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Yeah, I really liked the article & thought I’d share it.

RB75, post: 21091, member: 85 wrote: It is handy to learn every thing for yourself with DJing; if you were using CDjs and mixer setup it would be good to know how to connect everything together correctly, how to manually beat match, and would also be good to know how to set gain correctly aswell. However times are changing, and you no longer need CDJs and you also no longer need to know how to connect everything together with them. You also do not need to know about setting gain. Its handy to know, but not essential. I wouldn’t make it a deal breaker personally.
Beatmatching on the otherhand is a skill worth learning, just in case the synch ever lets you down. This can be achieved by switching it off, covering the BPM indicator and practice practice practice.

I know what you mean, but I wanna learn how to be able to mix on almost anything, that’s why I think I should learn all the basics & manual stuff before moving on to the more automated stuff. I’m talking from my experience with photography, I know the manual stuff & some advanced stuff but sometimes I don’t care about this and I set my SLR to fully auto or a scene and just press the shutter button & by knowing all that, if you give me an all manual fully pro camera I would still be able to use it & produce great images with it! You see where I’m going?

I didn’t say it was an absolute deal-breaker but it’s would’ve been great to have it there just for the sake of it being there that would make me that much more comfortable with picking or mixing with that controller over picking another controller!

True, true. I love that they’re upgrading almost everyone’s programs for free. Nice move! Looking fwd to 2.5 with the remix decks, but unfortunately they don’t go into full effectivity unless you have the F1!

I’ve tried it a few years back as well but now it has changed completely. It’s still not as good as traktor but for a free program it has way too much to offer now with midi & it comes with mappings for a whole bunch of midi controllers & it also has 4 sample decks. It only falls short on the effects section in my opinion & some of Traktor’s bells & whistles under the hood. I suggest you check it out, or at least check their website. The program is impressive, it’s way better than some of the starter DJ programs that you actually have to pay for!

RB75, post: 19810, member: 85 wrote: You may be as well reading this then.

http://www.digitaldjtips.com/2012/04/is-avid-about-to-drop-torq/

Daaaaaaaaaaamn!! Well, It’s a good thing that I didn’t get the torq, then, huh? Seriously? They’re just abandoning a whole line of products just like that? I wouldn’t have expected that from Avid, being the industry standard in many areas. Tsok tsok tsok, SHAME!

I see what you mean there. It is indeed reassuring that Behringer are confident that their products are durable enough to give them that sort of guarantee. So, I guess I’m gonna have to wait for a few months to get my controller! 🙁 Let’s hope that it’s gonna be worth the wait.

RB75, post: 19743, member: 85 wrote: Yes! These look great. The whole modular series looks great as well. Brilliant idea from Behringer to allow users to totally customise there purchases to there own needs and keep a uniform look as well.. They have 3 year guarantee now as well which will help with the reliability issue concerns of the past.

I know! I really loved the modular series! You can build your perfect console! But I’m going for the Studio 4A because It has all I need for now & because it’s more affordable. Plus, it has a 4-out + headphones audio interface. Though, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to use the 3 year guarantee since we don’t have a Behringer authorized dealer/repair-shop in my country or the whole region! :/

RB75 Yeah, I got used to not being able to try anything I want! 😛

Dave, Almost all of the DJs in jordan use CDJs I don’t know or have never seen anyone who uses any sort of controller! :/