Terry_42

Like everyone said: Sync is a tool, you must not rely on one single tool. Plus: Do not be dull, there are also like a hundret mixing things that can blend songs into each other without actually beatmatching at all or where beatmatching is only a little tool… I think there is too much fuss about beatmatching, as it is only the beginning. The really cool mixing tricks come later and you need the skills to manual beatmatch anyways (like split hearing etc.) even if you do not manually beatmatch.
The whole discussion goes into a direction where DJs are defined by a few skills or tools, which bothers me.
It is like talking about sex and all you talk about is the lying down part without actually having any and with the fact that you do not actually need to lie down.

Use something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/FiiO-20-Inch-Line-Cable-iPhone/dp/B005DK08X6/ref=pd_sim_e_3
Get a small TRS to large converter and plug into one line of the PA mixer. Now it will be mono, but better than nothing.
Or you get a similar cable (or iPod line RCA cable) put 2 RCA to big TRS converters on it and put it into 2 input lines of the powermixer.

Sadly: there is no best. Get the free guide from this page, decide which features matter most to you and then come back.

The three controllers you mentioned are like saying: What is best Apples, Oranges or Bananas?
Depends on your taste what is best.

Also did you even choose your DJ software yet? By the 3 controllers you mentioned, I guess not and you should do that first.

Sounds like the tracks are slightly out of phase. The key is then to nudge it slightly to bring them into phase.

Also if I am really lazy and do a shorter transition, I sometimes do not BPM match 100%, near to 100% is enough. You can simply keep nudging it slightly during the transition to cover the tiny bpm mismatch and you’re fine.

I am sorry but I think they limit the mapping (which everyone uses as an excuse to the “oh I am so flexible”) to sell their equipment. Nobody in their right mind would buy an S4 over a VCI 400 if the VCI 400 had the same tight jogs and pitch faders. Which is not Vestax fault, as they do send high res midi and it works extremely well in Serato and VDJ.
Also what is so complicated in programming mappable remix decks in 2.5??? Again just a thing to sell their F1 and S4. The VCI 400, heck even a mixtrack pro could easily be mapped to get the best out of remix decks if that is all you want (not even starting to talk about things like launchpads and midi fighters).
But I am not complaining as Serato + Ableton blows away any flexibility Traktor has anyways and VDJ 8 will also give NI a run for their money (and also works with Ableton).

Do not get me wrong, this is a valid marketing choice by NI to sell their gear, it is just not what I prefer in a company that I give my hard earned money to. Not even with the price cut, as latest with V3 I would have to pay again, where as in VDJ I invest double the money to buy it once, but then have free updates for live (and if you count license fees from a controller same goes for Serato if you stick with that controller).

Hee Won Jung, post: 20772, member: 948 wrote: Fair enough bad music is bad music…but what you define as bad music…and what i define as bad music may totally be different things. It still is directly related to the scene you are spinning in.

I could not agree more. You definitely need to have a music selection that is right for your audience, so playing dubstep in a country bar might be considered bad music even if it is the hottest new Skrillex remix that dubsteppers would love…. and this is a good thing, else we would all be like Getta and then I would hate myself 😛 (sorry we kinda have rolling Getta jokes atm here and this just had to go in here hehe)

I prefer to look at it this way:
Music is like a steak and mixing is like great spices on that steak.
Now if you have a stinky pile of meat, you can throw any excellent spice combination at it that you like, you never get a good steak.
However if you have an excellent piece of tasty right steak, even if you only have a little salt and pepper it will taste good and with the right spices you can make it taste even better.

I think with the TM2 Serato is not such a compromise as opposed to the TM4 you have 2 decks on the TM2 and this is what DJ Intro does. Also scratching is really really good. You can easily nail the basics with Intro and later down the road in a few month time, we will know if Serato will have an upgrade or if you go VDJ.

I would not recommend Traktor, I really dislike NI for their poor implementation of high res midi and hid.

@ Synthetic: Which tweak do you mean to get full jog resolution? I am currently testing VDJ pro with the TM4 and VDJ really grows on me. Also which VST effects for VDJ Pro do you recommend? (Especially which EQ plugin, since I hate the EQ and it is the only thing that really puts me off) – also I use a Mac with Lion.