synthet1c

I honestly think VDJ LE is the worst LE software but the best Pro software with the most possibilities and the brightest future. But at the moment Traktor is better due to better effects implementation if that’s your thing “it’s most peoples thing”. But back to VDJ Pro’s benifits lol. Currently you can use full screen video, vst effects, incredibly powerful mapping scripts, skins, extra controllers of which a huge amount are native to the software. There is two plugins for controlling DMX lighting if your mobile and want a light show not just a bunch of lights flashing randomly. There is also text to screen plugins that allow your audience to send messages to your screen or you can set up things like voting polls for interactivity. You can also run karaoke to expand your business even further.

About the future there is a full remake of the software combining the best software for modification “djdecks” so hopefully the mapping and skins will go from being incredibly powerful to insanely powerful. If traktors remix decks appeal to you VDJ8’s sampler will take it a level further with 99 sample banks and most importantly the ability to group your own banks while traktor is locked to groups of 4 at the moment. There will be a mixmiester style song player that could automate an entire set if that’s your thing, but the real value I see in it is the ability to make quick mashups and play them as individual tracks, editing music videos or making your own mixable tracks from radio edits.

Traktor seems to be going in a direction of being locked to their hardware so they are pretty much out of the race if you don’t like the quality of their hardware “which I don’t” so the only other contender I can see is if serato open up their platform, but even if they do I can’t see it being as open as VDJ.

pioneer controllers terrible! get the stanton it has the same amount of controls as the ergo but better build quality.

I’m not sure you can do that with rewire, that is more for allowing a deck on vdj to control the transport of the DAW and have the sound all route through vdj.

You might have to use jack to route the sound into ableton separately and use ableton as the master out to your speakers.

Are you aware that vdj can host vst’s on pc so you don’t need a DAW to run them. If it’s an ableton effect you want there are usually free alternatives on the net, the only one i’ve never found a suitable vst copy of is the beat repeat, but you can do similar things with tex_zk’s “granular” or chackl’s “beatgridV2”. To make vst’s work just paste the .dll in
c –> username –> my documents –> virtual dj –> plugins –> sound effects

another limitation is you can’t make vdj ignore a controller so ableton can recognize it, this will be fixed in VDJ8 though.

I’d get the reloop terminal 2 mix if you just want 2 mixer channels. It has a few extra buttons and knobs for extra stuff, the jogs are touch sensitive not pressure sensitive which makes scratching or jog fx easier to control. But you should stop thinking in terms of beginner controllers, all they do is control the software so if you get the Pro version of the software the only limit is what your willing to try. The only real difference in controllers is amount of controls, construction quality, jog resolution and 14bit midi pitch faders. The only advantage of the RMX2 is the soundcard being 24bit 96khz as opposed to 16bit 48khz, but human ears can’t hear above 20khz, so having that range makes no difference to you but your dog might appreciate it. 😉

I think you need to lower you expectations regarding what traktor will operate like with third party non-endorsed hardware. Changing versions of reloop controllers to the TM2 will not change that, the only bonus I can see is there may be a possible upgrade to a more open version of itch/scratch live… But that is only an unsubstantiated rumor.

I know I’m a fanboy, but VDJ Pro will give you tight fully functional integration of the DJ3, TM2/4, NS6, DDJS1, VCI-400 etc… only excluding the Native Instruments Kontrol series with almost endless modification possibilities, at the expense of having worse integration of the effects, but many more possibilities to incorporate the in the software if you use Windows.

There was fantastic review by Phil on the blog of the Terminal Mix 4 which he covered the main differences between the TM2 and TM4 as they are basically the same thing.

My new favorite controller for effects is the novation nocturn, it has as many shifts as you like, a hud so you can see what the controls are doing all the time. It’s incredibly versatile, small, light and strong. No rubber knobs but you don’t really need them and you have led feedback for the position of the knob currently.

I have mapped the crap out of it for vdj pro for pc with full transport controls, eq, rmx-1000 inspired scene effects, sampler and efx-1000 inspired effects. so it can be self contained if need be, or just an addon for effects.

this is how the transport bit works, the rest is pretty obvious how it works, the breakdown effects are on the left and build effects are on the right. the rest is laid out left to right
***this isn’t the actual unit it’s just an image I drew in photoshop***

I agree completely with terry… I was only trying to be constructive, but honestly the last thing I would buy is something with a photoshoped turntable or cdj, the cassette is about the only design I liked, because it is more interesting to look at and not as tacky as a stanton stencil or a photo realistic image of the scs1d etc…

I also think that you would have a lot more success making genre specific logo’s… eg. it’s going to be easier to sell something that says “dubstep” or “drum n bass” in an interesting font as that is more accessible to a larger audience, not just noob dj’s. You could even have a play on words and say “dumbstep” or something that would appeal to fans with a sense of humor or someone who hates it. But do try to lay off the lame sayings.

you just need to download and install this mapper from the vdj forum

Reloop RMP3