youngdoe803
Hi i want to start djing in clubs. Can you tell me what equiptment I need and how I can learn? I have two 6in studio monitors and a m-audio pro sound card. I dont know if that matters or not. Its my studio equpt. Although Im a beginner, i want to get equiptment that I wont have to replace later. Please help me. Thanks
geposted Sun 19 Aug 12 @ 8:48 am
Zablar
Hello and welcome to the forums! What equipment you need is really up to you and the club itself. Some clubs got their own gear in the booth for the DJ to use (in many cases this is CDPlayers and a Mixer), though some clubs allow you to bring your own gear.
Check out this video, it's a simple "how to mix with keyboard and mouse" tutorial which teach u the basics of mixing (this is the HardCore genre but it applies to all genres basicly). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ulp6eGu2Uw Before I bought my first peace of gear I tried VDJ free version with keyboard and mouse until I decided, this is what I want to do.
What gear should you get then? Depends really on what type of dj you want to be and what you want. There are basicly 3 different setups people start off with:
*CD Players and a mixer (then you can ether use regular CDs or TimeCodes with VDJ(TimeCodes allow you to controll the MP3 in VDJ)
*TurnTables and a mixer (can play regular vinyl or use timecodes with VDJ)
*Midicontroller (The cheapest way to go but can only be used with the software, e.g. VDJ)
I would recomend you to buy a controller for starters, yes you maybe want to replace that one later on but Ive seen so many DJ's buying expensive stuff then later on get bored and loose the interest. Thats just money down the drain.
Cheap midicontrollers I recomend (which you can use in clubs but lateron maybe want to replace like I did) and are the best bang for the buck is these two:
*Numark Mixtrack Pro (2 channels - I started off with this one)
*Hercules RMX (2 channels)
(This is just my opinion, other people might say otherwice)
Want to spend a bit more money with a Midicontroller that you wont outgrow so fast? these are my recomendations:
*Numark N4 (4 channels)
*Denon MC6000 (4channels - the MC3000 got two channels)
*Numark NS6 (4 channels)
If you want to go the CD/TurnTable way there will be a lot more cash involved
//Zablar
Check out this video, it's a simple "how to mix with keyboard and mouse" tutorial which teach u the basics of mixing (this is the HardCore genre but it applies to all genres basicly). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ulp6eGu2Uw Before I bought my first peace of gear I tried VDJ free version with keyboard and mouse until I decided, this is what I want to do.
What gear should you get then? Depends really on what type of dj you want to be and what you want. There are basicly 3 different setups people start off with:
*CD Players and a mixer (then you can ether use regular CDs or TimeCodes with VDJ(TimeCodes allow you to controll the MP3 in VDJ)
*TurnTables and a mixer (can play regular vinyl or use timecodes with VDJ)
*Midicontroller (The cheapest way to go but can only be used with the software, e.g. VDJ)
I would recomend you to buy a controller for starters, yes you maybe want to replace that one later on but Ive seen so many DJ's buying expensive stuff then later on get bored and loose the interest. Thats just money down the drain.
Cheap midicontrollers I recomend (which you can use in clubs but lateron maybe want to replace like I did) and are the best bang for the buck is these two:
*Numark Mixtrack Pro (2 channels - I started off with this one)
*Hercules RMX (2 channels)
(This is just my opinion, other people might say otherwice)
Want to spend a bit more money with a Midicontroller that you wont outgrow so fast? these are my recomendations:
*Numark N4 (4 channels)
*Denon MC6000 (4channels - the MC3000 got two channels)
*Numark NS6 (4 channels)
If you want to go the CD/TurnTable way there will be a lot more cash involved
//Zablar
geposted Sun 19 Aug 12 @ 12:29 pm