Bunyip

No worries Dorso – your history, musical tastes, and return to DJing story are very similar to mine.
You lucky bugger getting the Decksaver. I am looking at my 380 sitting at home thinking I need a Decksaver for it.
Mind you I was very lucky and got my 380 for $200 less than sticker price.
djay totally got me out and playing again – certainly made it easy for me to make the digital transition looking at spinning disks rather than waveforms. I’ve actually got a MIDI map for the 380 to control djay on the computer, if you’re interested at any stage in the future.
Have fun this weekend!

Dorso, I read all that stuff about the 380 problems AFTER I bought it. Doh! Got me nervous. But to date I have experienced none of them. I kind of get the impression that there may have been a problem with early units which has been resolved. Don’t know if this is correct or not.

But you’re right, it may just be the curse of reading lots of forum posts can make a problem seem bigger than it is.
From what you’re saying about your style of playing, I think this unit will offer you plenty of options to explore and grow. I had a great time last weekend just fooling around with mine, learning ITCH. I was quickly able to do more things than I ever could on djay – which I still really like for its simplicity.
Good luck making your decision. Let us know what you decide.

Its the paid version. Don’t get remix info, but I’m not sure if I have ever shazammed a remix.

D-Jam, post: 31815, member: 3 wrote:
It was also cool to see how the Reggae scene grew in Jamaica and then spread to NYC as the rap/hip-hop scene.

That was really interesting to learn.

Hi Dorso, I’m an old school vinyl spinner with very similar taste in music to you – soul, funk, acid jazz, old school house, plus a big grab bag of eclectica. Getting back into DJing this year I loved playing with djay (on the ipad), as I could get my head around the GUI very easily. I also use my trusty 1210 in my setup as I still like to play vinyl. The more I played out, the more I realised I needed real buttons and knobs instead of a touch screen, so went on the hunt for a controller. I wound up with a Twitch off ebay, and love that little guy. Mapped it to djay on my Mac and have been playing out with that for about 6 months. But I really wanted a controller with a built in stand alone mixer so that I didnt have to take an extra bit of kit to my gig. Long story short, I picked up my VCI-380 a couple of weeks ago. I was hoping to map it to djay as well, but that has proven to be far less successful than mapping the Twitch. So I’ve just gone through the learning curve with Serato Itch, and I gotta say, I really like it, and the VCI-380. The jog wheels feel fantastic, and it’s a piece of kit you really feel comfortable working at. The touch strip, I really only use it for needle drop. I find it not nearly as accurate as the strip on the Twitch, but it’s fine to get you close to where you want to be, and then use the jogs for fine tuning. All in all, I love this bit of kit.
Hope this helps.

Three bucks fifty.
Back in 89 some friends and I, sick of being stuck in traffic at midnight on NYE driving around looking for the best party to be at, decided to have our own. Out in the country, not too far from Adelaide in Austrlia, we hired a hall, PA, generator, etc etc. 80 people showed up, we had a blast. But when we balanced the books a week later it turned out the gig ran at a minuscule profit of something just over fifteen dollars, which divided amongst the five of us amounted to $3:50 each.
Ha! Had a hoot though.
Kept doing the show for a few more years and ended up with around 3 to 400 people coming evey year , made more money, learnt heaps about holding a big event, and, most importantly. Had a great time.
The first gig is never about the money.

Cheers B-H-Y.
If you’re thinking about adding a turntable to your setup, I can recommend the VCI-380. I just got one. Works as a stand alone mixer and coming from the Twitch, is a very familiar layout. Although has been very tough to map to djay, so Infact has spurred me to finally get my head around Serato Itch. Been having a great time this weekend on it.
Sorry markloud, just realised we’ve hijacked your thread!

Hi there,
I have had my Twitch for a few months now. I come from a vinyl and CDJ spinning background, so was not too sure how well I would adapt to the control strip. I actually really like my Twitch. I got used to the strip very quickly (I still would probably prefer a jog wheel, but the strip works very well). I also like the rotary knobs for pitch control. And the 8 pads are great fun to play with. I’ve mapped mine to work with Algoriddim’s djay, which it does pretty well. About the only negative I can think of is that sometimes I turn Deck B’s pitch control knob instead of the library browse knob.
All in all though, it’s small, light, offering a lot of flexibility and fun to use.
I got mine second hand off eBay, as I thought if I didn’t like it I could sell it without losing much money. Maybe look at that as an option if you’re still not sure.