips headphones
5) A ton of great music!

I hope I haven’t forgotten anything though.

Hey Terry,
I’ve looked into the Mixtrack, Mixtrack Pro and Mixtrack Pro 2. They all are very nice controllers. I’ve spent the last week researching about them. And the both the pro models seem EXACTLY the same in terms of functionality (I’m not concerned about the looks and IMO the original ones look better to me). So I’ve ruled out the Pro 2. But again I got thinking, that you can DJ with 2 cards right? So why not I buy the Mixtrack (the simple one not the pro one) because the Pro one is just on the outskirts of my budget and save up for, like you said, the focusrite scarlet series. Then
i could use my internal soundcard for my cueing and the scarlet for the master output, right? What do you say to that? And also, I read the “How do DJ right with a 1$ soundcard” post and got the idea from there. I already have one of those things, is it good enough for a small gig? (Not a huge club, but like 100-200 people). Reply soon, Thanks

Well, looking at other DJs and performerson-stage actually made me look into the controller business and made me think- “Hell, everybody is using controllers or CD players but I hevent seen anyone yet using a keyboard to actually DJ in a club or on stage!” I still am left wondering if I would loose a lot choosing to DJ on a keyboard. I really really REALLY like how the Jogwheels are used and the cues and loops. I want to DJ live without looking at my laptop. Except for loading the tracks. I assume a keyboard won’t let me do this. All I wanted a keyboard for was, as a producer, if ever I needed to travel (which is nearly never) I could take my producing on the road and still be able to DJ as well. But looking at that now, I feel, as a DJ, that I’ll be too busy LISTENING to music than making it. So, with the keyboards out of the equation, any recommendation for controllers?? Now you may laugh at this but please bear with me when I say that, In India, prices are seriously high. I have a max budget of about 100-200$ FLAT. Nothing more than that. And that itself will take me weeks to save up. So any recommendations for a controller? I was looking at the Gemini FirstMix i/o since it is available here. I would buy the pro version but I don’t think it is available in India as of now. Thanks

You are absolutely 100% correct Phil, I used Traktor a bit and I quite liked the UI, but I have not yet tried the mapping system (I’m not at home and my keyboard is at home so…) and one more thing, I’m a producer at heart actually and spend more time making music than DJing, and the DAW that I use is Ableton Live 9. I have heard that many people use that as well to DJ. I am very comfortable with its workflow in music production but I’m just not able to see how I would insert a standard flanger or set up cue points….? I would prefer having only one software do everything (most probably Ableton) so if somebody can guide me to a place where I can learn to DJ in Live, I would be very grateful. Thanks a lot