Hi NM,
I’m in a similar boat. Love to play out but have decided to push the boundaries and to go and get on the broader circuit. I recently 1 year ago converted from vinyl to digital and have loved serato using a ddj sx. It is cheating and it is fabulous. To the detriment of using vinyl now. I still cannot get enough of the vinyl having a nose for lovely bargains but I’m in a place where i feel i should probably make the investment and get club certified gear to practicve on e.g. cdj 200 nexus and a djm 900. although at the moment I’m two thirds of the way thier with a setup that is 2 times cdj 2000 nexus and a djm 350 mixer (or a eckler nuo 2 with a kaosspad 3).
I’m not sure that the world of controllerism is as accepted amoungst the circuit level dj’s but its getting better. My exposure to the DDJ SX was pheonominal and has me wishing that the complexity of the nexus set-up could be easier with serato but untiil i get a mixer that incorporates traktor or serato i’m using rekordbox and the displays through the djm 350 which is okay but vastly inferior to the ddjsx.
I have to say these are all problems I like to have but I know where you are coming from. The things that give me hope are –
1 dj’s are usually fatish geaky looking buggers who are more concerned about the music and the equiptment
2 there is such a wide variety of amazing music and venues that the world is our oyster
3 if none of it happens I have the most rad home set-up and music library of anyone I know!
It would be good to hear from you especially if you want a first hand vinyl to ddj sx users perspective.
Yo Pan
