Terry_42

Hey and welcome!
On music, just keep an open mind and try to listen to as much music as you can 😉 It is passion that drives us DJs.

Hi

This is the oldest thing in any industry. When tube-TV died they made the fanciest tube-TVs you had ever seen, so you would once more buy into the old technology just so you could buy your flatscreen one year later…
The whole point of this is to make it seem viable at least a bit, then they will have some highlisters endorse them, expect some cool vidoes of the likes of Tiesto, Ghetta, van Buren, … have them on stage while performing a pre-recorded mix.
This way a lot of people will think it is still relevant and “pro DJs use it”. -> Sales.
A few clubs that still have Pioneer sales people directly at their doorstep will fall for it and upgrade their gear, as those sales people know not to ask the club technician, but go to the manager directly who has no clue and thinks he needs it.

So will this sell -> Yes it will. You can milk this cow for at least another 5 years is my guess and it makes perfect business sense for them to do it.

Am I tempted? -> Not one bit. It is still a very limiting piece of hardware for an astronomic price point.

Haha that is true 🙂

It is not impossible at all. But there is a much steeper learning curve than with a traditional approach and I wanted you to think it over, as their are a lot more setbacks on the way than with the traditional way.
But if your mind is set on it and you do not get frustrated by setbacks easily, then it can be a fun way to do things.
Just be sure that is whant you want to do, as even though you can do certain things with this kind of DJing that is harder the traditional way (it is not impossible since Serato Flip or Stems, just harder) it is that when DJing with Ableton there are a lot of traditional DJ things that you cannot do at all with your way and prolly never will be able to do.

Actually Todd there is the “secret bottle” trick.
I always ask the bartender for an empty bottle of vodka and tequilla. In the vodka bottle I fill it with tonic water, that I shaked until all the sparkles went out, so it is a clear liquid that tastes not that good -> vodka, so your reaction will be the same. With the tequilla bottle I do the same with ginger ale, when the sparkles are gone the ginger ale looks exactly like brown tequilla.
Then I tell the bartender when I get a drink from someone to pur my shots only from those 2 bottles.
Best trick in the world. The bar is happy, the waiter gets a tip and the customer is happy as I did not say no.

Several people have done no more websites. They still have their own domain (like terry-42.com) but it links to the Facebook page. The success depends on what you want to do with it…