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Whilst the DDJ-T1 doesn’t have the build quality of the Denon or and Allen & Heath controller. It’s still a nice unit with a very intuitive layout, easy to use and is completely plug and play with Traktor. I don’t feel that its cheap but as Hessler said it is akin to Pioneers entry level CDJ’s. I would say that it terms of build the DDJ-T1 and S4 are similar but the S4 has a tighter integration with the software which is to be expected as its made by the same company.

I have been lucky enough to try the DDJ, S4 and the Denon . The best bit of advice I can give you is that they all have their strengths and weaknesses and the best thing to do would be to decide on what features are most important to you and then to demo all three at a good DJ store.

VinnyBlanc, post: 14694, member: 737 wrote: NS6 meets all of your criteria except that it is 4 channels. You don’t have to use them though.
And it’s not the smallest controller, but I don’t think the size is unreasonable.

Really nice set up Vinny !! Sweetest of all is that it looks like you’ve got the whole basement to yourself so you can just crank it !

Yes I realise all that, but the point I was making is that if you are sliding it under the mixer or a CDJ (as a lot of people do) then you will get the wobble, hence why they brought out the centre stage as it says in the video. Which is made by the Crane people themselves who have acknowledged that it can be an issue.

It will be tough to find something decent in that price bracket atom. I did a little looking around and the cheapest decent ones that I know still came in at $89 the XD-40

http://www.djdeals.com/allenheathXONEXD40.htm

maybe try eBay / Amazon etc to see if you can find these for a cheaper price, is the only other thing I can suggest

Well you did say you wanted awesome jogs & a controller that you can scratch with, I think the video will help. The VCI-400 comes with MIDI maps and overlays for Traktor Pro 2 that you can download off the Vestex support page, it’s not a very difficult process.

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Track selection and knowing your music is the most important thing. That process for me takes hours every week, going through new tracks and re-discovering old ones and how I can incorporate it all into a set. I can easily do that for trance/progressive/tribal as that’s what I love and grew up with, but no way in hell I could do it for say dubstep. I still have respect for all forms of music as I know the effort & passion that goes into it but also recognise my limitations. I can’t DJ something that I don’t personally listen to.

In Australia the scene has definitely changed and the popularity of Dubstep is growing in the club scene. As for the mainstream bars & clubs they have continued on with their Guetta-esque commercial house as always. Unfortunately trance is on the decline, Above & Beyond didn’t get close to selling out a venue on their Group Therapy tour and recently Kyau & Albert didn’t even play the main room ! The one positive is that it’s almost becoming underground again because the crowds that do go are the true fans who know their music and the vibe is good, but still to hear that a guy like Joakim played to a room of 15 people is a bit of a slap in the face.

The other problem we have down here is festival overload. There are so many festivals (costing around $200) that most kids will save up to go to 2-3 of these at the expense of regular clubbing. So the regular club night with residents building up a following etc is becoming a thing of the past. Even the festivals are starting to struggle now and most have tried to diversify the acts to appeal to everyone and thus draw a crowd but that’s kind of backfired because if you’re a fan of a certain genre you’re not going to pay that money just to go see 2 acts you like out of 30, over 12 hours !

Final word on Dubstep down here, for most kids Dubstep = Skrillex , I doubt 90% of them would be able to name another artist. The feeling of some of the promoters is that it will have a shelf life of 1-2 years max.

Hauzer, post: 14103, member: 1346 wrote: Jep, It’s just a fashion brand, but the specs aren’t any good compared to the real (more expensive) deal like Senheiser.

probably explains why I hadn’t seen or heard of them